{
  "id": 8943797,
  "title": "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",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/amd-ryzen-5-5500f-and-7500-show-up-at-retail-with-pricing-above-msrp",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-21T14:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tom's Hardware",
    "slug": "tom-s-hardware",
    "url": "https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-ryzen-5-5500f-and-7500-show-up-at-retail-with-pricing-above-msrp-budget-cpus-are-usd20-more-expensive-than-list-price-even-from-first-party-sellers"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "Nearly two weeks after they were announced, AMD's Ryzen 5 5500F and 7500 (non-F) are available for sale, though prices are slightly above MSRP.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "MSI Cyborg A15 creative laptop with Ryzen 7 performance, RTX 5060 graphics and upgradeable DDR5 memory gets a $250 price cut at Newegg and I can't find it cheaper anywhere else",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/msi-cyborg-a15-creative-laptop-with-ryzen-7-performance-rtx-5060",
        "published": "2026-09-21T14:30:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}