the $130 Ryzen 5 7500F vs the SUB $100 i5 12400F - What's the Best CPU for your Gaming PC?

With CPU prices coming down drastically in 2024, one must wonder, does Intel or AMD have the best 6 core offering? Well let's put the Ryzen 5 7500F (currently $125 shipped) vs the i5-12400F (currently $95 shipped), to see how both these CPUs perform in games at both 1080p and 1440p.

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[techyescity]

The Ryzen 5 7500F giving me those Ryzen 5 3500 vibes! Have you tried this CPU? My experience with it was... wow!

[chadfang]

I got my 7500F overclocked to 5.5GHz on 1.17V and it's a beast. PBO2 is a good option too for people that are not comfortabe with overclocking.

[cyberbenjaminsw]

Ordered a 7500f a week ago and it's on the way. Upgrading/building from a i7 4770k. I was tempted to get a 7800X3D But since 9000 is on the horizon It seemed like good idea to get the cheapest AM5 CPU then eventually upgrade to 9000 once it's out. $120 is throw away money but I'm going to definitely sell 7500f eventually, get like $60/70 for it.

Can't wait to test it out and see the improvements from my old 4770k.

[Adesterr]

In Europe the Ryzen 7500F goes for around 165€ (tax included), which would be equivalent to a i5 12600KF. I can't find anything close to $125 for a Ryzen 7500F.

[gregciuba]

I've been using 12400 since July 2022, still on DDR4 and it has been performing admirably. Recently jumped to 1440p, upgrading from RX6700 10gb to 4070s and I've seen no bottleneck in the games I played. Needless to say AM5/DDR5 would be the way to go if building brand new but I feel 12400/f still has some life left in it.

[AhsanIqbalButt-ruwq]

Really appreciate this video, ryzen 5 7500f all the way, i've paired it with RX6800 xt, and 32GB 6000Mhz, brilliant combo, serves both purpose, gaming and productivity (youtube video editing) etc.

[decentry]

Had this cpu with a rx 6700xt since November and I’ve got to say it’s awesome, definitely some of the best value you can get

[RimzoSky]

I have a 12700k and I would choose a 7500F over a 12400F. One of the major advantages of intel is quicksync (including 10 bit 4.2.2 hardware acceleration that Nvidia or AMD don't support which lots of cameras shoot in). 12400F loses that productivity benefit due to the lack of IGPU so no point in choosing it over a Ryzen 7000 series.

[KimBoKastekniv]

The results make sense, the 7500F is a slightly downclocked 7600X which is on par with top processors like a 12900K and 5800X3D.

[JoseMariArceta]

I think the 12400f still has its place on the lower lower end, for example the 7500f in my country is about 175usd and the 12400f is about 130usd. This price delta is the cost of a really cheap h610m or b660 motherboard then add some cheap ram and you got yourself a decent platform.

[benfoster]

Baked beans pizza with green tea!?! You savage

[heroicnonsense]

The price difference between these two can vary depending on your location. In Europe, the 7500f is way more expensive than a 12400F for example, with the 12400F sometimes available for around 105 euros, and generally for about 120.

In addition the 12400f can be run without the set power limits of 65 W if your motherboard supports it, which adds a few percent of performance.

Also, if you'd like to overclock the 12400f to 5.1 GHz, you can do so (yes, even though it's not a K-spec unlocked CPU), by using the BCLK method discovered by der8auer.

You can save a bit by using DDR4 memory on both CPUs. DDR5 doesn't make a huge difference in gaming, as per tests done by Linus Tech Tips, unless you use a top of the line CPU and GPU.

[UndyingGhost]

7500f is more of a competitor to 13500f/14500.

[gorgoncorvenus]

Recently got the 7500F and I am not regretting it!

[da_pawz]

Thank you for this video, as a system builder myself I haven't touch the DDR5 era CPU yet... So your video can be a good base for me for my next build.

[RobtimusPrime]

found the 7500f on ali express for about 130 US, giving it a try!

[dranelemakol]

7500f is an obvious choice if you ever plan on upgrading (but it's so good you might not need to)

[hynee]

Yeah I have a 12400F, I decided to skimp on the CPU and upgrade later, but then about 1 month ago they dicontinued 13th gen. 14th gen is not usable by me (DDR4).
I was worried it would be slower than my old i9 9900K, but they're quite similar in performance, the i9 has the edge though.
So at the moment it's perfectly acceptable, but my hopes of getting a 13900K or 13700K are rapidly diminishing, especially as rumours swirl about high end 13th gen chips being over powered by motherboard settings, and actually damaging the silicon in those chips. So 2nd hand may be off the table.

[baoquoc]

The thumbnail seriously giving me some Random Gaming in HD flashbacks😂😂😂

[LaurenceBlunt]

I'm English and have never seen a 7500F for sale anywhere in the UK. As these are just 7600's with a duff iGPUs there may not be enough for world wide shipments.

I built a new PC in June with a 7900(no X). I do game and my old Ryzen 2700(no X) was fine for what I play, but it was slow to process lots of DVD's (like TV box sets) and very slow on Blu-ray's. I didn't wait for the 9000's as the non-X versions are typically another 6-12 months after the initial launch. The 7900 now procesess a Blueray about as fast as the 2700 did DVD's.

The 7900 using the supplied AMD heat sink running with PBO (limited to 85C) is getting 4.5+GHz on all cores, even after hours of Handbrake encoding (running 2 jobs to get 100% CPU usage). The single/dual core speed is hitting 5.2GHz with ease. With this 85C setting it gives more leeway with the AMD cooler, setting just PBO had it hit the 95C limit is seconds and would slow down as the heat sink got saturated. At the 85C limit it is using ~80Watts when running 2x Handbake encodes of Blue-rays.

I put 32GB of Corsair DDR5-6000 (CAS 30) EXPO in it as that was just £12 more than the cheapest sticks. It runs perfectly and using the iGPU with faster RAM made a noticeable improvement of about 10+%.

Here in the UK the 7600 is (currently) priced at £190 (all prices include the 20% sales tax called VAT, plus the odd penny to round up), the 7700 is £290. So £100 more for just 2 extra cores (+33%).

The 7900 is available for £340 so for an extra £150 you get 100% more cores over the 7600, or for £50 over the 7700 you get 50% more cores. Its is a bargain for those of us wanting higher core counts! The 7950X is about £480 and runs a lot hotter.

The X parts are typically £20 more expensive but you also have to buy a decent heat-sink and fan that will set you back another £30, making the non-X versions more like £50 cheaper. You always have the option of buying a better HS+Fan at a later date for high overclocking.

Also: When I assembled the system I tested it out using the iGPU and was pleasantly surprised. Now I am not saying it's good for modern games, it is not good playing "The Witcher 3" @~15fps 1080p High, but for all desktop work and old games it does OK.

A good example was that I re-played Portal and Half-Life 2 (up to getting out of the prison section with the bugs helping) and was playing those at 1080p Max settings with ~90-110fps. In contrast my RX6700XT limited to the 120Hz of my TV (running the same games) will use less than 10% of the GPU using about 16Watts as it clocks itself down to ~50Mhz.