AMD Ryzen 5 7400F CPU Priced at $116 in China, The Most Affordable AM5 CPU

[AleksandarK]

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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[john_]

That's a good price for a 6 core AM5 and a better option than 8400F, because of the full cache and PCIe lanes. In fact 8400F makes no sense at the same price with 7400F.
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.

 

[_roman_]

I suspect this will be a not so common amd part for central europe again.
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.

 

[docnorth]

400MHz below 7600 non-x and without iGPU, but at half the price (if true)...
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.

 

[usiname]

400MHz below 7600 non-x and without iGPU, but at half the price (if true)...
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.

If you have b650 motherboard you can overclock it to near 7600x level of performance. This was always the case with the lower tiers like this.

 

[Dr. Dro]

400MHz below 7600 non-x and without iGPU, but at half the price (if true)...
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.

Yeah, I'm beginning to see the days that you could build an upstanding gaming PC with base hardware console money coming back thanks to this little guy. That'd be awesome. Sadly, lack of iGPU kind of stops it from being an amazing home server chip, and availability on the Epyc 4124P is very low

 

[docnorth]

If you have b650 motherboard you can overclock it to near 7600x level of performance. This was always the case with the lower tiers like this.

Absolutely, I didn't even bother to look at a620. A 200-300MHz overclock is already fine for me.

 

[Ruru]

A nice CPU for cheap prebuilts at least.

 

[friocasa]

While it's great that cheaper CPUs exists(even if can't be bought directly), other DIY component prices have increased a lot in the last few years, on AM4 there were good full size MBs with OC support for around 90$, but on AM5 you have to spend at least 200$. Good PSUs doubled the price too. And RAM, well, if you want a fast one...

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

 

[mirh]

I feel like even if this rebate translated elsewhere, they might at best just barely match Intel for price/performance below the 150-200 dollars mark (once you take into account the absolute premium of AM5 motherboards).

 

[AnarchoPrimitiv]

I feel like even if this rebate translated elsewhere, they might at best just barely match Intel for price/performance below the 150-200 dollars mark (once you take into account the absolute premium of AM5 motherboards).

And that premium doesn't apply to Intel boards?

 

[Macro Device]

And that premium doesn't apply to Intel boards?

No, unless you go DDR5. Many users upgrade to LGA1700 specifically because it allows keeping their old RAM and not spending on a new kit. This makes investments and effort lower.

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.

Waiting for comparisons.

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.

other DIY component prices have increased a lot in the last few years,

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.

 

[BSim500]

I suspect this will be a not so common amd part for central europe again. 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".

Same story in the UK and many other regions. The Ryzen 7500F is currently hilariously listed at £199 on Amazon (£20 more than the Ryzen 7600, £80 more than the Ryzen 8400F and double the £99 i5-12400F) precisely because these "quiet launch" CPU's never actually appear to be a proper globally launch or turn out to be pseudo-OEM's with zero retail availability that unlike the others end up having to be unofficially imported. Same story with the old Ryzen 3300X which was vapourware for +9 months post "launch". I hope they do launch it properly though. There's still no real "budget" AM5 chip that isn't an 8000 series that's PCIe 4.0 x8 max GPU lane crippled, whilst even the £70 i3-12100F has the full PCIe 5.0 x16 GPU lanes...

 

[damric]

Yeah, I'm beginning to see the days that you could build an upstanding gaming PC with base hardware console money coming back thanks to this little guy. That'd be awesome. Sadly, lack of iGPU kind of stops it from being an amazing home server chip, and availability on the Epyc 4124P is very low

I went searching the internet for the 4124P the other day and finally found them at, go figure, a server company. Not a bad price either. I might get one for benching since they are technically now the fastest quad-core CPUs in existence, replacing the 5300G.

Link

 

[Dr. Dro]

I went searching the internet for the 4124P the other day and finally found them at, go figure, a server company. Not a bad price either. I might get one for benching since they are technically now the fastest quad-core CPUs in existence, replacing the 5300G.

Link

How much? Site is unfortunately geofenced, they disabled access on GoDaddy's firewall

 

[damric]

How much? Site is unfortunately geofenced, they disabled access on GoDaddy's firewall

$147 USD

 

[Why_Me]

This cpu is selling on AliExpress for right around $120 USD atm.

 

[Dr. Dro]

$147 USD

Yup, that is pretty good! I'd pick one up if I could ever find anything of the sort here. I don't think these AM5 Epyc's even shipped out here...

 

[Frick]

Absolutely, I didn't even bother to look at a620. A 200-300MHz overclock is already fine for me.

Where I live the cheapest A620 board is about €40 cheaper than the cheapest B650 board, that's pretty significant if you're on a budget.

 

[usiname]

Where I live the cheapest A620 board is about €40 cheaper than the cheapest B650 board, that's pretty significant if you're on a budget.

Where I live the difference is $16
MSI Pro A620M-E - $84
MSI Pro B650M-B -$100
20% VAT included
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

 

[Visible Noise]

This cpu is selling on AliExpress for right around $120 USD atm.

If you want to take a chance on the remarkers lottery.

 

[docnorth]

Where I live the cheapest A620 board is about €40 cheaper than the cheapest B650 board, that's pretty significant if you're on a budget.

Well you made me check, but here the difference is negligible, except for expensive boards. Thanks anyway.

 

[Why_Me]

Well you made me check, but here the difference is negligible, except for expensive boards. Thanks anyway.

125 euros.

https://www.skroutz.gr/s/42123922/ASRock-A620M-Pro-RS-Motherboard-Micro-ATX-with-AMD-AM5-Socket.html

 

[docnorth]

125 euros.

https://www.skroutz.gr/s/42123922/ASRock-A620M-Pro-RS-Motherboard-Micro-ATX-with-AMD-AM5-Socket.html

I can find a MSI pro b650 m-b for almost 130€. Please notice that all parts will be from one retailer, there is a subsidy (if I use the right term) for small businesses.

 

[Scattergrunt]

7400F? Sign me up. More weird, entry level half-OEM's that you can snipe off ali-express yes please.