Lining up with AMD’s Ryzen 7000 CPU bulletins, many motherboard companions are exhibiting off their new X670E/X670-based motherboards, that includes the brand new AM5 socket, to associate with the brand new Zen 4 chips. The brand new motherboards include a slew of updates and enhancements to help the brand new CPU platform. This contains shifting from DDR4 to DDR5 (no DDR4 choices, in contrast to Intel), a shift from PCIe 4.0 to PCIe 5.0, and upgraded energy supply to help the socket able to utilizing as much as 230W.
I sit up for all the brand new {hardware} bits and performance, however I get most excited in regards to the new designs board companions provide you with. Over the approaching months, we’ll overview many of those boards, with the perfect fashions incomes spots on our greatest motherboards web page.
Till we get began with evaluations, we’ve created a listing of Ryzen 7000 motherboards, with as a lot info instantly from companions as attainable. Many particulars, together with the all-important worth, will arrive later. So there’s some hypothesis on our finish under. We’ll present every thing we have now concerning official details and replace the knowledge right here as we get it.
AMD’s X670 Chipset: AM5 goes LGA, PCIe 5.0 and DDR5
Simply as with our Z690 overview article earlier this yr, after we began this one, AMD had not launched the complete particulars of the X670 chipsets. However what we do know is AMD has moved away from the PGA (Pin Grid Array) socket to an LGA (Land Grid Array) socket, like Intel processors. The brand new socket incorporates 1,718 pins, 18 greater than Intel’s LGA 1700 socket for its Z6x0 motherboards and Alder Lake processors. The excellent news is that AM4-compatible cooling will match the AM5 motherboards. Many mounting kits work natively, although some will want new ones for greatest outcomes. Attain out to the corporate that made your cooler to substantiate compatibility.
Together with the flagship-class X670E chipset, AMD can be releasing X670 (no “E”), B650E and B650 chipsets. X670E helps all the brand new bells and whistles, together with PCIe 5.0 slots and storage, together with AMD EXPO reminiscence expertise (basically an AMD-specific model of Intel’s XMP). X670, alternatively, helps EXPO, however solely PCIe 5.0 on the NVMe storage (not the PCIe slot). The opposite chipsets, B650E and B650, provide customers a less-expensive path into the brand new AM5 platform. The “E” variant has complete help for PCIe Gen 5 (slot and NVMe storage), whereas the ‘base’ X650 chipset solely helps PCIe 5.0 on storage/NVMe. Each chipsets help overclocking the processor and reminiscence.
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The B650E motherboards goal the mid-range to greater ‘price range’ choices, so there’ll possible be some pricing overlap between the upper tier B650E and X670, as they share a number of the identical internals, together with PCIe redrivers and the mandatory area to help them. Whereas most motherboard companions haven’t disclosed pricing, AMD did point out that AM5 motherboards will probably be out there for as little as $125. Nonetheless, we think about that is possible the MSRP of the least costly B650 motherboard(s). That stated, we anticipate a worth enhance in comparison with X570 and maybe even Z690, whatever the chipset tier. It’s good to see graphics playing cards coming down in worth, however stepping into a brand new DDR5 platform will price you.
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Together with the soar to DDR5, AMD can be releasing AMD EXPO (EXtended Profiles for Overclocking) reminiscence expertise, a one-click overclocking profile for Ryzen 7000 sequence reminiscence. Just like built-in XMP profiles for Intel, you’ll have EXPO profiles to pick out within the BIOS to run your equipment on the rated speeds. AMD partnered with a number of reminiscence producers, together with ADATA, Corsair, Geil, G.Ability and Kingston to assist carry DDR5 reminiscence kits to the market with the brand new options. Based on AMD, upon launch on September twenty seventh, you need to see not less than 15 kits of DDR5 with AMD EXPO performance at speeds as much as DDR5-6400. We’ve already coated kits from G.Ability and TeamGroup.
One of many extra distinctive options of the X670E boards is their twin PCHs. The chipset (really a chipset, outlined as a number of chips) makes use of two Promontory 21 (PROM21) chips. As a substitute of unique entry to the CPU for every, the 2 chips join to one another via 4 PCIe 4.0 lanes, which then hook up with the CPU instantly, sporting the identical PCIe 4.0 x4 bandwidth as X570 for DMI. Mixed, the chipset gives three PCIe 4.0 x4 interfaces (12 lanes whole) and eight PCIe 3.0, the latter reserved for slower connectivity like networking. Board companions have the pliability to configure the PCIe 3.0 to SATA ports, which yields a combination and match of six SATA plus two PCIe (x4 + x4).
A advantage of utilizing a multi-chip configuration (each 7W TDP, word), is that they are often unfold out and cooled passively, forgoing the followers that many despised (few with good purpose, as they weren’t noisy) on the primary batch of X570 motherboards. Fortunately, we haven’t seen any chipset followers on Micro ATX or bigger boards, however we do anticipate to see them used with high-end Mini-ITX motherboards since actual property is so restricted on these tiny boards. Try our article from just a few months again for extra detailed info. AMD hasn’t launched an official chipset diagram right now, however we have now one for the Aorus Grasp, which provides you an instance of how issues might be break up up.
