Next-Gen AMD AM6 socket to feature around 2100 pins and support AM5 coolers
AMD AM6 CPU socket details leak – DDR6, PCIe 6.0, and around 2100 pins
According to sources at Bits and Chips, AMD appears to be finalising its design for its next-generation AM6 CPU socket. This socket will replace today’s AM5 CPU socket and reportedly feature around 2100 pins. For context, AMD’s AM5 socket has 1718 pins.
Using their new AM6 socket, AMD reportedly plans to integrate PCIe 6.0 and DDR6 memory support. To accommodate their new socket’s pin count, AMD has reportedly increased its pin density significantly. This change may allow AMD’s AM6 socket to support AM5-compatible CPU coolers.
AMD has committed to supporting its AM5 CPU socket beyond 2025. AMD’s next-generation Zen 6 CPUs are expected to support AM5 motherboards. That means we should wait until at least Zen 7 before seeing a new consumer CPU socket from AMD. If Zen 6 releases in 2026, we should expect to see Zen 7 in late 2027 or 2028.
According to our sources, the AM6 AMD Socket will be very similar to the AM5 Socket. In order to continue its own tradition, AMD will allow us to reuse the coolers we are now using on AM5 Socket. (E.g. we ware able to use the old Socket 939 coolers on the AM4 Socket!).
But … how can AMD be able to integrate the next generation PCIE 6.0 and DDR6 technology on the same surface without having any problems? We have seen that Intel Socket 1700 was bigger than the Intel Socket 1200. AMD, on the other hand, want to keep the same size, so they have to increase the Pins density. That’s why we can read some recent patents of AMD about that. For example the patent US 20250149428.
The new AM6 Socket will have got about 2100 pins and will be commercialized during the 2028, when the uArch Zen 7 will be ready.
By the time AM6 arrives, AMD’s AM5 socket will have supported at least three generations of Ryzen CPUs. That means that today’s AM5 CPU users will have at least one more potential hardware upgrade before AMD shifts to a new socket. Zen 6 CPUs will likely support today’s AM5 CPUs thanks to nothing more than a BIOS update.
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