The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
The AMD Ryzen 5 7500F is a gaming beast, according to early reviews. The Chinese-exclusive chip outperforms Intel’s i5-13400 series CPUs in various benchmarks, including gaming. The chip’s performance shines despite reduced clock speeds and a lack of integrated graphics, with the Ryzen 5 7500F priced at $180.
The Ryzen 5 7500F review roundup comes courtesy of outlets EXPreview, myDrivers, and Quasar Zone, with all testing performed on the same G.Skill Flare-X FFR DDR4-3400 memory kit. The chip’s specs include 8 cores and 16 threads, with base clock speeds of 3.2GHz and a boost frequency of 3.6GHz.
In Cinebench R23 and CPU-Z benchmarks, the 7500F shows minimal performance differences compared to the 7600. Against the higher-clocked Ryzen 5 7600X, the 7500F is ever-so-slightly slower in multi-core tests.
However, things change when we look at the i5-13400. The lower-tier Intel CPU performed similarly to the 7500F in Cinebench R23, but boasts far superior multi-threaded performance in CPU-Z. Perhaps this is down to driver optimizations on the part of AMD, but nevertheless it’s an impressive feat for a $180 chip without a dedicated graphics chip.
In gaming, the Ryzen 5 7500F consistently outperforms the i5-13400 and 13490F, boasting an average 10-15% performance advantage across various popular titles. The chip pulls ahead of the Ryzen 5 7600/7600X by a similar margin, with performance remaining within 3-7% of the higher-spec chips.
If you’re after a cheap gaming PC, the Ryzen 5 7500F looks like a winner. It’s already available outside of China if you import the chip, and could become the go-to CPU for budget AM5 buyers if it becomes more widely available.
