Amd fx 7500 review: AMD Kaveri FX-7500 Notebook Processor

FX-7500 [in 18 benchmarks]

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FX-7500

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Memory clock speed

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Summary

AMD started AMD FX-7500 sales 4 June 2014. This is Kaveri architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads, and is based on 28nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 3300 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FP3 processor with a TDP of 19 Watt. It supports DDR3-1600 memory.

It provides poor benchmark performance at

3.18%

of a leader’s which is AMD EPYC 7h22.

FX
7500

EPYC
7h22

General info

FX-7500 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance rating	1582
Market segment	Laptop
Series	AMD Kaveri
Architecture codename	Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date	4 June 2014 (8 years ago)
Current price	$267	of 18494 (Xeon Platinum 8280M)

Technical specs

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	4
Base clock speed	2. 1 GHz	of 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed	3.3 GHz	of 5.8 (Core i9-13900K)
L2 cache	4096 KB	of 12288 (Core 2 Quad Q9550)
Chip lithography	28 nm	of 5 (Apple M1)
Die size	245 mm²
Number of transistors	2410 Million	of 9900000 (Ryzen 9 7950X)
64 bit support	+
Windows 11 compatibility	—

Compatibility

Information on FX-7500 compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one.

Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Socket	FP3
Thermal design power (TDP)	19 Watt	of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by FX-7500. You’ll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	86x SSE (1, 2, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, AVX, FMA, DDR3-1600 Controller
AES-NI	+
FMA	+
AVX	+
FRTC	1
PowerTune	—
TrueAudio	+
PowerNow	+
PowerGating	+
Out-of-band client management	+
VirusProtect	+
HSA	1

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

AMD-V	1
IOMMU 2.0	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by FX-7500’s memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3-1600	of 5200 (Ryzen 5 7600X)
Max memory channels	2	of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

Graphics specifications

General parameters of GPU integrated into FX-7500.

Integrated graphics card	AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
iGPU core count	6
Enduro	+
Switchable graphics	1
UVD	+
VCE	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of FX-7500’s integrated GPU.

DisplayPort	+
HDMI	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by FX-7500’s integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	1

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version

3.0

of 5 (Core i9-12900K)

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of FX-7500. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Overall score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX-7500
3.18

Passmark

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

3DMark06 CPU

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

TrueCrypt AES

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 encoding pass 1

WinRAR 4.0

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Geekbench 2

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 69%

FX-7500
3209

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 38%

FX-7500
349

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 38%

FX-7500
899

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

FX-7500
2060

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

FX-7500
5482

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

FX-7500
2771

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

FX-7500
2

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core (sometimes called Multi-Thread) is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

FX-7500
153

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

FX-7500
55

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11. 5 is an old benchmark by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

FX-7500
0.7

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

FX-7500
1

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

FX-7500
14

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

FX-7500
69

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using ‘Best’ setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 12%

FX-7500
1479

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 6%

FX-7500
4116

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 6%

FX-7500
1769

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

FX-7500
4730

Relative perfomance

Overall FX-7500 performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.

Intel Core i7-5557U
100

Intel Core i5-4330M
100

Intel Core i5-6260U
100

AMD FX-7500
100

Intel Core i5-6198DU
99.37

Intel Core i7-4600M
99.06

Intel Pentium Silver N6000
98.43

Intel equivalent

We believe that the nearest equivalent to FX-7500 from Intel is Core i7-5557U, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our rating.

Core i7
5557U

Compare

Here are some closest Intel rivals to FX-7500:

Intel Core i5-4330M
100

Intel Core i5-6260U
100

Intel Core i7-5557U
100

AMD FX-7500
100

Intel Core i5-6198DU
99. 37

Intel Core i7-4600M
99.06

Intel Pentium Silver N6000
98.43

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6260U

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4330M

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Recommended graphics cards

These graphics cards are most commonly used with FX-7500 according to our statistics.

