AMD's AM4 socket is almost eight years old and still going strong. Hear AMD's take on why its kept it around so long and may well do for years to come, too.

AMD has two CPU sockets to choose from: AM4 and AM5. The former has been around since 2016 but lots of new motherboards still sport this socket, as AMD only introduced the newer AM5 system in 2022.

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First, the good news: AMD’s doing away with the frightful hodgepodge of motherboard platforms to unite around the AM4 socket with Ryzen CPUs, Radeon-bolstered APUs, and all other chips released ...

That all said, it's not like you can use an AM4 motherboard from 2016 and fit an AM4 CPU from 2024—it simply won't work. While the socket itself is fully backwards compatible, the processor ...

The new AMD Ryzen 7000 processors are here, and for the first time in years, they require a new motherboard. AMD has finally bid farewell to the AM4 socket, which had served it well since 2016.

When you buy a CPU, it will be labeled with a series of letters and numbers such as "LGA 1700" or "AM4." This is the socket name the CPU has, telling you which motherboard chipset it's compatible ...

It’s been almost two years since AMD introduced its Ryzen 7000 series desktop CPUs and the Zen 4 CPU architecture. Today, AMD is announcing the first concrete details about their successors.