AMD is working to ensure the longest possible lifespan for its desktop platforms; released in 2017, the AM4 socket welcomed its latest processor in 2024 with the Ryzen 5700X3D, which brings the lifespan of this generation to seven years. We could even add various Ryzen 5x05G and GE launched at the beginning of the year, but these are actually models that have already been released for some time on the OEM market and therefore do not really count. On the Intel, it's a completely different story: the manufacturer never stops changing sockets with each generation of desktop processors, or almost.
Intel requires a motherboard change every 2 to 3 years
Socket LGA-1200 is therefore only compatible with Core Gen12 to Gen14 only, and motherboards with socket LGA-1851 only accept the current Core Ultra 200 and Core Ultra 300 which should arrive a little later in the year. A delivery manifest concerning test elements seems to indicate that the manufacturer should continue to ensure rapid renewal of its platforms, forcing users to change motherboards once again to keep up.
Expected for 2026, the Nova Lake-S processors should take over from the Arrow Lake-S Refresh (the famous Core Ultra 300); We might have hoped that these models (let's call them Core Ultra 400 for now) would be compatible with LGA-1851 socket motherboards based on an 800-Series chipset arriving on the market in the third quarter of 2024 only, but this will a priori not be the case.
The manifest in question indicates that these future processors will use a new LGA-1954 socket, which means the mandatory purchase of a new motherboard to migrate to this platform when the time comes. An increasingly difficult pill to swallow swallow when we know that, on the other hand, AMD will continue to offer its new generations of processors on the AM5 socket until at least 2027, more than five years after its launch...
| Range | Architecture | Engraving | Platform | Launch date |
| Core Gen12 | Alder Lake | Intel 7 | LGA 1700/1800 | 2021 |
| Core Gen13 | Raptor Lake | Intel 7 | LGA 1700/1800 | 2022 |
| Core Gen14 | Raptor Lake Refresh | Intel 7 | LGA 1700/1800 | 2023 |
| Core Ultra 200 | Arrow Lake | TSMC N3B | LGA 1851 | 2024 |
| Core Ultra 300? | Arrow Lake Refresh | TSMC N3B? | LGA 1851 | 2025 |
| Core Ultra 400? | Nova Lake | ? | LGA 1954? | 2026 |
| Core Ultra 500? | Razer Lake | ? | LGA 1954? | 2027 |
Source: WCCFtech
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