{
  "id": 6621775,
  "title": "AMD releases new Ryzen 5 5500F and Ryzen 5 7500 to save budget PC building — new budget Zen 3 and Zen 4 CPUs to soften the blow from high RAM prices",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/amd-releases-new-ryzen-5-5500f-and-ryzen-5-7500-to-save-budget-pc",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-10T17:54:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-releases-new-ryzen-5-5500f-and-ryzen-5-7500-to-save-budget-pc-building-new-budget-zen-3-and-zen-4-cpus-to-soften-the-blow-from-high-ram-prices"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The tech giant AMD has introduced two new processors, the Ryzen 5 5500F and the Ryzen 5 7500, to cater to the budget-conscious market for PC building. Both are hexa-core CPUs, with the Ryzen 5 5500F utilizing AMD's Zen 3 architecture and the Ryzen 5 7500 featuring the newer Zen 4 architecture. Priced at $99 and $189 respectively, these CPUs are now available at U.S. retailers.\n\nAMD's Ryzen 5 5500F, although bearing a name similar to the Ryzen 5 5500, is a member of a different family in AMD's portfolio, specifically from the Ryzen 5000 series (Vermeer). It is a lower-binned version of the Ryzen 5 5600, featuring a 500 MHz lower boost clock speed and half the L3 cache. This makes the Ryzen 5 5500F roughly 38% more affordable than its counterpart.\n\nOn the other hand, the Ryzen 5 7500 is essentially the same processor as the Ryzen 5 7500F, but with integrated Radeon graphics. This makes it an ideal choice for users who require basic display output and do not plan to invest in a separate graphics card. The Ryzen 5 7500 boasts a slightly higher base and boost clock speed compared to the Ryzen 5 7500F, although most users may not notice the difference.\n\nIn comparison to the Ryzen 5 7500, the Ryzen 5 7500F carries a 34% price premium, offering a slightly higher boost clock speed for improved gaming performance and PCIe 4.0 support for faster SSDs and graphics cards. Despite its AM5 platform, the Ryzen 5 7500 is still constrained by the high cost of DDR5 memory.",
  "summary": "AMD has officially launched the Ryzen 5 5500F and Ryzen 5 7500 processors with six Zen 4 and Zen 3 cores, respectively.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}