Until AMD and Intel present their new processor generations Ryzen 9000 and Core 15000 in the second half of the year, new introductions are likely to be rare. And since the current sockets have been available on the market for a long time, you can only expect a few new products for motherboards. Of course, changes in purchasing behavior can still occur in some cases, for example due to discount campaigns or general price trends.
The motherboard market situation
Twitter/X user @TechEpiphanyYT, who analyzes Mindfactory's sales figures every week, provides a good insight into the German hardware market. When we last reported on the results three weeks ago, AMD's AM5 socket was clearly ahead when it came to motherboards – and that's still the case now. Accordingly, 1,550 AM5 boards were sold last week. The remaining three platforms, AM4 with 920 pieces, Socket 1700 with 460 pieces and Socket 1200 with 40 pieces, do not come close to this amount even together.
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In terms of market share, not much has changed either; instead of around 51 percent back then, AM5 now has around 52 percent. What is more noticeable, however, is the limited return of base 1200 – because it was no longer represented for the first time three weeks ago. The situation is similar when it comes to processors: AM5 sales there are also just ahead of all other platforms when you add them up.
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As mentioned at the beginning, a lot could change in the coming weeks and months due to price changes. Given its huge lead, AMD's AM5 platform shouldn't really be in trouble. In this regard, things will probably only get exciting again in the fall, because then Intel's Arrow Lake processors are expected to appear for the desktop and thus make several production leaps.
Those: @TechEpiphanyYT