AMD announced several processors at CES 2025 during the keynote famous for the absence of Radeon graphics – we already wrote about the Ryzen 9 9900X3D and 9950X3D with V-Cache, the extreme notebook processor Strix Halo, the Krackan APU and the Ryzen Z2 for handhelds. Then it turned out that other processors were released quietly, among them the cheaper Ryzen 5 9600 desktop model. Now it turns out that another potentially attractive AM5 processor was secretly released in this way.
Ryzen 5 7400F
AMD now has the Ryzen 5 8400F as the cheapest model on the AM5 platform, which is, however, based on the “Phoenix 2” APU with Zen 4 / Zen 4c hybrid cores, a small cache and truncated PCI Express connectivity, so gamers are better off with the slightly more expensive Ryzen 5 7500F, which has limited availability at some retailers. But now a new model is coming out Ryzen 5 7400Fwhich could be a better replacement for the 8400F while being cheaper than the 7500F. AMD didn’t talk about it anywhere at all, but now it has appeared on the company’s website with full specifications.
Ryzen 5 7400F is 65W the a model has, like the 5700F, six Zen 4 cores, which at the same time retain SMT capability, thus providing 12 threads. And at the same time it has 32MB L3 cache. This eliminates basically all “threats” that could spoil the gaming performance of this model compared to the Ryzen 5 7500F or 7600. There is even support PCIe 5.0 ×16 for the graphics card. The processor is based on the same chiplet foundation as the other Ryzen 7000 “Raphael”. It has disabled integrated graphics, which is indicated by the F in the name, but this is a feature of even the higher model 7500F.
The only difference seems to be in the lower clocks of this model. The base frequency is only 3.7 GHz and the maximum boost is only 4,7 GHza reduction of 300 MHz against the 7500F, which retained a boost frequency of 5.0 GHz. This means a loss of about 6% of single-threaded performance.
However, the processor is still unlocked for overclocking, so you can manually compensate for this deficit. It is possible that worse pieces of silicon will be used in this model, which cannot stably handle such high clocks, but 4.7-5.0 GHz is quite far from the ceiling of Raphael processors, so a few hundred MHz overclocking will probably work (but it’s like always without warranty and at your own risk).
Already released, globally?
According to AMD’s website, the Ryzen 5 7400F is already out (with a release date of January 9, 2025). At the same time, it is marked as a processor that should be globally available, that is, it should not be a specialty only for the Chinese market, as sometimes appear. Theoretically, there is a certain chance that it will go primarily, or only to manufacturers of entire sets. But probably not, since according to the website it will be sold in a boxed package, plus the added Wraith Stealth cooler.
The situation should have been the same with the 7500F model, and yet it was available separately for the last year, even on our market, although it was only distributed by a few e-shops (Eureka will find them for you). And for this year, it was probably the most advantageous cheap processor on the AM5 platform with a price of only around four thousand.
Therefore, it can be hoped that the Ryzen 5 7400F will be similarly available. With this model, the possible price could even go below four thousand, so the AM5 platform could perhaps become more attractive for the cheapest PCs, whose money now draws people more towards the old AM4 platform.
However, we do not yet know the official price of the 7400F model. It is possible that, like other processors, it will initially start at a relatively higher amount and only gradually will discounts transport it to a position where it will be cheaper than the 7500F model. At the moment, the Ryzen 5 7400F is nowhere to be found on European price search engines.
Resources: AMD, TechPowerUp
Source: www.cnews.cz
