AMD’s (for now) China-exclusive Ryzen 5 7500F has been tested by three Chinese resellers to see how the new mid-range CPU performs against its more powerful Ryzen 5 7600/7600X siblings as well as Intel’s best CPUs. Overall, the chip performed on par with his 7600 series and outperformed the i5 13400/13490F in gaming.
The Ryzen 5 7500F is a new mid-range part with slightly lower clock speeds compared to the 7600 and no integrated graphics. The chip comes with 6 cores, 12 threads, 32MB of L3 cache, a base clock of 3.7 GHz and a turbo frequency of 5 GHz which is a 100 MHz reduction compared to the Ryzen 5 7600. Priced at $180, this chip is the cheapest AM5 CPU to date, making it a good choice for budget builders and gamers alike.
The new CPU has been tested by 3 review agencies. Explore, my driverand quasar zoneused in many benchmarking applications, including gaming and synthetic benchmarking.
At Cinebench R23, QuarterZone reported that the Ryzen 5 7500F was just 0.7% slower than the Ryzen 5 7600 in the app’s multi-core tests and 1.08% slower in the single-core tests. CPU-Z showed similar results, with the 7500F scoring output just 0.4% slower than the 7600 in the multi-threaded test and 2.6% slower in the single-threaded test.
However, the results are slightly spread out when compared to the higher clocked Ryzen 5 7600X. For example, the multi-core Cinebench R23 results showed the 7500F to be 6.5% slower than the 7600X, while the single-core results were 9% slower.
Surprisingly, Intel’s closest competitor, the i5-13400, showed practically the same results as the Ryzen 5 7500F in Cinebench R23, only 0.5% and 0.8% faster in multi-core and single-core results respectively, even though the 13400 has four (E) cores. However, in CPU-Z, the 13400 starts to show its multi-core prowess, and in the app multi-threading test he has a 12% lead over the 7500F.
In gaming, all three outlets report noticeably better gaming performance, with the 7500F beating the i5-13400 and 13490F in nearly every game we tested.A whole test suite consisting of several popular titles such as: CS:GO, DOTA 2, GTA V, Horizon Zero: Dawn and far cry 6 The 7500F was on average 10-15% faster than the i5-13400 series chips (to name a few), and the performance was similar to the i5-13600K.
Especially when compared to the Ryzen 5 7600/7600X, Qusarzone reports that the 7500F comes naturally close to both chips, coming within 7% of the 7600X and within 3% of the 7600 in testing.
Ryzen 5 7500F is a bargain at $180
Based on these early reviews of the Ryzen 5 7500F, the chip’s performance is impressive for the price, comfortably beating Intel’s pricier i5-13400/13400F/13490F CPUs (at MSRP) and performing virtually on par with the Ryzen 5 7600 in gaming environments.
Once AMD starts selling the 7500F in the US and other countries, the 7500F could become the mainstream choice for low-end AM5 buyers, but we’ll have to wait and see if that works out.
