AMD Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F now available
The new CPUs were launched on 1st April according to AMD.
AMD has updated its website just as the new desktop CPUs became available. According to the company, the Ryzen 8000F series was launched on April 1st, but there wasn’t much news coming from AMD about this particular launch. In fact, the new SKUs were only mentioned during a special event in China , but at the time, AMD made no comments on the specs, pricing, and release date.
Today, we know that the new SKUs are indeed based on Phoenix/Hawk Point silicon and are essentially the G-variants without integrated graphics support. So, yes, these chips lack one of the most important features of this silicon: the efficient RDNA3 integrated graphics. However, instead, one is given a lower price and access to the latest Zen4 architecture.
According to AMD, both Ryzen 7 8700F and Ryzen 5 8400F will be available globally, so they won’t be limited to China as rumored. However, according to reports, both SKUs will only be available to OEM partners (and likely system integrators). This doesn’t mean they won’t come to the retail market, but it means they have no official MSRP, and their availability will depend on how quickly these companies start selling them on trays to retailers (which is almost certainly going to happen).
Ryzen 8000F specs, Source: AMD
When it comes to specs, the Ryzen 7 8700F is an 8-core and 16-thread SKU with a base clock of 4.1 GHz and a boost clock of 5.1 GHz . The CPU has the same L2 and L3 cache as the Ryzen 7 8700G, which is 8MB and 16MB respectively. This SKU will require discrete graphics to work, and there is no Ryzen AI (XDNA) processor enabled as well.
The Ryzen 5 8400F is a 6-core CPU with a base clock of 4.2 GHz and a boost clock of 4.7 GHz . Similarly to the Ryzen 5 8500G, it is equipped with 6MB of L2 cache and 16MB of L3 cache. This SKU does not support Ryzen AI acceleration (which probably means it’s based on the smaller Hawk Point silicon, which physically doesn’t have the XDNA processor).
Currently, there are no system integrators or OEMs that offer these processors. However, we have already seen them in action thanks to the early testing of one of the motherboard makers.
| AMD Ryzen 8000G/F Series | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | # of CPU Cores | Base/Max. Boost Clock | L2/L3 Cache | Launch Date | GPU | Ryzen AI |
| Common features: Zen4/Zen4, RDNA3, 45-65W cTDP, AM5, DDR5 | ||||||
| Ryzen 7 8700G | 8C/16T | 4.2/5.1 GHz | 8/16 MB | 1/31/2024 | Radeon 780M | Available |
| Ryzen 7 8700F 🆕 | 8C/16T | 4.1/5.0 GHz | 8/16 MB | 04/01/2024 | Discrete Graphics Card Required | Available when paired with a compatible Radeon graphics card with AI acceleration |
| Ryzen 5 8600G | 6C/12T | 4.3/5.0 GHz | 6/16 MB | 1/31/2024 | Radeon 760M | Available |
| Ryzen 5 8500G | 6C/12T | 3.5/5.0 GHz | 6/16 MB | 1/31/2024 | Radeon 740M | Not Available |
| Ryzen 5 8400F 🆕 | 6C/12T | 4.2/4.7 GHz | 6/16 MB | 04/01/2024 | Discrete Graphics Card Required | Not Available |
| Ryzen 3 8300G | 4C/8T | 3.4/4.9 GHz | 4/8 MB | 1/31/2024 | Radeon 740M | Not Available |
Source: AMD (8700F) , AMD (8400F)