AMD has quietly expanded its processor lineup by adding the Ryzen 5 5500F to its official website. The new chip belongs to the Zen 3 architecture, similar to the existing Ryzen 5 5500 model. While the 'F' suffix in other series typically denotes the absence of an integrated GPU, the desktop Ryzen 5000 series did not feature iGPUs by default, with the exception of the 5000G models.
Technical specifications indicate that the Ryzen 5 5500F features 16 MB of L3 cache, which matches the capacity of the Ryzen 5 5500. This is notable because the Ryzen 5 5500F is categorized under the Vermeer line, which typically includes 32 MB of cache. The reduction to 16 MB makes the new processor's cache capacity identical to the Cezanne-based Ryzen 5 5500.
The new processor operates at a frequency range of 3.0–4.4 GHz, compared to the 3.6–4.2 GHz range of the Ryzen 5 5500. Despite the differences in base and boost clock speeds and the use of different physical silicon, the overall performance parameters of the two chips remain nearly identical.
