Gigabyte Z890 Motherboards For Next-Gen Intel Arrow Lake-S CPUs Leak: Z890 AORUS Xtreme AI TOP, Master AI TOP & More

Gigabyte Z890 Motherboards For Next-Gen Intel Arrow Lake-S CPUs Leak: Z890 AORUS Xtreme AI TOP, Master AI TOP & More 1

Gigabyte's next-gen Z890 motherboards for Intel's Arrow Lake-S Desktop CPUs have leaked out and come with an AI twist.

The leak comes from the Persian news outlet, Faceit.ir, which managed to source its data from a local Gigabyte distributor. The leak exposes several upcoming Z890 motherboards based around the LGA 1851 socket and featuring support for next-gen Intel Arrow Lake-S Desktop CPUs that will make a formal debut at Computex 2024 as revealed yesterday.

According to the leak, Gigabyte is working on at least 8 new motherboards under its Z890 AORUS and classic portfolio. These motherboards include the top-tier Z890 AORUS XTREME AI TOP, Z890 MASTER AI TOP, and the Z890 AI TOP motherboards. These motherboards are the only three that are listed with "AI TOP" which is a new AI-enhancement feature. No details are available but it can be on the BIOS side to enhance tuning capabilities of these higher-end series. The XTREME and the MASTER motherboards are also available in non-AI TOP variants along with PRO ICE, ELITE WHITE, ELITE AX, and ELITE X ICE models:

GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS XTREME AI ΤΟΡ

GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS MASTER AI TOP

GIGABYTE Z890 AI TOP

GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS MASTER

GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS PRO ICE

GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS ELITE WIFI

GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS ELITE AX

GIGABYTE Z890 A ELITE X ICE

This leak more or less confirms that motherboard manufacturers including Gigabyte will display their latest and greatest products based on the new Z890 chipset at Computex 2024. Intel's next-generation Arrow Lake-S Desktop CPUs will be fully utilizing the new motherboards to unleash maximum performance potential. We can expect a range of features from these new boards such as native support for better I/O such as Thunderbolt 4 along with faster memory speed support.

Following is what we know about Arrow Lake-S Desktop CPUs so far:

LGA 1851 Socket Longevity Planned Uptill 2026

DDR5 Only Compatibility, No DDR4 Support

Kicks off With 800-Series Motherboards

Support For Up To DDR5-6400 Memory (Native JEDEC)

Increased PCIe Gen 5.0 Lanes Through CPU & PCH

Arrow Lake-S First Desktop Family Supported (DIY)

Arrow Lake-S CPUs feature 3 MB L2 Cache Per P-Core

Arrow Lake-S CPUs feature Alchemist iGPUs

Arrow Lake-S CPUs feature 8+16, 6+8 CPU SKUs

Arrow Lake-S 8+16 (24 Cores)

Arrow Lake-S 6+8 (14 Cores)

No Hyper-Threading Support(?)

Launching In 2H 2024

The question now remains, when can we expect the launch of these new products? Intel's Lunar Lake CPUs are expected to ship in Q3 2024 with availability in Q4 2024 and this should be around the same time when we can expect Arrow Lake CPUs to launch. Maybe sometime between the Q3 and Q4 timeline which is what AMD is targeting too for its next-gen Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" CPU lineup. It will definitely be a heated competition on both desktop and laptop platforms as AMD and Intel battle out with a diverse range of chips targeted at high-performance, mainstream, and entry-level consumers.