{"id":678471,"date":"2026-06-01T20:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/678471\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:22:08","slug":"amd-extends-socket-am5-support-through-at-least-2029-am4-refuses-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/678471\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD extends Socket AM5 support through at least 2029; AM4 refuses to die"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AM5 owners should expect at least one or two more all-new generations of Ryzen processors to be compatible with their boards, though it\u2019s always possible that AMD could decide to \u201csupport\u201d AM5 with additional permutations of previously released chips. In any case, CPUs based on the upcoming Zen 6 architecture should be supported, and these are said to boost the Ryzen chips\u2019 maximum number of CPU cores from 16 to 24, a sizable bump for people running heavy multicore workloads.<\/p>\n<p>For people with entry-level AM5 systems they\u2019d like to upgrade, AMD also announced one new CPU today: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/products\/processors\/desktops\/ryzen\/7000-series\/amd-ryzen-7-7700x3d.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryzen 7 7700X3D<\/a> is an 8-core 3D V-Cache chip that launches on July 16 for $329, around $50 less than the 7800X3D and $110 less than the current retail price for the 9800X3D. The chip\u2019s clock speed maxes out at 4.5 GHz, quite a bit lower than the 7800X3D\u2019s peak of 5 GHz. But games should still benefit from the extra 64MB of cache.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA longer platform roadmap can reduce the need for full system replacements and gives PC builders more confidence when choosing AMD Ryzen processors, AM5 motherboards and compatible memory,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/blogs\/2026\/amd-computex-2026-10-years-of-am4-am5-support-through.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reads<\/a> AMD\u2019s press release. \u201cOur dedication to Socket AM5 reflects the same long-term commitment we made to Socket AM4.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AM5 owners should expect at least one or two more all-new generations of Ryzen processors to be compatible&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-678471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}