Radeon R7
Graphics

24.2%

Radeon R7
M260DX

12.9%

Radeon R5
M230

9.2%

Radeon R7
M265

5.7%

Radeon R7
M260

2.8%

GeForce GTX
1050 Ti

1.7%

Radeon R7
240

1.5%

Radeon R7
250

1. 3%

GeForce GTX
650

1.1%

Mobility
Radeon X800

0.9%

User rating

Here is the rating given to the reviewed processor by our users. Let others know your opinion by rating it yourself.

Questions and comments

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AMD FX-7500 — review. CPU Benchmark & Specs

The processor AMD FX-7500 is developed on the 28 nm technology node and architecture Kaveri. Its base clock speed is 2.10 GHz, and maximum clock speed in turbo boost — 3.30 GHz. AMD FX-7500 contains 4 processing cores. To make a right choice for computer upgrading, please get familiar with the detailed technical specifications and benchmark results. Check socket compatibility before choosing.

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Out of 0
Hitesti score

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Processor FX-7500 [in 18 benchmarks]

AMD
FX-7500

Interface
Core frequency
Video memory size
Memory type
Memory frequency
Maximum resolution

Description

AMD started AMD FX-7500 sales 4 June 2014. This is Kaveri architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 4 cores and 4 threads and is manufactured using 28nm process technology, the maximum frequency is 3300MHz, the multiplier is locked.

In terms of compatibility, this is an FP3 socket processor with a TDP of 19W. It supports DDR3-1600 memory.

It provides poor benchmark performance at

3.18%

from the leader, which is AMD EPYC 7h22.

FX
7500

EPYC
7h22

General information

Information about the type (desktop or laptop) and architecture of the FX-7500, as well as when sales started and cost at that time.

place in performance rating

1582

Type

0040 +

Compatible with Windows 11
Information on FX-7500 compatibility with other computer components.

Useful, for example, when choosing the configuration of a future computer or to upgrade an existing one.

Please note that the power consumption of some processors can significantly exceed their nominal TDP even without overclocking. Some may even double their claims if the motherboard allows you to adjust the power settings of the processor.

Expanded instructions	86x SSE (1, 3, 3S, 4.1, 4.2, 4A),-64, AES, FMA, DDR3-1600 CONTROLLER
	Aes -NI	+
FMA	+
AVX	+
FRTC	1
PowerTune	—
TrueAudio	+
PowerNow	+
PowerGating	+
Out-of-band0041
HSA	1

Virtualization technologies 0
Technologies supported by the FX-7500 that speed up virtual machines are listed.

AMD-V	1
Immu 2.0	+

90AM0059 UVD + VCE +

90AM
Interfaces and connections supported by the FX-7500’s integrated graphics card.

DisplayPort +

HDMI + 1

Integrated video — API support

APIs supported by the FX-7500’s integrated graphics card, including their versions.

5
FX-7500 supported peripherals and how to connect them.

DirectX Directx® 12

VULKAN 1

CHILDER PCI Express 3.0 of 5 (Core i9-12900K)

Tests in the benchmarks

These are the results of the FX-7500 performance tests in non-gaming benchmarks. The overall score is set from 0 to 100, where 100 corresponds to the fastest processor at the moment.

Overall performance in tests

This is our overall performance rating. We regularly improve our algorithms, but if you find any inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in the comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

FX-7500
3.18

Passmark

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

3DMark06 CPU

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench 11. 5 64-bit single-core

TrueCrypt AES

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 encoding pass 1

WinRAR 4.0

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Geekbench 2

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widely used benchmark that consists of 8 different tests, including integer and floating point calculations, extended instruction tests, compression, encryption, and game physics calculations. Also includes a separate single-threaded test.

Benchmark coverage: 69%

FX-7500
3209

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks that can be used to accurately measure performance. This version uses only one processor core.

Benchmark coverage: 38%

FX-7500
349

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application designed as CPU benchmarks that independently recreate certain real world tasks that can accurately measure performance. This version uses all available processor cores.

Benchmark coverage: 38%

FX-7500
899

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is a very outdated ray tracing benchmark for processors developed by the authors of Cinema 4D, Maxon. The Single-Core version uses a single CPU thread to render a futuristic motorcycle model.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

FX-7500
2060

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 that uses all processor threads. The possible number of threads in this version is limited to 16.

