ASUS AM5 mobos get next-gen Zen 5 'Granite Ridge' CPU support with new BIOS

ASUS has just pushed out some new BIOS updates for its fleet of X670E-powered AM5 motherboards, which supports AMD's next-gen Zen 5-based "Granite Ridge" processors coming later this year.

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Zen 5 CPUs supported on ASUS X670E motherboards (source: HardwareLuxx)

The next-gen AMD Ryzen "Zen 5" family of processors is codenamed Granite Ridge, powered by the new Zen 5 core architecture, and is now supported on ASUS X670E-based motherboards with a new AMD AM5 AGESA 1.1.7.0 BIOS update. This is the second notable BIOS update from ASUS, the previous one added 256GB DDR5 RAM support through the latest 64GB modules... and now, Zen 5 support.

• Read more: ASUS announces some of its motherboards now support 256GB of DDR5 memory

HardwareLuxx posted the latest AM5 SMU table, showing all of the latest updates found in the AMD AGESA firmware, with the latest AGESA 1.1.7.0 UPDATE dropping the ComboAM5PI scheme to FireRangePI. FireRange, you say? Fire Range is the codename of AMD's upcoming mobile-focused Zen 5-based processors, with Granite Ridge being the desktop-focused Zen 5-powered CPUs.

• Read more: AMD commits to AM5 socket until 2025+, wants it lasting as long as possible
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• Read more: AMD Zen 5-powered Strix Point APUs launching in 2024, RDNA 3+ and XDNA 2
• Read more: AMD's next-gen Zen 5 and new X870E leaked, expected in second half 2024

The ASUS X670E motherboards included in this new BIOS update supporting Zen 5 processors includes:

• ROG Crosshair X670E HERO
• ROG Crosshair X670E GENE
• ROG Crosshair X670E EXTREME
• ROG Strix X670E-A GAMING Wi-Fi
• ROG Strix X670E-E GAMING Wi-Fi
• ROG Strix X670E-F GAMING Wi-Fi
• ROG Strix X670E-I GAMING Wi-Fi