On the USB entrance, the chipset affords fairly a little bit of native USB connectivity. X670/X670E helps as much as eight USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) ports and one other 4 ports that may be configured as two USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 (20 Gbps) ports. If that isn’t sufficient, the chipset additionally helps as much as 12 extra USB 2.0 ports.
Some high-end boards help USB Energy Supply (PD) and output as much as 60W at 20V/3A. Not solely are you able to quick cost your smartphone with these ports, however bigger gadgets like tablets and a few laptops, too. To help that a lot energy, you’ll have to plug a spare 6-pin PCIe connector to plug into the board. In any other case, you’ll be restricted to the 20V/1.5A and 30W. For the midrange B650 chipset, simply one of many PROM21 chips is used. On some boards, you’ll discover USB 4 help by way of an ASMedia ASM4242 controller, which outputs two USB 4 ports from 4 PCIe 4.0 lanes by way of the CPU, whereas additionally supporting DisplayPort v1.4 (thus video) via the interface.
Shifting to networking, there isn’t an excessive amount of of a change right here, particularly when in comparison with the up to date B550 boards (or Intel Z690), which added 2.5 GbE port(s), with high-end boards utilizing as much as 10 GbE. The brand new chipset additionally contains built-in Wi-Fi 6E, akin to Intel’s CNVi implementation, which is included on most boards.
Right here’s a have a look at how X670 compares with AMD’s earlier mainstream flagship chipsets. You’ll discover some query marks stay; keep in mind that we don’t have an official chipset diagram from AMD. We’ll replace any info under as soon as we have now official info from AMD.
AMD X670E/X670, B650E/B650 and X570 Chipset Specs
| Characteristic | X670E | X670 | B650E/B650 | X570 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socket | AM5 | AM5 | AM5 | AM4 |
| PCIe x.0 Lanes (CPU) | 16 / 4 (PCIe 5.0) 4 (PCIe 4.0) | 16 / 4 (PCIe 5.0) 4 (PCIe 4.0) | 16 / 8 (PCIe 4/5.0) | 16/24 (PCIe 4.0) |
| PCIe Configuration | x16, x8/x8, x8/x4/x4 | x16, x8/x8, x8/x4/x4 | x16, x8/x8, x8/x4/x4 | x16, x8/x8, x8/x4/x4 |
| USB 3.2 (Gen2x2/2/1) | 2/8 | 2/8 | 1/4 | |
| Complete USB | 22 | 22 | 11 | |
| SATA 3.0 Ports | 6 | 6 | 4 | |
| HSIO Lanes (CPU + PCH) | 40?? | 40?? | 28?? | 40 |
| Reminiscence Channels (Max. Supported Pace) | Twin (DDR5 5200) | Twin (DDR5 5200) | Twin (DDR5 5200) | Twin (DDR4 3200) |
| Built-in Wi-fi 6E | Sure (Wi-Fi 6E) | Sure (Wi-Fi 6E) | Sure (Wi-Fi 6E) | N/A |
| DMI | 4.0(x4) | 4.0(x4) | 4.0(x4) | 4.0(x4) |
| Overclocking | Sure | Sure | Sure | Sure |
| TDP | ~7+7W | ~7+7W | ~7W | 11W |
AM5 CPUs
We’ve already coated the Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 particulars, so we received’t get into all the CPU nitty gritty right here and preserve it excessive stage. AMD will launch 4 new Zen 4 Ryzen sequence (Code identify “Raphael”) processors at launch. Up prime is the 16-core $699 Ryzen 9 7950X flagship, adopted by the 12-core $549 Ryzen 9 7900X, a $399 8-core Ryzen 7 7700X, and eventually, the price range chip of the group, the $299 6-core Ryzen 5 7600X. Pricing is strong general, with the Ryzen 7 7700X the one processor growing in worth, by $100, over the last-generation Ryzen 7 5700X it replaces. The 7950X is $100 much less than the 5950X’s launch worth, whereas the 7900X and 7600X price the identical because the 5700X and 5600X launch costs. Whereas that’s a constructive throughout most SKUs, the true price will increase will virtually definitely come from the motherboard and the shift to DDR5. It does although, appear possible that DDR5 costs will proceed to fall, particularly on lower-end kits.
The brand new CPUs are constructed on TSMC’s 5nm course of node for the Core Compute Die (CCD) and a 6nm course of for the I/O die (IOD). Though the core/thread counts stay the identical, Zen 4 additionally doubles the L2 cache (L3 stays the identical). Together with the clock velocity enhance, this helps with general efficiency. With the brand new structure although, TDP and energy goes up. The Ryzen 9 chips have a TDP of 170W, with peaks (PBP/MTP) allowed as much as 230W, a wholesome enhance from Zen 3. The Ryzen 7 7700X and 7600X each sport 105W TDPs, however their PBP/MTP energy restrict is presently unknown. In brief, you’ll most likely want a very good cooling resolution to get essentially the most out of those chips (identical as Intel), and it’s possible you’ll have to spring for a brand new energy provide.
