AMD has lastly launched two new processors in its 8000-series of APUs, besides these ones strictly aren’t APUs (Accelerated Processing Items) as the massive built-in GPU is totally disabled. Which may not look like they’re price contemplating however AMD has sweetened the deal by making them its least expensive AM5 socket chips up to now.
We first heard inform of those new fashions, primarily based on the non-chiplet Phoenix 2 structure, again in March and now we have a full international launch on our palms. The silicon was initially used for laptops and a few handheld PCs, earlier than making an look within the desktop PC market within the type of the 8000G sequence. The most effective a kind of, the Ryzen 7 8700G, is a good way to start out the idea of an affordable 1080p gaming PC, though it is a bit of on the expensive facet with a SEP of $329.
| Mannequin | Cores / threads | Enhance clock | L3 cache | Built-in GPU | Ryzen AI NPU | SEP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 7 8700G | 8 / 16 | 5.1 GHz | 24MB | 12 CU (RDNA 3) | Sure – 16 TOPS | $329 |
| Ryzen 7 7700 | 8 / 16 | 5.3 GHz | 32MB | 2 CU (RNDA 2) | No | $329 |
| Ryzen 7 8700F (new) | 8 / 16 | 5.0 GHz | 24MB | None | Sure – 16 TOPS | $269 |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | 6 / 12 | 5.0 GHz | 16MB | 8 CU (RDNA 3) | Sure – 16 TOPS | $229 |
| Ryzen 5 7500F | 6 / 12 | 5.0 GHz | 32MB | None | No | $179 |
| Ryzen 5 8500G | 6 / 12 | 5.0 GHz | 16MB | 4 CU (RNDA 3) | No | $179 |
| Ryzen 5 8400F (new) | 6 / 12 | 4.7 GHz | 16MB | None | No | $169 |
That is the identical worth because the Ryzen 7 7700, which solely has a really primary GPU, although its larger enhance clock velocity and bigger L3 cache make it a greater CPU than the 8700G. The brand new Ryzen 7 8700F has no GPU in any way and has a decrease enhance clock than the 8700G and 7700, however it’s quite a bit cheaper—its SEP of $269 is $60 lower than the opposite two 8 core processors. And, in contrast to the Ryzen 7 7700, you do get a Wraith Stealth CPU cooler included within the field. It isn’t a nice air cooler, however it would get you up and working.
The difficulty we discovered with the 8700G, nevertheless, was that it performs noticeably worse than the equal chiplet-based CPU when paired with a discrete graphics card. That is going to be the identical with the 8700F, and you’ll largely blame that lack of L3 cache for the decrease body charges. However a $60 saving is a $60 saving, and you’ll be up and working with out having to fork out for a third-party cooler.
But when that is nonetheless too costly for you, how does $169 sound for a CPU with six cores, 12 threads, and a lift clock of 4.7 GHz? That actually is affordable however the issue for the brand new Ryzen 5 8400F is that the GPU-less Ryzen 5 7500F is barely $10 extra and it has double the quantity of L3 cache and a noticeably larger enhance clock.
And it isn’t just like the 8400F makes use of much less energy, as the entire above chips within the above desk have a TDP of 65 W.
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AMD is claiming a efficiency win over equal finances Intel chips from the previous two generations, by as much as 24% larger body charges for the 8700F over the Core i5 14400F. Although it is price noting these are AMD’s personal cherry-picked outcomes, so we’ll see what they seem like in unbiased exams.
The 8700F and 8400F are chips which can be prone to have failed the binning course of to be 8000G processors, attributable to manufacturing defects within the GPU. So moderately than grinding them down and sticking them within the trash can, it is a good choice to repackage them as finances choices.
Nicely, the 8700F is actually a very good choice for a budget-minded PC builder, however the 8400F is not low-cost sufficient. For the sake of the value of a few coffees, you can get the far superior Ryzen 5 8500G or Ryzen 5 7500F. If it was my cash, I would get the 7500F regardless that its GPU is mediocre in comparison with the 8500G’s.
The latter solely has 4 Compute Items, half that within the Steam Deck’s chip, so that you’re just about restricted to primary or previous video games, even at 1080p. Positive, you will not be taking part in any video games with the 7500F’s GPU however given that it is the extra succesful CPU of the 2 (L3 cache helps a lot in video games), that is the place my cash could be heading to.
I am unable to see AMD releasing any extra Zen 4 variants now, because it’ll be gearing up able to launch its forthcoming Zen 5 vary for desktop PCs, laptops, workstations, and effectively, every thing actually.
