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Created by Thriplerex (u/3_Three_3)Ethernet Key (AM5):IntelAX2106E5.3
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Click here if the sheet is under heavy traffic (mirror, updated infrequently)ControllerTypeIntelAX20065.2
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Tip jar: Support my work on Ko-Fi!Intel E810-XXVDA2Double 25GIntel9260NGW55.1
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Established:2022.09.15Intel X710Double 10GKiller (Intel)Killer AX16756E5.3
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Last updated:2025.09.13Broadcom BCM57416Double 10G
AMD (MediaTek)
RZ738/RZ71775.4
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Current revision:v2.11.8aRealtek RTL812710G
AMD (MediaTek)
RZ616/RZ6086E5.2
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AGESA/UEFI/BIOS List by Reous Innox (not affiliated)Marvell AQC113C10GMediaTekMT7927/MT792575.4
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Realtek RTL81265GMediaTek
MT7922/MT7921K
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Missing/incorrect information? Feature/motherboard addition requests?
Have general hardware/tech questions?
Looking for troubleshooting/assembly help?
Contact me through the Tech™ Discord.		Intel I226-V2.5GMediaTekMT792165.2
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Intel I225-V2.5GMediaTekMT79026/6E5.2
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Realtek RTL8125BG2.5GRealtekRTL8922AE75.4
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Killer E3100(G)2.5GRealtekRTL8852CE6E5.3
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Links to my other motherboard spreadsheets:Broadcom BCM5720LDouble 1GRealtek
RTL8851CE/8851BE
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AMD WRX80
Realtek RTL8111(F/K/EP)
1GRealtekRTL8852BE65.3
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AMD AM5 (you are here!)Intel I2101GRealtekRTL8821CE55.0
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AMD TR5QualcommQCNCM86575.4
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Intel W790
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Intel LGA1851 (new!)
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Disclaimer: This is a solo, non-collaborative project I maintain in my spare time. While I strive for accuracy, I cannot guarantee the correctness of this data. If there are errors, you can contact me directly to fix them. Do not ask to share access.

However, as the end user, you are responsible for the final choice of product; this spreadsheet is only here as a resource and not a tier list.
I will not be responsible for any poor purchasing decisions.
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Credits: Manufacturer specs pages for images.
(All images in this spreadsheet are soley for informational purposes.)

Various other community spreadsheets for some VRM info
Hardware Unboxed for extensive testing
u/NerdyKyogre for fine-tuning
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FAQ & Notes
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- Will you tier the boards in any fashion?

No. This document is first and foremost a database, NOT a tier list. DO NOT refer to it as a tier list.
I have no intention of changing that.

Unlike other motherboard spreadsheets, I will not be tiering these because relative pricing and market conditions tend to invalidate any sort of feature/category tiering at MSRP.
Different users have different purchasing/feature priorities, and creating tiers often causes everything below the top few levels to be ignored, regardless of what those levels actually entail.
In terms of general advice I will give, it is to purchase the motherboard that meets your necessary criteria - that is, buy only what you need, and don't waste money on what you won't use.
This spreadsheet is merely here as a resource to aid in that.

- Can I ask you questions about purchasing motherboard X or Y?

As long as they aren't intended to validate your own confirmation bias toward a particular choice.
What I may have to say may or may not be to your liking, as I am also an individual with my own opinions that differ from yours.

When sending me a message, provide proper, comprehensive context for the query (i.e. budget, country, motherboard pricing, and intended use for the build.)
Be aware I will ask for additional details if insufficient information is provided, as it is necessary to have the entire picture behind the question so that the best advice can be provided.
Any troubleshooting or assembly-related questions should be directed to The Tech™ discord server, where our team of trusted advisors can help.

- Will you add images of the boards themselves?

Not on the primary database pages, as the intent of this spreadsheet is to compile data on the motherboards.
Images of rear I/O are added for layout previews; additionally, manufacturer pages have been linked for your perusal and convenience.

- Why is X board missing?

1) I haven't noticed it yet, in which case you can file an addition request by contacting me, or
2) It is in a proprietary or odd-shaped OEM/specialized form factor that would not fit in a regular case's standoffs, which I will not be listing here.
3) Unlike consumer motherboards, I do not have time to hunt down every server/industrial board due to the myriad existing manufacturers and the far lower user demand for this market.
Please contact me for these to be added on an individual basis.

- Do I need a contact/securing frame for AM5?