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The excellent news is that with the facility enhance comes a major efficiency uplift. Based on AMD, the processors obtain as much as 13% enchancment in IPC (Directions Per Clock). Together with the notable IPC enhance, AMD additionally raised the ceiling on clock speeds, boosting as much as a blazing 5.7 GHz on two cores. Some easy serviette math outcomes reveal round a 29% enchancment in single-threaded efficiency over Zen 3. AMD additionally notes as much as 45% extra efficiency in multi-threaded purposes. AMD additionally claims it’s 11% quicker in video games, 44% quicker for compute performance, and 47% higher effectivity than the Intel Core i9-12900K. After all, these chips will clearly be competing with thirteenth Gen Raptor Lake chips, just like the Core i9-13900K. The brand new AMD processors additionally help AVX-512 and, for the primary time in a very long time, embrace built-in graphics primarily based on the RDNA 2 structure. Be aware although, that the built-in graphics listed below are primary, meant primarily to deal with displaying the desktop, not working video games.
Not like Intel, AMD selected to go all in with DDR5 and so doesn’t help DDR4 on its new platform. Since DDR5 is offered in higher quantity and costs are coming down (although nonetheless loads greater than DDR4), this was arguably a good selection on AMD’s half. The best in-spec frequency for the prevailing AM5 SKUs is DDR5-5200. However AMD did share that DDR5-6000 would be the candy spot for Zen 4.
X670 (and rumored B650) Motherboards: The Full Listing (So Far)
With the chipset particulars out of the best way, we’ve supplied a listing of all X670 and X650 motherboards kown up to now under, doing our greatest to disregard unsubstantiated rumors and leaks. As typical, not all companions responded or had up to date internet pages in time for publication, so there is a sturdy likelihood that some issues will change. We’ll break issues out on the next pages and provide some ideas on the respective launch lineups after. Sadly, pricing is an important piece of data that no distributors have supplied but. However we’ve stuffed within the tables with what information we have now. Any fashions listed in daring are confirmed via the board accomplice, whereas any that aren’t daring and italicized (most B650), are unconfirmed however closely speculated across the internet.
X670/B650 Motherboard Product Stack by Accomplice
| Mannequin | Measurement | Worth (MSRP) | Purchase |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASRock X670E Taichi Carrara | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| ASRock X670E Taichi | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| ASrock X670E Metal Legend | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| ASRock X670E Professional RS | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| ASRock X670E PG Lightning | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| ASRock B650E Metal Legend | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| ASRock B650E ITX WiFi | ITX | ? | Not Accessible |
| ASRock B650E Phantom Gaming Riptide | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| ASRock B650E Phantom Gaming-ITX/AX | ITX | ? | Not Accessible |
| ASRock B650 Phantom Gaming velocita | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| ASRock B650M Phantom Gaming Riptide | mATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| ASRock B650M-C | mATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| ASRock B650-C | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| ASRock B650 LiveMixer | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| ASRock B650 PG Lightning | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Excessive | E-ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Hero | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Gene | mATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Asus ROG Strix X670-E WIFI Gaming | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Asus Prime X670E-Professional WiFi | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Asus TUF Gaming X670E-Plus WiFi | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Asus ProArt X670E-Creator WiFi | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Asus ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming Wifi | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Asus ROG Strix B650-A Gaming Wifi | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Asus TUF-Gaming B650-Plus Wifi | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Asus TUF-Gaming B650-Plus | mATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Asus TUF-Gaming B650M-Plus Wifi | mATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Asus TUF-Gaming B650M-Plus | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Asus Prime B650-Plus | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Biostar X670E Valkyrie | ATX | $599 | Not Accessible |
| EVGA | ? | ? | Not Accessible |
| Gigabyte X670E AORUS Excessive | E-ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Gigabyte X670E AORUS Grasp | E-ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Gigabyte X670 Aorus Professional AX | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| Gigabyte X670 Aorus Elite AX | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| MSI MEG X670E Godlike | E-ATX | $1,299.99 | Not Accessible |
| MSI MEG X670E Ace | E-ATX | $699.99 | Not Accessible |
| MSI MPG X670E Carbon | ATX | $479.99 | Not Accessible |
| MSI Professional X670-P WiFI | ATX | $289.99 | Not Accessible; |
| MSI Professional X670-P | ATX | $269.99? | Not Accessible |
| MSI B650 Carbon WiFi | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| MSI B650-Edge WIFI | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| MSI B650I Edge WIFI | ITX | ? | Not Accessible |
| MSI B650 Tomahawk WIFI | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| MSI B650M Mortar WIFI | mATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| MSI Professional B650-P WIFI | ATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| MSI Professional B650M-A WIFI | mATX | ? | Not Accessible |
| NZXT N7 X670E? | ATX? | ? | Not Accessible |
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