A wave of new Ryzen processors is here, and ASUS stands ready to support them all
Mumbai, India, 16 March 2022 — ASUS today announced BIOS support and updates readying a range of motherboards for a new wave of 5000 and 4000 series AMD Ryzen™ CPUs.
To accompany the new Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which features a special 96 MB L3 cache, AMD has released AGESA Version 1.2.0.6b to improve system performance. Many ASUS 500, 400, A320 and X370 series motherboards already have BIOS updates featuring this new AGESA build, and all remaining models that are compatible will receive corresponding BIOS updates by March 25.
All other CPUs in this wave will be recognized by 400 and 500 series ASUS motherboards via pre-existing BIOS updates — also featuring AGESA version 1.2.0.6b — that can be downloaded from the ASUS Support website at https://www.asus.com/support. The previous generation ASUS motherboards will receive support for these new CPUs according to the chart below.
| AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D | AMD Ryzen 7 5700X | AMD Ryzen 5 5600 | AMD Ryzen 5 5500 | AMD Ryzen 5 4600G | AMD Ryzen 5 4500 | AMD Ryzen 5 4100 | Date Available | |
| ASUS 500 series motherboards | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | Now |
| ASUS 400 series motherboards | V | V | V | V | V | V | V | Now |
| ASUS X370 series motherboards | V* *Official support will depend on AMD updates | V | V | X | V | V | V | March 25 |
| ASUS A320 series motherboards | V* *Official support will depend on AMD updates | V | V | X | V | V | V | March 25 |
All UEFI BIOS updates will be available on the respective motherboard support pages, which can be accessed via the ASUS Support website at https://www.asus.com/support.
