Ryzen 5 7500X3D: Striking a Balance, Yet Falling Short of High Hopes?

Together with the announcement of the budget-friendly gaming processor Ryzen 5 7500X3D, the test results were published alongside. This allows us to assess the real performance, not only in games but also in work tasks.

In games, the newcomer is indeed faster than the Core Ultra 5 245KF, as promised by AMD. The average difference is about 8%, which is less than AMD claims, but this will greatly depend on the chosen games. The older Ryzen 5 7600X3D is faster by only 4%, but the newcomer surpasses the Ryzen 5 9600X by 16%.

However, in applications, the situation is expectedly completely different. The newcomer has only six cores, which are not the freshest architecture, and the frequencies are not the highest. As we can see, the Ryzen 5 7500X3D performs approximately at the level of the Ryzen 5 8400F and surpasses the older Core i5-14400F by 5%. The more recent and more affordable Ryzen 5 9600X is already 24% faster, and that same Core Ultra 5 245KF beats the newcomer by 60%.

Review authors note that at a price of 280 euros, the Ryzen 5 7500X3D is not the best offer. For affordable PCs, authors suggest looking at the twice cheaper Ryzen 5 7500F, and if you need something faster and more expensive, a good contender would be the Ryzen 5 9600X, which is significantly faster in applications and not much slower in games. Core Ultra 5 245KF at its price also looks very attractive, especially in work tasks.

As the gaming community continues to expand, the Ryzen 5 7500X3D, despite its solid gaming performance, seems to target mid-range enthusiasts who value both gaming and productivity but are willing to make some trade-offs. However, the rapidly evolving market places emphasis on price-to-performance ratio, pushing AMD to finely tune its approach to attract budget-conscious yet performance-oriented consumers.