No. AM5 does not have the mounting mechanism-induced bending issues of LGA1700.
Any such frames for AM5 simply prevent thermal paste from getting into the capacitor crevices around the IHS (integrated heat spreader), and outside of perhaps a degree or two of thermal improvement, are otherwise cosmetic.
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General
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- Motherboards not from the "Big Four" (Asus, MSI, ASRock, and Gigabyte) or NZXT, EVGA, Colorful, and Biostar often have scant information on them (they lack substantial manufacturer documentation.) Maxsun has an intermediate level of documentation, although it is not nearly as extensive as the others.

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- Regarding primary intra-slot bifurcation (x4+x4+x4+x4, x8+x4+x4, x8+x8, etc.):
* All X870(E)/X670(E) should support intra-slot bifurcation as a setting exposed in the BIOS.

* Almost all B850/B650 should have it as well, at least from the Big Four. Biostar and Maxsun have it, but not Colorful. This has been confirmed via BIOS file inspection.

* A620/B840 is manufacturer dependent (Asus, Biostar, Gigabyte, Maxsun, and MSI A620 have it, ASRock and Colorful A620 do not, the former corroborated by this support list.)

Generally, for CPUs that offer the full 16 lanes for the first PCIe slot, all X-series and all Bx50-series motherboards from the larger manufacturers (especially Asus, ASRock, Gigabyte, and MSI) should support x4+x4+x4+x4, x8+x4+x4, x8+x8, and perhaps even other intra-slot bifurcation configurations.
Asus does support it on their A620 models, as do Gigabyte and MSI, but not ASRock. (Confirmed through BIOS file inspection.)

Additionally, Ryzen 8000 CPUs and any others that have fewer than 16 lanes available for the first PCIe slot by itself reportedly do not support bifurcation at all on some motherboards, while others may offer x4+x4 for the Phoenix 1-based processors.

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- Refrain from using CUDIMMs with AM5: Ryzen 7000 will flat out not POST with them. Ryzen 8000 and 9000 only support them in "bypass mode," which bypasses the onboard client clock driver (i.e., the selling point of CUDIMM) and necessitates manual tuning to reach desired speeds. As such, they currently provide no benefit whatsoever over regular UDIMMs for this platform.

- Server motherboards are listed seperately on their own tab.

- While multi-bit (not just on-die) ECC is supported by (most) AM5 CPUs, it is up to the motherboard manufacturers to 1) implement support, and 2) support proper ECC injection.
Only ASRock and Asus have extensive support for ECC, with ASRock having multi-bit support across almost its entire lineup, and Asus supporting it on everything besides a select few ITX boards and their lowest-end offerings. Gigabyte has been inconsistent with this in the past, whereas MSI has never supported it.

- PCIe slots connected directly to the CPU are indicated in bold. M.2 slots connected directly to the CPU are denoted in the notes for the cell where the configuration is listed.

- High-side and low-side MOSFETs have their maximum continuous drain current (often at Tc=25 C) listed.

- Phoenix (Ryzen 8000) CPUs have cut-down PCIe lane allocation, usually splitting x8/x4/x4 (Phoenix 1) or x4/x4/x2 (Phoenix 2).
I will not note bandwidth cuts to avoid further cluttering the notes sections. Disabled slots will be listed if necessary.

- Zen 6 compatibility is currently unconfirmed for many 1DPC models. Some, like the B850MPOWER, X670E Gene and X870E Apex have been confirmed to support Zen 6.
Whether AMD chooses to lock compatibility for A0/B0-based 1DPC motherboards (or if not, how they will end up enabling it) is currently up in the air.
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Features
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- Most consumer B- and X-series motherboards have BIOS flashback, Type C internal headers, and at least 2.5G Ethernet. However, there are exceptions, like the B650M-PG/ITX w/o flashback.
A noticeable amount also come with cheap (but crucially, usable for the sake of just having sound) ALC897 audio codecs.

- Instead of trying to find a board with a better codec, use a cheap Type C dongle (like the $9 Apple headphone dongle for those in NA, or a CX31993 dongle in the UK/EU) or an external SDAC+AMP for best audio results.
The audio codec should not be a make-or-break decision when selecting a board; it is often overvalued against the other elements of a motherboard like VRMs tend to be.
However, the audio port configuration is understandably a different story when dealing with home theaters or other speaker setups.
Asus and Gigabyte motherboards may also use ALC887 in addition to ALC897, though I have not yet seen the former on any AM5 board.

