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AMD Ryzen 7 8700F vs Ryzen 5 7500F

62 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
VS
61 out of 100
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
AMD Ryzen 5 7500F

We compared two desktop CPUs: the 4.1 GHz AMD Ryzen 7 8700F with 8-cores against the 3.7 GHz Ryzen 5 7500F with 6-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
57.9
(Average)
Value Index
92.5
(Very good)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 7500F and 8700F
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5200 RAM
  • Newer - released 10 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 4 versus 5 nanometers
  • Has 2 more physical cores
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
  • Has 16 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Ryzen 7 8700F
vs
Ryzen 5 7500F

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) - 612
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 3520
Cinebench Scores (168th and 198th place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 8700F +8%
14313
Ryzen 5 7500F
13306
File compression 1450 MB/sec 1530 MB/sec
Clang compilation 107.4 Klines/sec 95 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 288.9 pages/sec 300.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 406.9 Mpixels/sec 348.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 283.4 pages/sec 295.5 pages/sec
Background blur 67.1 images/sec 43.4 images/sec
Photo processing 112.9 images/sec 108.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 24 Mpixels/sec 20.4 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 1117 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Ryzen 7 8700F +16%
30882
Ryzen 5 7500F
26531
Integer math 100.4 GOps/sec 78.3 GOps/sec
Floating point math 62.6 GOps/sec 46.8 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 98M Primes/sec 195M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 45.4M Strings/sec 36.2M Strings/sec
Data encryption 22.1 GBytes/sec 17.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 378.2 MBytes/sec 301.9 MBytes/sec
Physics 1549 Frames/sec 1715 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 28.5B Matrices/sec 22.6B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 1787 & 5446 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Ryzen 7 8700F +13%
228.95
Ryzen 5 7500F
202.93

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 14.6 PPW 12.8 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 220.2 PPW 204.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 475.1 PPW 408.2 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.52 PPW 3.12 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
AMD Ryzen 7 8700F
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-27 (PanoS)Cinebench 2024110 / 947
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-27 (PanoS)Cinebench 2024108 / 935
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AMD Ryzen 5 7500F
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-31 (tachanka)Cinebench 2026578 / 3271
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-09 (Bobalazs)Cinebench 2026612 / 3520
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 (mav)Cinebench 2026577 / 2956
πŸ“˜ 2025-12-23 (Hengx)Cinebench 2024112 / 833
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-10 (PleVor)Cinebench 2024114 / 893
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Specifications

Full technical specification of AMD Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 7500F

General

Vendor Amd Amd
Released May 14, 2024 July 23, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Zen 4 (Phoenix) Zen 4 (Raphael)
Model number 8700F -
Integrated GPU No No
Rival Equivalent - Intel Core i7 14700F - Intel Core i5 13400F
Successor - AMD Ryzen 7 9700F - AMD Ryzen 5 9500F
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (53rd and 61st place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 4.1 GHz 3.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5 GHz 5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 6
Total Threads 16 12
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 41x 37x
L1 Cache 64K (per core) 64K (per core)
L2 Cache 1MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 16MB (shared) 32MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Transistors 25 billions 6.5 billions
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-65 W (configurable) 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 88 W -
Socket AM5 AM5
Peak Temperature 95Β°C 95Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (73rd and 76th place)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5200 - DDR5-5200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site AMD Ryzen 7 8700F official page AMD Ryzen 5 7500F official page
PCI Express Version 4.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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