AMD officially launched AM4, its last-gen socket for Ryzen processors, way back in September 2016. It arrived alongside the first Ryzen generation, the 1000 series – and we’ve come a long way since then. Socket longevity is the name of the game for AM4, and AMD told us it hopes to do the same with AM5. Nine years later, the Ryzen 5 5600F is the latest addition.

There’s no big song and dance about this processor (much like the new 9700F and 9500F chips), but it represents a new SKU to think about for a last-gen AM4 system. While many enthusiasts have moved on to AM5 with the Ryzen 7000 through 9000 series, AM4 remains popular for budget builds. The older socket is still outselling Intel, based on German retail statistics.

AMD lists Ryzen 5 5600F on its website

The new AMD Ryzen 5 5600F has been listed on AMD’s website. If you didn’t already know, the ‘F’ suffix denotes the lack of integrated graphics, and this model also sees reduced clock speeds versus the popular ‘X’ model. We revisited the Ryzen 5 5600X in a review years later, concluding that it stands up as a solid processor in 2025, and an extremely cost-effective one.

Interestingly, the 5600F model isn’t listed with AMD’s stock Wraith Stealth cooler. In any case, it’s essentially a slower version of the Ryzen 5 (non-X) and is likely the bottom-end of CPU binning for remaining AM4 chips. AMD lists regional availability for the 5600F as ‘APJ’, which refers to the Asia-Pacific-Japan region. With no pricing details yet available, it’s also likely bound for low-end OEM/prebuilt systems rather than a standalone release.

At this point, we don’t think AM4 has much left in the tank – AMD has been releasing these cut-down models for a while now (like the 5700X3D and 5600X3D arriving after the 5800X3D was discontinued). However, we can’t really complain about AM4 still being supported nine years after it launched.

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