In a nutshell: It's been almost three years since AMD officially launched the AM5 chipset alongside the Ryzen 7000 series. But according to a company executive, global sales of AM5 and the previous-gen AM4 are split 50/50, illustrating how the socket that supports Zen 1 through to Zen 3 remains popular. David McAfee, AMD head of Client Channel Business, was asked by TechPowerUp about the company's chip sales and whether they were skewed towards newer X3D processors.McAfee said that the split between AM4 and AM5 is close to 50/50. He added that this was a global picture, and that different markets have different preferences. The US and Western Europe, for example, are more skewed toward higher-end AM5 builds.AM4 was introduced in September 2016, alongside the launch of 7th-gen Bristol Ridge APUs. The first major adoption came when the Zen-based Ryzen 1000-series processors landed in March 2017. AM4 was AMD's main desktop platform for six years, proving so popular that the company extended promised support beyond the original 2020 date to 2022 though it said last year that it would be supporting AM4 into 2025.AMD showed its commitment to AM4 in June 2024 when it launched the Ryzen 9 5900XT and Ryzen 7 5800XT for the platform. The 5800XT is a 100 MHz overclock of the 5800X, while the 5900XT is essentially a 100 MHz downclocked version of the Ryzen 9 5950X.Sorry, IntelAlthough the US is weighted toward AM5, Amazon's best-selling CPU chart shows the lingering popularity of AM4 processors. Nine out of the top 25 entries are from the Ryzen 5000-series, the most popular of which is the Ryzen 7 5700X in third place. Meanwhile, Intel has only five processors in the top 25, the highest being the 11th-place Core i7-12700KF.As for how long AMD will support the current AM5 platform, McAfee said last year that the longevity of AM4 was one of the biggest factors behind Ryzen's success and that AMD will think carefully about moving to the next socket generation. He added that the company wants to stay on AM5 for as long as possible. // Related Stories