AMD Ryzen 5 5500F and 7500 show up at retail with pricing above MSRP — budget CPUs are $20 more expensive than list price, even from first-party sellers

The AMD Ryzen 5 5500F and Ryzen 5 7500 processors have made their debut in retail, but their prices are higher than AMD initially announced. The Ryzen 5 5500F, available for $120 on Amazon, and the Ryzen 5 7500, listed at $210, are both $20 more expensive than the suggested retail pricing. Both CPUs are sold directly by Amazon, indicating that higher prices may be expected for these models.

The Ryzen 5 5500F, featuring a $90 Ryzen 5 5500, has been a best-seller on Amazon's CPUs list. Despite sharing similarities with the Ryzen 5 5500, such as six cores and 12 threads under the Zen 3 architecture, the 5500F has PCIe 4 support, a higher 4.4 GHz boost clock, and a base clock of 4.2 GHz, leading to potential performance improvements of 5% to 10% in games.

The Ryzen 5 7500, which is essentially the same as the 7500F but lacks integrated graphics, supports DDR5 memory, comes with a 5 GHz boost clock, and offers PCIe 5. Like the Ryzen 5 5500F, it has a 65W TDP and is bundled with AMD's Wraith Stealth cooler. Both CPUs were originally announced at lower prices of $99 and $190, respectively, but their current Amazon listings cost $20 more, at $120 and $210.

These high prices are not new for AMD, as seen in the case of the Ryzen 9 9950X3D2, which was initially priced at $1,000 on Amazon before the launch, eventually decreasing to $900.