AMD extends Socket AM5 support through at least 2029; AM4 refuses to die
AMD extends Socket AM5 support through at least 2029; AM4 refuses to die
AMD 将 Socket AM5 的支持期延长至至少 2029 年；AM4 平台“老骥伏枥”
One of the benefits of building an AMD PC is that the company has historically supported its processor sockets for longer than Intel does, allowing the same motherboard (and RAM kit, if you want) to power your PC through multiple CPU upgrades. Today at Computex, AMD announced chips for the current AM5 socket and the improbably-still-around AM4 socket that will help extend their lives a little further, a nod to just how expensive it has become to build a new PC or perform a major upgrade these days.
组装 AMD 电脑的优势之一在于，该公司在处理器插槽的支持周期上历来比英特尔更长，这使得同一块主板（甚至内存条）可以支持多次 CPU 升级。在今天的台北国际电脑展（Computex）上，AMD 发布了针对当前 AM5 插槽以及依然“顽强存活”的 AM4 插槽的新芯片，旨在进一步延长这些平台的使用寿命。此举也反映出如今组装新电脑或进行重大升级的成本已变得相当昂贵。
The first of these announcements is something we knew about already: the relaunch of 2022’s Ryzen 7 5800X3D, the first of AMD’s commercially available 3D V-Cache processors. Dubbed a “10th Anniversary Edition” in reference to how long Socket AM4 has been around, the re-released chip is slower than regular 8-core Ryzen 5000-series CPUs in general productivity tasks but comes with 64MB of extra L3 cache that disproportionately benefits games. If you’re trying to use a high-end GPU with an AM4 motherboard, it could help keep your CPU from being a performance bottleneck. The 5800X3D (re-)releases on June 25 for a suggested retail price of $349, which is less than it currently costs to buy secondhand.
首个公告是我们已知的内容：重新发布 2022 年的 Ryzen 7 5800X3D，这是 AMD 首款商用 3D V-Cache 处理器。这款重新发布的芯片被称为“十周年纪念版”，以纪念 Socket AM4 问世至今的时间。虽然它在常规生产力任务中比普通的 8 核 Ryzen 5000 系列 CPU 稍慢，但它额外配备了 64MB 的三级缓存，这对游戏性能有显著提升。如果你打算在 AM4 主板上搭配高端显卡，它可以有效防止 CPU 成为性能瓶颈。5800X3D 将于 6 月 25 日重新上市，建议零售价为 349 美元，低于目前的二手市场价格。
As for the current AM5 socket, AMD officially announced that it was extending its support to at least 2029—it was originally planned to last until 2025, then until “2027+,” so that means between two and four years of additional support, depending on how you’re counting. AM5 owners should expect at least one or two more all-new generations of Ryzen processors to be compatible with their boards, though it’s always possible that AMD could decide to “support” 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’ maximum number of CPU cores from 16 to 24, a sizable bump for people running heavy multicore workloads.
至于当前的 AM5 插槽，AMD 正式宣布将其支持期延长至至少 2029 年。该插槽最初计划支持到 2025 年，随后延长至“2027 年以后”，这意味着根据计算方式的不同，支持周期额外增加了两到四年。AM5 用户可以期待至少还有一到两代全新的 Ryzen 处理器兼容其主板，尽管 AMD 也有可能通过发布现有芯片的变体来继续“支持” AM5。无论如何，基于即将推出的 Zen 6 架构的 CPU 应该会得到支持，据称这些处理器将把 Ryzen 芯片的最大核心数从 16 核提升至 24 核，这对运行繁重多核工作负载的用户来说是一个显著的提升。
For people with entry-level AM5 systems they’d like to upgrade, AMD also announced one new CPU today: the Ryzen 7 7700X3D 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’s clock speed maxes out at 4.5 GHz, quite a bit lower than the 7800X3D’s peak of 5 GHz. But games should still benefit from the extra 64MB of cache.
对于想要升级入门级 AM5 系统的用户，AMD 今天还发布了一款新 CPU：Ryzen 7 7700X3D。这是一款 8 核 3D V-Cache 芯片，将于 7 月 16 日上市，售价 329 美元，比 7800X3D 便宜约 50 美元，比 9800X3D 目前的零售价便宜 110 美元。该芯片的最高时钟频率为 4.5 GHz，比 7800X3D 的 5 GHz 峰值频率低了不少，但游戏性能依然能从额外的 64MB 缓存中获益。
“A 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,” reads AMD’s press release. “Our dedication to Socket AM5 reflects the same long-term commitment we made to Socket AM4.”
AMD 在新闻稿中表示：“更长的平台路线图可以减少用户更换整机的需求，并让 PC 组装者在选择 AMD Ryzen 处理器、AM5 主板和兼容内存时更有信心。我们对 Socket AM5 的投入，反映了我们对 Socket AM4 所做出的同样的长期承诺。”