Lining up with AMD’s Ryzen 7000 CPU bulletins, many motherboard companions are displaying off their new X670E/X670-based motherboards, that includes the brand new AM5 socket, to go together 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, not like 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 concerning the new designs board companions provide you with. Over the approaching months, we’ll assessment many of those boards, with the perfect fashions incomes spots on our finest motherboards web page.
Till we get began with evaluations, we’ve created an inventory of Ryzen 7000 motherboards, with as a lot data instantly from companions as doable. Many particulars, together with the all-important value, will arrive later. So there’s some hypothesis on our finish under. We’ll present every little thing we have now relating to official information 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 12 months, 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 finest 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 know-how (primarily an AMD-specific model of Intel’s XMP). X670, however, helps EXPO, however solely PCIe 5.0 on the NVMe storage (not the PCIe slot). The opposite chipsets, B650E and B650, supply 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 ‘finances’ choices, so there’ll doubtless be some pricing overlap between the upper tier B650E and X670, as they share among the similar internals, together with PCIe redrivers and the required area to help them. Whereas most motherboard companions haven’t disclosed pricing, AMD did point out that AM5 motherboards might be out there for as little as $125. Nevertheless, we think about that is doubtless the MSRP of the least costly B650 motherboard(s). That stated, we count on a value enhance in comparison with X570 and maybe even Z690, whatever the chipset tier. It’s good to see graphics playing cards coming down in value, however stepping into a brand new DDR5 platform will value you.
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Together with the leap to DDR5, AMD can be releasing AMD EXPO (EXtended Profiles for Overclocking) reminiscence know-how, a one-click overclocking profile for Ryzen 7000 sequence reminiscence. Much like built-in XMP profiles for Intel, you’ll have EXPO profiles to pick out within the BIOS to run your package on the rated speeds. AMD partnered with a number of reminiscence producers, together with ADATA, Corsair, Geil, G.Ability and Kingston to assist deliver DDR5 reminiscence kits to the market with the brand new options. In accordance with AMD, upon launch on September twenty seventh, it’s best to see at the least 15 kits of DDR5 with AMD EXPO performance at speeds as much as DDR5-6400. We’ve already lined kits from G.Ability and TeamGroup.
One of many extra distinctive options of the X670E boards is their twin PCHs. The chipset (truly 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 offers three PCIe 4.0 x4 interfaces (12 lanes complete) 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, observe), is that they are often unfold out and cooled passively, forgoing the followers that many despised (few with good motive, 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 count on to see them used with high-end Mini-ITX motherboards since actual property is so restricted on these tiny boards. Take a look at our article from a number of months again for extra detailed data. AMD hasn’t launched an official chipset diagram at the moment, however we have now one for the Aorus Grasp, which supplies you an instance of how issues will be cut up up.
On the USB entrance, the chipset provides 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 units like tablets and a few laptops, too. To help that a lot energy, you’ll must 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 through an ASMedia ASM4242 controller, which outputs two USB 4 ports from 4 PCIe 4.0 lanes through 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; do not forget that we don’t have an official chipset diagram from AMD. We’ll replace any data under as soon as we have now official data from AMD.
AMD X670E/X670, B650E/B650 and X570 Chipset Specs
| Function | 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 Velocity) | 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 lined the Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 particulars, so we received’t get into the entire 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 high 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 at last, the finances chip of the group, the $299 6-core Ryzen 5 7600X. Pricing is stable total, with the Ryzen 7 7700X the one processor rising in value, by $100, over the last-generation Ryzen 7 5700X it replaces. The 7950X is $100 much less than the 5950X’s launch value, whereas the 7900X and 7600X value the identical because the 5700X and 5600X launch costs. Whereas that’s a constructive throughout most SKUs, the true value will increase will nearly definitely come from the motherboard and the shift to DDR5. It does although, appear doubtless 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 pace enhance, this helps with total 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 at present unknown. Briefly, you’ll most likely want a very good cooling answer to get essentially the most out of those chips (similar as Intel), and you might must spring for a brand new energy provide.
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The excellent news is that with the facility enhance comes a big efficiency uplift. In accordance with 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 functions. 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 based mostly on the RDNA 2 structure. Notice although, that the built-in graphics listed here are primary, meant primarily to deal with displaying the desktop, not working video games.
In contrast to 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 so much greater than DDR4), this was arguably a sensible choice on AMD’s half. The very 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 Checklist (So Far)
With the chipset particulars out of the best way, we’ve supplied an inventory of all X670 and X650 motherboards kown up to now under, doing our greatest to disregard unsubstantiated rumors and leaks. As regular, not all companions responded or had up to date internet pages in time for publication, so there is a robust probability that some issues will change. We’ll break issues out on the next pages and supply some ideas on the respective launch lineups after. Sadly, pricing is a vital piece of knowledge that no distributors have supplied but. However we’ve crammed within the tables with what information we have now. Any fashions listed in daring are confirmed via the board associate, 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 | Value (MSRP) | Purchase |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASRock X670E Taichi Carrara | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| ASRock X670E Taichi | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| ASrock X670E Metal Legend | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| ASRock X670E Professional RS | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| ASRock X670E PG Lightning | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| ASRock B650E Metal Legend | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| ASRock B650E ITX WiFi | ITX | ? | Not Out there |
| ASRock B650E Phantom Gaming Riptide | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| ASRock B650E Phantom Gaming-ITX/AX | ITX | ? | Not Out there |
| ASRock B650 Phantom Gaming velocita | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| ASRock B650M Phantom Gaming Riptide | mATX | ? | Not Out there |
| ASRock B650M-C | mATX | ? | Not Out there |
| ASRock B650-C | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| ASRock B650 LiveMixer | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| ASRock B650 PG Lightning | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Excessive | E-ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Hero | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Gene | mATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Asus ROG Strix X670-E WIFI Gaming | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Asus Prime X670E-Professional WiFi | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Asus TUF Gaming X670E-Plus WiFi | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Asus ProArt X670E-Creator WiFi | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Asus ROG Strix B650E-E Gaming Wifi | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Asus ROG Strix B650-A Gaming Wifi | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Asus TUF-Gaming B650-Plus Wifi | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Asus TUF-Gaming B650-Plus | mATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Asus TUF-Gaming B650M-Plus Wifi | mATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Asus TUF-Gaming B650M-Plus | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Asus Prime B650-Plus | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Biostar X670E Valkyrie | ATX | $599 | Not Out there |
| EVGA | ? | ? | Not Out there |
| Gigabyte X670E AORUS Excessive | E-ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Gigabyte X670E AORUS Grasp | E-ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Gigabyte X670 Aorus Professional AX | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| Gigabyte X670 Aorus Elite AX | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| MSI MEG X670E Godlike | E-ATX | $1,299.99 | Not Out there |
| MSI MEG X670E Ace | E-ATX | $699.99 | Not Out there |
| MSI MPG X670E Carbon | ATX | $479.99 | Not Out there |
| MSI Professional X670-P WiFI | ATX | $289.99 | Not Out there; |
| MSI Professional X670-P | ATX | $269.99? | Not Out there |
| MSI B650 Carbon WiFi | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| MSI B650-Edge WIFI | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| MSI B650I Edge WIFI | ITX | ? | Not Out there |
| MSI B650 Tomahawk WIFI | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| MSI B650M Mortar WIFI | mATX | ? | Not Out there |
| MSI Professional B650-P WIFI | ATX | ? | Not Out there |
| MSI Professional B650M-A WIFI | mATX | ? | Not Out there |
| NZXT N7 X670E? | ATX? | ? | Not Out there |
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