That makes expensive the AM5 platform, hell, the intel LGA 1700 platform is more atractive than AM5, and cheaper, at least if you look only to the motherboards. Equal or superior connectivity, better prices, and so on. This combined with the possibility of using DDR4, too, makes a BIG minus to AM5.
The AMD cpus are enough cheap against the intel alternatives, but the rest of the plaform makes AM5 less attractive than LGA1700. And the "solution" for AMD is "supporting" the almost deprecated AM4 as an cheap alternative and "enoughly modern" platform.
Well, AMD, I appreciate it, as an AM4 user. BUT I'ld appreciate much more if you, AMD, takes any action to make a viable and cheaper option for anybody with AM5 motherboards using at least some B650 motherboards that are decent enough (no, please, no more jokes with motherboards with 4 rear USBs, only 2 m2 slots, and no PCIe 5.0 in any slot of the mobo, and more absurd limitations) and don't cost me an eye.
AMD has huge advantage on premium category. No Intel board can come even close $500 AMD board. No contest there.
You say AMD low end board suck, OK, I did comparison:
Both motherboards are just under $150 and both have "modern" chipset.
PCIe
AMD: x16 (CPU), x4 chipset, x1 chipset
Intel: x16 (CPU), x4 chipset, x1 chipset
(draw here)
M.2 / SATA
AMD: PCIe 4.0 x4 (CPU), PCIe 4.0 x4 (CPU), 4X SATA
Intel: PCIe 4.0 x4 (CPU), PCIe 4.0 x4 (chipset), 6X SATA
(AMD has better M.2, Intel has more SATA)
USB
AMD
4x USB 2.0 (Front)
4x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type A (Rear)
2x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type A (Front)
4x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type A (Rear)
1x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type C (Front)
Intel
Rear USB (Total 6 ports)
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (2 x Type-A )
4 x USB 2.0 ports (4 x Type-A)
Front USB (Total 10 ports)
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support 4 additional USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 connectors (support USB Type-C®)
2 x USB 2.0 headers support 4 additional USB 2.0 ports
(not much difference here either)
Both are mATX
Both have 4 DDR5 slots
Both have Wi-Fi 6E
Both have 2.5G LAN
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So, there you have it. While you bash AMD for not offering this and that under 200 bucks, it just seems Intel cannot do any better. These were just randomly picked two boards but if your words hold true, there should be major difference. There is basically nothing.