You could have found alone in Wikipedia. Also it is more a question for r/Intel than r/Amd . The Intel sockets for mainstream desktop platform since 2010, in chronological order: LGA 1156 (2009) LGA 1155 (2011) LGA 1150 (2013) LGA 1151 v1 (2015) LGA 1151 v2 (2017) LGA 1200 (2020) LGA 1700 (2021) AM4 was launched in 2016. The first AM4 processor was Bristol Ridge. More on reddit.com

At current the Ryzen 4000 is THEORIZED to be the final AM4 CPU. More on reddit.com

If you want something to explain the desktop: first number = gen. 1-5 is AM4, >7 is AM5 Eg: 5xxx is zen 3 and on AM4, 7xxx is zen 4 and on AM5 (Exceptions: 4xxx is garbage, 6xxx has been skipped, 8xxx are just laptop zen 4 CPUs with decent IGPU’s for too much money) I wouldn’t go anything lower than ryzen 3000. If possible, I would get AM5 for the platform longevity. I would also wait till August 15th for ryzen 8000 to at least drop prices on older CPU’s. Second number = tier. Typically means more cores or faster per cores Eg. 76xx has 6 cores, 77xx has 8 cores. For gaming, go for x6xx if you are more on a budget(we will get into the best gaming CPUs later). For productivity, go for the biggest number possible for moar cores. Third and forth numbers: fluff numbers Time for letters: X = slightly more expensive and slightly faster versions of the normal versions. Also, may not include the loud stock cooler. Also sometimes the only options G = has a decent IGPU. Are just reheated laptop GPU’s and slower than desktop CPUs(5600g is much slower than 5600(x)) Exception: Ryzen 7000+(excluding ones with and F designation) have some shitty IGPUS good enough to turn on the system and do debugging. X3D = has more cache. You don’t need to know what that means, all you need to know is that is provides basically next gen gaming performance at the cost of some productivity losses.(5800x3d ～ 7700(x)) Exception: 7800x3d has 8 3d vcache cores(8 gaming cores). 7900x3d has 6 3d vcache cores(6 gaming cores) and 6 normal(productivity cores)cores. 7950x3d has 8 3d vcache cores, and 8 normal cores. Tldr: Super budget: 3600(x) Budget: 5600(x), 5600g if you don’t have a gpu Mid range: 7500f(only on aliexpress), 7600(x), 7700(x) High end: 7800x3d(gaming), 7950x(productivity), 7950x3d(best of both worlds) Hopes this mess helps you. If you have any questions, ask away! I would also go ask for help on r/buildapcforme More on reddit.com

Nice list. I personally own many of these chips. The current best bang for the buck is the Ryzen 5 5600G or the 5700G if you need the 8 cores. I use the 5600G for my game servers. The Ryzen 3 5300G is probably the pinnacle of quad core processors. Hell, I replaced my raspberry pi for my server for my 3D printers with a Athlon 300U mini PC. It's a 2C/4T Zen architecture with Vega 3 iGPU. Personal workstation uses a 5950X and so does my wife's workstation. More on reddit.com