While AM4’s longevity has surprised us all, though, a long-lasting socket was something AMD had planned from the start. To find out more about the humble beginnings of Ryzen and the sockets that ...

AMD might have cracked open the AM5 lid with Ryzen 9000-series processors such as the Ryzen 9 9950X, but it seems to be set on churning out more AM4 platform CPUs, too.

AM4 is the CPU socket that just refuses to die. Nearly a decade after first making its way into motherboards, AMD is still releasing new processors for the long-lived setup, still delivering ...

The AM4 socket was first introduced in 2016, and the latest Ryzen 5000 chips for AM4 debuted in late 2020. Yet, here we are in 2025, and half of AMD’s desktop CPU sales still rely on the AM4 ...

AMD announced desktop versions of its Ryzen 8000 processor family at CES 2024, adding Ryzen AI to its desktop chips. But there are new Ryzen 5000 desktop processors for the AM4 socket, too.

AMD's last generation of desktop CPU socket, AM4, first appeared in September 2016 and most of us assumed that once the current AM5 hit the market, there would be no further CPUs released for the ...

Two new Socket AM4 AMD Ryzen CPUs have just been unveiled, in the form of the AMD Ryzen 9 5900XT and AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT, with the latter being the fastest-clocked AM4 processor in its class yet ...

AMD announced the first Ryzen 8000 desktop processors today: a new lineup of socket AM5 CPUs that bring RDNA 3 integrated GPUs and an AI-accelerating NPU to its desktop platform for the first time.

While unexpected, AMD stated its intention to support Socket AM4 long after Socket AM5's release - something confirmed by ex AMD employee, Robert Hallock in my interview with him in 2022, where he ...

AMD probably kept silent about this update because the new 5000G processors are designed for the older AM4 socket, while their latest releases are equipped with the AM5 socket. However, this is not a ...

Best AM4 AMD CPU for gaming . The first-generation AMD 3D V-cache made a powerful impression when it launched, and the Ryzen 7 5800X3D remains a definitive option for those still running AM4.