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title: "Platforms"
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= Platforms

== Supported Platforms

Here is a list of platforms supported by FreeBSD.

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|===
|Platform Name |TARGET_ARCH
|14.x link:{committers-guide}#archs[Support Tier]
|15.x link:{committers-guide}#archs[Support Tier]
|Projected 16.x link:{committers-guide}#archs[Support Tier]

|64-bit x86 |link:amd64[amd64]
|Tier 1
|Tier 1
|Tier 1

|32-bit x86 |link:i386[i386]
|Tier 2
|Unsupported
|Unsupported

|64-bit ARMv8 |link:arm[aarch64]
|Tier 1
|Tier 1
|Tier 1

|32-bit ARMv6 |link:arm[armv6]
|Tier 3
|Unsupported
|Unsupported

|32-bit ARMv7 |link:arm[armv7]
|Tier 2
|Tier 2
|Tier 2

|32-bit PowerPC |link:ppc[powerpc]
|Tier 2
|Unsupported
|Unsupported

|32-bit PowerPC with SPE |link:ppc[powerpcspe]
|Tier 2
|Unsupported
|Unsupported

|64-bit PowerPC big-endian |link:ppc[powerpc64]
|Tier 2
|Tier 2
|Tier 2

|64-bit PowerPC little-endian |link:ppc[powerpc64le]
|Tier 2
|Tier 2
|Tier 2

|64-bit RISC-V |https://wiki.freebsd.org/riscv[riscv64]
|Tier 2
|Tier 2
|Tier 2
|===

== Unsupported Platforms

These platforms were supported by older versions of FreeBSD.

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|Platform Name |TARGET_ARCH |Last Supported Release
|Alpha |alpha |link:../releases/#rel6-4[6.4]
|32-bit little-endian ARM v4/v5|arm |link:../releases/#rel12-4[12.4]
|32-bit big-endian ARM |armeb |link:../releases/#rel11-4[11.4]
|Intel IA-64 |ia64 |link:../releases/#rel10-4[10.4]
|32-bit MIPS soft-float |mips, mipsel |link:../releases/#rel13-5[13.5]
|32-bit MIPS hard-float |mipshf, mipselhf |link:../releases/#rel13-5[13.5]
|32-bit MIPS n32 |mipsn32 |link:../releases/#rel13-5[13.5]
|64-bit MIPS soft-float |mips64, mips64el |link:../releases/#rel13-5[13.5]
|64-bit MIPS hard-float |mips64hf, mips64elhf |link:../releases/#rel13-5[13.5]
|PC98 |pc98 |link:../releases/#rel11-4[11.4]
|64-bit RISC-V soft-float |riscv64sf |link:../releases/#rel13-5[13.5]
|64-bit SPARCv9 |sparc64 |link:../releases/#rel12-4[12.4]
|===