Budget Ryzen 5 7500F beats Core i5-13500 and Core i5-13400 in gaming despite costing much cheaper US$179

AMD launched the Ryzen 5 7500F processor a few day back. Coming in at only US$179, the processor features 6 Zen 4 cores, 12 threads, 6 MB of L2, and 32 MB of L3 cache. The base and boost frequencies of the CPU clock in at 3.7 and 5 GHz respectively. Finally, the chip lacks an iGPU and has a TDP of 65 W.

According to Quasarzone’s review of the Ryzen 5 7500F, the CPU is practically on par with the Ryzen 5 7600 in both gaming and productivity workloads which is to be expected, since the only differences between the Ryzen 5 7500F and the Ryzen 5 7600 are the 100 MHz lower clock speeds and the absence of an iGPU for the former.

Per Quasarzone’s gaming benchmarks at FHD, the Ryzen 5 7500F is, on average, only 2.4% slower than the Ryzen 5 7600 across the 10 games tested. Compared to the Ryzen 5 7600X, the Ryzen 5 7500F shows a 6% lower average FPS. Moreover, the Ryzen 5 7500F’s lead over the Zen 3 Ryzen 5 5600X is a respectable 14%.

The Ryzen 5 7500F also showcases strong performance vs the competing Intel parts. It is 9% faster than the Core i5-13500, 13.3% ahead of the Core i5-13400, and 17% more performant on average vs the Core i5-12400.

In short, the Ryzen 5 7500F is an impressive budget CPU for gaming, as it not only performs roughly the same as the more expensive Ryzen 5 7600, but also comfortably beats the rival Intel Core i5-13500 and the Core i5-13400 while costing less.

The Ryzen 5 7500F also matches the Rysen 5 7600 in productivity workloads. Quasarzone’s Cinebench R23 benchmarks show that the Ryzen 5 7500F is on par with the Ryzen 5 7600 while being 29.4% faster than the Ryzen 5 5600X.

Since the Core i5-13500 packs 14 cores, the Ryzen 5 7500F lags behind the Intel chip by 11% in Cinebench R23. That said, the Ryzen 5 7500F performs on par with the 10-core Core i5-13400 and 17% faster vs the 6-core Core i5-12400.

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