A brand new AMD CPU has been hiding in plain sight. It appeared within the Puget Programs benchmark database, and it is generally known as the Ryzen 5 7500F. That may be fascinating by itself, however after showing in that database, a Korean retailer listed (and deleted) the 7500F for a KRW road value within the $170 to $180 USD vary. And it is supposedly because of launch on July 7.
The specs of the 7500F are open to hypothesis. Assuming AMD follows Intel’s nomenclature, it is possible the 7500F lacks built-in graphics.
The Puget Programs entry was noticed by @harukaze5719. It was listed as a part of a system containing an Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 and Asus X670E-F Gaming motherboard. The 7500F system scores near what a comparable Ryzen 5 7600 system does in the identical Puget Bench benchmark, specifically DaVinci Resolve.
The dearth of an IGP is one factor, however what concerning the precise chip or chips beneath the warmth spreader of the Ryzen 5 7500F? There are two choices. One is that it is based mostly on the present single CCD Raphael design which incorporates the 7600 as much as the 7800X3D. The opposite, and fewer possible possibility, is that it is based mostly on a cell CPU.
The Ryzen 5 7600 is a six-core desktop processor. It comes with a single eight-core die (with two cores disabled) and one other I/O die, which incorporates RDNA 2 built-in graphics. This implies the 7500F is nearly definitely a downclocked 7600 with the IGP disabled, most likely for yield causes. AMD ought to have loads of 12nm IO dies by now, and such a mannequin is sensible.
AMD additionally makes monolithic cell CPUs with as much as eight Zen 4 cores, nevertheless, I consider it is unlikely the 7500F is predicated on these chips, given their highly effective built-in graphics and the engineering price of porting these designs over to the AM5 platform. It is also too quickly to have a inventory of harvested dies. My cash would go on the 7500F being a downclocked 7600 with the IGP disabled.
Although the Korean itemizing has been eliminated, absolutely on the behest of AMD, Videocardz grabbed the spec earlier than it was eliminated. The CPU is about to run at a lift clock of 5.0GHz, or 100MHz lower than the Ryzen 5 7600. It can have the identical quantity of L2 and L3 cache (38MB complete) and given the 7600 sells for $229 earlier than reductions, a value of beneath $200 appears to be like like being a protected wager, and loosely confirmed by the now deleted Korean itemizing.
A Ryzen 5 7500F will likely be a welcome addition to the AM5 household. The price of shopping for an AM5 system has come down in latest months, specifically because of hefty DDR5 value drops, however the $229 Ryzen 5 7600 remains to be the most affordable mannequin. Presently, no Ryzen 3 chips have been launched. This makes the 7500F a very fascinating funds gaming CPU. It may not have the ability to go toe to toe with the wonderful Core i5 13400F, however the AM5 socket has a number of years of life forward of it, and a drop in substitute Zen 5 or Zen 6 chip sooner or later offers the platform a promising improve path.