Saturday, January 18th 2025
AMD Ryzen 5 7400F CPU Priced at $116 in China, The Most Affordable AM5 CPU
AMD's most affordable AM5 processor, the Ryzen 5 7400F, has emerged in Chinese retail channels priced at 849 RMB (approximately $116 with taxes). The pricing suggests the processor could retail for around $100 in other markets before local taxes. The newest silently announced CPU features 6 cores and 12 threads, joining AMD's existing Zen 4 processor lineup. Operating at a base clock of 3.7 GHz with boost capabilities up to 4.7 GHz, the chip maintains the same 32 MB L3 cache as its predecessors while running at a 65 W TDP. Unlike the previous Ryzen 5 7500F, which was limited to system builders and OEMs, the 7400F will be sold directly to consumers through regular retail channels. The processor includes a basic AMD Wraith Stealth cooler in its retail package.
The chip supports standard features found across the AM5 platform, including memory overclocking through AMD EXPO and CPU performance tuning via Precision Boost Overdrive. Like other Ryzen processors, it maintains unlocked multipliers for manual overclocking. The 7400F's appearance follows AMD's recent pattern of quiet releases, similar to the Ryzen 5 9600 that appeared during CES 2025. No official announcement preceded the processor's retail availability. Early listings show the processor available through several Chinese retailers, though availability in other regions remains unclear. The competitive price point could make AMD's AM5 platform more accessible to users building on tighter budgets, though potential buyers will still need to factor in the cost of DDR5 memory and AM5 motherboards required by the platform.
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The chip supports standard features found across the AM5 platform, including memory overclocking through AMD EXPO and CPU performance tuning via Precision Boost Overdrive. Like other Ryzen processors, it maintains unlocked multipliers for manual overclocking. The 7400F's appearance follows AMD's recent pattern of quiet releases, similar to the Ryzen 5 9600 that appeared during CES 2025. No official announcement preceded the processor's retail availability. Early listings show the processor available through several Chinese retailers, though availability in other regions remains unclear. The competitive price point could make AMD's AM5 platform more accessible to users building on tighter budgets, though potential buyers will still need to factor in the cost of DDR5 memory and AM5 motherboards required by the platform.
25 Comments on AMD Ryzen 5 7400F CPU Priced at $116 in China, The Most Affordable AM5 CPU
But AMD also needs a cheep APU at $99. Even if that means 4 core. Only then they will be able to leave AM4 behind.
We had common parts with high availability and more rare parts in the cpu and gpu section from amd. This would also explain the "quiet launch".
When I find a really cheap 7400f I'll probalby do a downgrade from my 7600X. The existing price difference for the 7500f was not really worth it so far. I bought the cheapest placeholder cpu in the first place and it's still a placeholder cpu for myself. the 8000er series are not an option.
edit: the am4 land is long gone. the am4 plattform limit itself anyway and get's obsolete for certain purposes. For desktop usage a ryzen 3 3100 is decent enough. That was one cheap am4 cpu i used myself for several months. I see it quite positive that there are still am4 mainboards are sold. Good availability of newer am4 mainboards for an older plattform.
edit: when you want to use nvme the 8000 series are really not an option.
Waiting for comparisons. Looking for a secondary built right now, although I might not be able to wait for this CPU to arrive. If done, the parts must be ordered and paid in February.
And the improvement isn't that big, compared to an 7500F, the Ryzen 5700X performs about the same in multi(6 vs 8 cores), and just 12% less on ST.
I guess I'll wait for AM6
Like, imagine having an old i5-7600K build with really good DDR4 RAM. One can just buy some H610+12400 and slot their RAM there and get a massive upgrade for give or take $200. Which is not possible with AM5.400 MHz is roughly 8% performance difference. With OC in mind, shrinkable to 4%. I'd consider that a 100 dollar iGPU at this point. Ouch.With RAM being at its lowest, SSDs almost being at its lowest, CPUs beating cost efficiency of whatever we had previously and motherboards costing the same money they always had cost but offering much higher quality than similarly positioned models from a decade ago, I clearly don't see how the prices have gone up. PSUs, as well, are so widely dumped by miners it's even cheaper than going for groceries. I see lots of decent 800 to 1100 W models for a Big Mac combo price sold by miners whose investments weren't that long term. Oftentimes, with several years leftover warranty. And about a year worth of abuse, of course. Which means factory defects aren't present.
You truly need to have all sorts of troubles with your bank account not to afford a PC today. Pre-COVID $500 is today's $620. For $620, one can buy a no nonsense gaming computer that handles 99% existing vidya just fine.
As you can see, only the most demanding titles are struggling to get 60 FPS. Five years ago, you couldn't have had such a luxury, $500 PCs really sucked big time. 3 to 4 years ago, that was even worse.
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If this CPU is overclocked probably will be on par with Ryzen 7600, still no IGPU in the 7400f, but if you upgrade later with Zen5/Zen6 you can pick again the ultra cheap ryzen 5 x400f and overclock it to the ryzen 5 x600 level.
Its worth even if the difference was $40
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