Microsoft updated the list of supported processors from Windows 10 May 2020 Update, the new operating system feature update expected to debut later this month. The new entry compared to the 1909 version is represented by the processors AMD Ryzen 4000, the Zen 2 architecture-based notebook solutions that have been hitting the market in recent weeks.
Support for Ryzen 4000 desktops expected in the second half of the year and based on Zen 3 architecture will be integrated with the second feature update of the year of Windows 10, expected for October / November. If recent history teaches, that Windows 10 update will contain specific optimizations for the new architecture.
Returning to the list, many other AMD CPUs are listed, including the seventh generation solutions (A-Series Ax-9xxx, E-Series, Ex-9xxx and FX-9xxx) and Athlon 200 (the latest 3000G is not indicated, but there should be no problems). Also supported the old Opterons and the new AMD EPYC 7xxx, even if only on the editions Windows 10 Pro for Workstations and Windows 10 Enterprise.
On the front Intel there are no changes whatsoever, with support up to the 10th generation Core processors and the Xeon E-22xx solutions (Windows 10 Pro for Workstations and Windows 10 Enterprise only), Atom (J4xxx / J5xxx and N4xxx / N5xxx), Celeron and Pentium. The list is not the most detailed, but if you do not find a series indicated, do not think of incompatibility or lack of support, if anything, of simple oversights or of Microsoft's will to be as synthetic as possible.
The same can probably be said for solution support Qualcomm: Microsoft only mentions SoCs Snapdragon 850 and Snapdragon 8cx, leaving out Snapdragon 7c and Snapdragon 8c. As said, it is probably forgetfulness or synthesis.
Microsoft's list is intended to indicate which versions of Windows 10 are most suitable for a given platform: these are not essential requirements for the operating system to run on a PC. In terms of processors the only cardinal requirement is to have a solution with a frequency of at least 1 GHz compatible with the x86 instruction sets (in this regard there is a novelty) and x64, in addition to the PAE, PX, SSE2, CMPXCHG16b instructions, LAHF / SAHF and PrefetchW.
