With a base clock speed of 4.1 GHz and a max boost clock speed of 5 GHz in addition to 16MB of L3 Cache, the Ryzen 7 8700F is built to deliver the power needed to smoothly load and multitask demanding applications. Pairing this CPU with a separately purchased Radeon graphics card with AI acceleration enables the AMD Ryzen AI engine, which uses the dedicated NPU, GPU, and processing cores to accelerate AI workloads. You can boost performance further by overclocking this unlocked processor. Other features include support for PCIe Gen 4 technology to take advantage of high-bandwidth graphics cards and storage drives. The Ryzen 7 8700F also supports up to 256GB of 5200 MHz DDR5 memory with compatible motherboards, which may be overclocked using AMD EXPO profiles for higher gaming performance. This processor has a 65W TDP (Thermal Design Power) and includes a Wraith Spire cooler. The AMD Ryzen 7 8700F does not include integrated graphics, meaning that users will need to purchase a dedicated graphics card. Performance Features AMD Ryzen AI When paired with a compatible Radeon graphics card, the dedicated AMD Ryzen AI engine combines the power of the integrated neural processor (NPU), Radeon Graphics, and processor cores to unlock a new level of efficiencies by accelerating AI workloads with compatible applications to deliver faster content generation and enhanced video communications. Precision Boost 2 AMD Ryzen processors monitor the system's energy consumption, temperatures, and other factors to automatically raise clock speeds, allowing applications to perform faster. Precision Boost Overdrive Precision Boost Overdrive technology takes advantage of your compatible motherboard's design to boost clock speeds higher and for longer periods of time. It also allows you to overclock the processor at the touch of a button. AMD EXPO Technology The AMD Extended Profiles for Overclocking (AMD EXPO Technology) provides users with advanced profile settings for memory overclocking with supported modules. AMD Ryzen Master Utility Personalized Performance The AMD Ryzen Master Utility provides you with multiple custom profiles to store CPU, GPU, and memory configurations. Use it to configure performance parameters for the active cores and adjust memory times. You can also optimize general performance or fine tune your favorite applications. System Monitoring Monitor your system in real-time using the AMD Ryzen Master Utility, which features a histogram of per-core clock rates and temperature, including average and peak readings.