ASUS Confirms Ryzen 9000 “Zen 5 Granite Ridge” CPU Support For AM5 Motherboards With AMD AGESA 1.1.7.0 BIOS

ASUS has now officially confirmed that its AMD AGESA 1.1.7.0 BIOS for AM5 motherboards supports Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5 Granite Ridge" CPUs.

ASUS started rolling out the latest AM5 AGESA 1.1.7.0 BIOS update for its motherboards earlier this month and although the details were a bit low, it looks like the company has officially confirmed next-gen Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5 Granite Ridge" CPU support in its BIOS changelog. The info was posted within the changelog for the BIOS:

"Update AGESA version to Combo AM5 PI 1.1.7.0 patch A to support next generation AMD Ryzen™ processors.

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This makes ASUS the second motherboard vendor to officially state that the AMD AGESA 1.1.7.0 BIOS supports upcoming Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5 Granite Ridge" CPUs. MSI was the first one to do so when it confirmed the same last week. The company has a more updated AGESA 1.1.7.0 Patch A rolled out for its AM5 motherboards.

Following is the full list of ASUS AM5 (X670E) motherboards that have received the AMD AGESA 1.1.7.0 BIOS update (Credits: SAKEDISK @ ROG Forums):

This was confirmed in the latest AM5 SMU table published by Hardwareluxx, which keeps a check of all the latest updates within the AMD AGESA firmware. The latest AGESA 1.1.7.0 update also sees a drop from the ComboAM5PI naming scheme to FireRangePi. Now this is interesting since Fire Range is the codename for the mobility SKU family featuring the same Zen 5 desktop dies which we will soon see on the AM5 platform. The support is respective to the Granite Ridge "AMD Ryzen" family and expands the SMU to 98.58.0.

The AMD Granite Ridge family is also reported under the "00B40Fxx" ID, which should be useful as many engineering samples are expected to appear shortly. We have already seen 8-core and 6-core variants appear in leaks. Also, it looks like motherboard vendors already have early test samples of the Zen 5 "Ryzen" CPUs available with them, which are provided by AMD to enable early support for the chips such as BIOS tweaking. It helps AMD and its partners sort out early bugs and issues with the platform, so a refined version of the BIOS can be released to the public in the future as we get closer to launch.

BIOS: ComboAM5PI 1.1.7.0

CPU-Z/HWiNFO: FireRangePi 1.1.7.0

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Now if everything goes according to plan, we can get our first official unveiling of the AMD Zen 5 "Granite Ridge" Ryzen CPU family during Computex 2024, which is expected in early June. AMD is hosting the opening keynote of Computex, so that makes it the perfect place to do a grand unveil.

Not a lot about AMD's Zen 5 core architecture is known at the moment, but from what the company has officially stated, it will offer:

PC builders buying an AM5 platform now are assured drop-in-compatibility with the next-gen AMD Ryzen CPUs. The company has committed to a 2025+ plan for its AM5 socket and as we have seen on the AM4 platform, AMD supports its desktop platforms more than Intel with a very strong 7-year+ dedication to its previous platform. The Zen 5 core architecture will also be coming to the next-gen Ryzen laptop family codenamed Strix Point which is also scheduled for a later 2025 CPU release plan.

News Source: HXL (@9550pro)