ASUS X670/B650/A620 Motherboards are Ready for AMD’s Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5” CPUs

ASUS motherboards are set and ready for AMD’s next-gen Ryzen 9000 processors. Based on the Zen 5 core architecture, these CPUs are expected to offer substantial performance improvements while further optimizing efficiency. Nearly 50 motherboards, including the ROG Crosshair X670E, ROG Strix X670E/B650E/B650, TUF Gaming X670E/B650/A620, ProArt X670E/B650, PRIME X670E/X670/B650/A620, EX, and AYW are among the support-ready models.

Considering that firmware for AMD’s Ryzen 9000 processors is already up and about, it won’t be long before we see these chips in action. The Zen 5 lineup is expected to expand the core front end while consolidating the integer execution units and the load/store system. The core interconnect is rumored to get an upgrade with faster clocks and higher bandwidth. You can expect similar improvements in the Infinity Fabric clocks and the memory controller.

The Zen 5 architecture will allegedly add AVX512 support across all four FP execution ports. A fifth port consisting of two 256-bit units has also been added. The expanded EUs mean larger floating point registers to sustain them. Intel’s latest designs consist of one or two 512-bit units per core.

The Ryzen 9000X3D processors (Zen 5 3D V-Cache) will be revealed soon after the base platform. A CES 2025 launch is not far-fetched. A 6-month gap between Zen 5 and Zen 5 3D V-Cache is what my money is on. Intel’s response will likely make the final decision. If the Arrow Lake-S processors end up decisively faster than Granite Ridge, we won’t have to wait long for the X3D variants.