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HOW LONG WILL AMD SUPPORT ITS AM5 PLATFORM?

By Karthik Iyer
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Will AM5 platform have similar longevity as AM4?


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Platform longevity is one of the biggest factors to consider while building a
PC. I say that because constantly having to upgrade your hardware to be on the
cutting edge of tech, gets expensive very fast, especially in the ever-evolving
computing space. Putting together a PC can already leave you stretching your
budget, and the last thing you want to do is spend more money on platform
upgrades, just to have a powerful system. The longevity of the AM4 platform was
one of the biggest reasons for its success, but what about AMD's current-gen AM5
platform? Is AMD planning to support AM5 for a long time, or will it end up
replacing it with something new sooner rather than later?


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AMD'S AM5 TO STICK AROUND THROUGH 2025


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In an updated roadmap released last year in June, while unveiling some of its
plans surrounding the Zen 5 microarchitecture, AMD confirmed that its AM5
platform for motherboards will support the upcoming Zen 5-based processors, and
that the socket will also scale into 2026. As of February 2024, AMD's original
commitment to support AM5 through 2025 still stands, and the same was confirmed
by AMD's VP and GM of Client Channel Business, David McAfee, in a video
interview with OverclockersUK in December 2023. In fact, he even left the door
open for a longer support by saying, "We are firmly committed to 2025 and
beyond, and we’ll see how long that promise lasts beyond 2025".





WHY PLATFORM LONGEVITY MATTERS


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Choosing a long-lasting platform for your PC is crucial, as it allows you to
mitigate your upgrade expenses by a huge margin. There is a significant
difference between having to upgrade your entire PC every couple of years versus
upgrading a single component like the CPU on that platform, after all. Just to
put things into perspective, it'll be cheaper for you to stay on the same AM5
platform and just upgrade to, say, a better processor or a faster memory module,
verus having to replace the entire motherboard in the name of upgrades and pick
compatible parts accordingly for that.



AM4 was — and it still largely is — popular in the community for its successful
run from 2017 to 2022. During its run, it saw 5 architectures, 4 process nodes,
and over 100 processor SKUs, and it stuck around to see through Ryzen 5000
series processors too, before getting replaced by the AM5 platform for the Ryzen
7000 series in September 2022. That made it incredibly upgrade-friendly, as the
folks wanting to upgrade from an older Ryzen processor to a Ryzen 5000 series
chip simply had to swap them out without having to make bigger changes. Yes, the
motherboard would need a BIOS revision, but that's pretty much it.


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AM5 looks to be no different in this regard, at least for now, as users with
Ryzen 7000 chip and an AM5 motherboard with X670 or B650 could simply swap out
the processor for a new one from the Ryzen 8000 series. You may need a firmware
update, but you won't have to go hunting for a fresh set of parts.


SOME CLOSING THOUGHTS

AMD has always been committed to offer more from a longevity standpoint, and it
shows if/when you turn back the hands of time. It's tough to tell exactly how
long AMD plans to support the AM5 socket, but it will at least be here through
2025. We'll update this space with more info if we hear on this from AMD at
Computex later this year.

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