Benchmark coverage: 20%

FX-7500
5482

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is an outdated set of benchmarks based on DirectX 9 by Futuremark. Its processor part contains two tests, one of which calculates the pathfinding of game AI, the other emulates game physics using the PhysX package.

Benchmark coverage: 19%

FX-7500
2771

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 that uses all processor threads. This version supports a maximum of 64 threads.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

FX-7500
2

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core (sometimes referred to as Multi-Thread) is a variant of Cinebench R15 that uses all of the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

FX-7500
153

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (Release 15) is a benchmark created by Maxon, the creator of the popular Cinema 4D 3D modeling package. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench using more modern variants of the Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes referred to as Single-Thread) uses only one CPU thread to render a room full of mirror balls and complexly shaped lights.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

FX-7500
55

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark developed by Maxon. authors of Cinema 4D. It has been superseded by later versions of Cinebench which use more modern variants of the Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version loads one CPU thread with ray tracing, rendering a glossy room full of crystal spheres and lights.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

FX-7500
0.7

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a deprecated program that was widely used to encrypt disk partitions on the fly. It contains several built-in benchmarks, one of which is TrueCrypt AES. It measures the speed of data encryption using the AES algorithm. The result of the test is the encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

FX-7500
1

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower MPEG4 x264 video compression benchmark, resulting in a variable bit rate output file. This results in a better quality of the resulting video file, as a higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. The benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

FX-7500
14

x264 encoding pass 1

The x264 benchmark uses the MPEG 4 x264 compression method to encode the HD (720p) sample video. Pass 1 is a faster option that produces an output file at a constant bit rate. Its result is measured in frames per second, that is, how many frames of the source video file were encoded in one second on average.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

FX-7500
69

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of the popular archiver. It contains an internal speed test using maximum compression by the RAR algorithm on large amounts of randomly generated data. Results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 12%

FX-7500
1479

Geekbench 3 32-bit multi-core

Benchmark coverage: 6%

FX-7500
4116

Geekbench 3 32-bit single-core

Benchmark coverage: 6%

FX-7500
1769

Geekbench 2

Benchmark coverage: 5%

FX-7500
4730

Relative performance

Overall performance of the FX-7500 compared to its closest competitor in notebook processors.

Intel Core i5-6260U
100

Intel Core i5-4330M
100

Intel Core i7-5557U
100

AMD FX-7500
100

Intel Core i5-6198DU
99.37

Intel Core i7-4600M
99.06

Intel Pentium Silver N6000
98.43

Competitor from Intel

We believe that the nearest equivalent to FX-7500 from Intel is Core i7-5557U, which is approximately equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our rating.

Core i7
5557U

Compare

Here are some of Intel’s closest competitors to the FX-7500:

Intel Core i5-4330M
100

Intel Core i5-6260U
100

Intel Core i7-5557U
100

AMD FX-7500
100

Intel Core i5-6198DU
99. 37

Intel Core i7-4600M
99.06

Intel Pentium Silver N6000
98.43

Other processors

Here we recommend several processors that are more or less similar in performance to the reviewed one.

Core i5
4330M

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Core i7
5557U

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Core i5
6198DU

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Pentium Gold
4415U

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Core i5
4400E

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Core i5
6300U

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Recommended video cards

According to our statistics, these video cards are most often used with FX-7500:

Radeon R7
Graphics

24. 2%

Radeon R7
M260DX

12.9%

Radeon R5
M230

9.2%

Radeon R7
M265

5.7%

Radeon R7
M260

2.8%

GeForce GTX
1050 Ti

1.7%

Radeon R7
240

1.5%

Radeon R7
250

1.3%

GeForce GTX
650

1.1%

Mobility
Radeon X800

0.9%

User rating

Here you can see the evaluation of the processor by users, as well as put your own rating.

Amd fx 7500 review: AMD Kaveri FX-7500 Notebook Processor

FX-7500 [in 18 benchmarks]

Summary

General info

Technical specs

Compatibility

Technologies and extensions

Virtualization technologies

Memory specs

Graphics specifications

Graphics interfaces

Graphics API support

Peripherals

Benchmark performance

Overall score