AMD has just unveiled their new Zen 4 architecture along with a new AMD socket, AM5. The AM5 socket also known as LGA1718 will be compatible with PCIe Gen5 and the newer DDR5. AMD has also announced that the new socket will still be backwards compatible with the older AM4 coolers. The new Zen 4 architecture and sockets will be released in the second half of 2022. Been using the Phenom x4 9950 CPU sent to me by AMD for over a month now and I have been doing some simple benchmarks with it. The Phenom X4 9950 is the latest and fastest among AMD's quad core series. You will notice the ones from AMD and Intel are already capable of supporting DDR3 RAMs. On the other hand, the newer ones by AMD offers single-core and dual-core CPUs with higher cache memory. Read more in our articles including "AMD unveils Zen 4 Core w/ new AM5 socket" and "AMD Phenom X4 9950 Benchmark".
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May 8, 2026AMD has just unveiled their new Zen 4 architecture along with a new AMD socket, AM5. The AM5 socket also known as LGA1718 will be compatible with PCIe Gen5 and the newer DDR5.
AMD has also announced that the new socket will still be backwards compatible with the older AM4 coolers. The new Zen 4 architecture and sockets will be released in the second half of 2022. Been using the Phenom x4 9950 CPU sent to me by AMD for over a month now and I have been doing some simple benchmarks with it.
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