- Some MSI X870(E) boards share USB4 bandwidth with their second M.2 slot. MSI has released a blog post explaining these boards' bifurcation and bandwidth sharing.

-A legitimate reason for getting X670/X870/X870E would be if a wealth of PCIe bandwidth is needed for 4 or more M.2 drives or expansion cards, or USB4 in the case of the latter two.
Having an expensive X-series motherboard for the sake of it being expensive is not a valid reason. More expensive does not mean better, and most users do not need the "extras" that X670/X870/X870E offer.
No, you do not need that X670E Crosshair Hero because it's "future proof." A motherboard a third or half the price does the same job.

- X870 (not X870E) boards frequently exhibit copious amounts of lane sharing, especially they have too many M.2 slots eating up PCIe bandwidth - the USB4 requirement notwithstanding.
Ensure that you read the lane sharing notes if considering one of these boards. I generally recommend against X870 non-E, barring certain specific circumstances.

- Overkill VRMs can be said for most of B650 as well (besides the Asus B650 Prime series, as seen here and here; as well as some purpose-made CEC-compliant boards.)
Even traditionally lower end segments like the B650M-HDV/M.2 and DS3H can take a 7950X full bore stock from HWUB's testing.
As they are, the B650 Prime boards remain fine for the other Zen 4 CPUs; there are exceptions (namely those boards with bare VRMs), but even those are alright with the likes of a 7600, 7500F, or other 65W CPU.
VRMs are indeed important, but not nearly as important as many can make them out to be - especially on AM5. If one cares about upgradability, there is no need to spend much when an HDV/M.2 gets the job done.

- One does not necessarily need a motherboard that can take a 7950X full bore when only running a 7700X; it just so happens that the majority of them can do that. See here for why that is.

-A common misconception is that micro-ATX is worse than ATX; this is not always true, especially concerning A620 ATX boards against B650 mATX options.
Even for intra-chipset comparisons, this most often holds in the sub-$200 range.

-A handful of entry-level Gigabyte B650 boards are locked to prevent CPU (but not RAM) overclocking, despite the chipset otherwise supporting it.
These are largely based on certain A620 PCBs with very weak VRM configurations or are system integrator-exclusive boards.
The opposite is also true: some A620 motherboards have been reported to have PBO settings in the BIOS.
However, these will not be listed because the vendors may lock them down at any time - they are not intended as a feature on the A620 chipset.
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Trends... and brands
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- ASRock tends to provide the best value with its boards' featuresets relative to market pricing. They also OEM for NZXT. Historically, they tend to undercut the competition slightly, although even nowadays their features are on par or better than the other three big manufacturers. Multi-bit ECC memory support is present, if unmarked, across much of their lineup.

- Asus's offerings tend to be overpriced in some fashion and their boards are often subpar feature-wise compared to similarly priced competition (barring some exceptions within their B650 TUF lineup.)
I have always found it very hard to recommend Asus boards in general, especially in light of their recent controversies - regardless of the way they were handled in the end.

- MSI and Gigabyte tend to both have good feature sets for the price - at least in the low to upper midrange segments. Gigabyte sometimes skimps on debug LEDs with their entry-level offerings (as of the 800-series, this seems to have changed), whereas MSI includes them all the way down. Both faced security vulnerability issues that were later addressed with BIOS updates; like Asus & ASRock, they have had their own controversies recently.

- The bottom line is: every brand has their ups and downs, and where the big picture is concerned, all of the "Big Four" are bad in one aspect or another, whether it be business practices or otherwise.
In other words, they all suck, especially when it comes to their software. Go off the individual product, not the brand. I cannot stress this enough.
If someone tells you brand A is to be avoided, you'll likely find a similar sentiment from others against brands B, C, and D as well - to the point where you might as well avoid everyone and not build a PC at all.
Think about it that way.

- Other brands like Colorful and Maxsun are well-established in China and have robust hardware/firmware support, but their English-language documentation may be limited. Yet others like Jinguye and ONDA have little to none at all and paltrier BIOS support.
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Wi-Fi, Ethernet, & Thunderbolt/USB4
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- For boards without Wi-Fi, if the market price difference to a version with Wi-Fi ends up being enormous, it can be cheaper to buy the version without and add an M.2-2230 E-key Intel AX200/210 Wi-Fi 6/6E or later card if the board has such a slot. (AX201/211 require CNVio2 support, which is an Intel-exclusive feature. Additionally, Intel BE200/201/202 Wi-Fi 7 cards, as of October 2024, do not yet work with AMD chipsets; the BE201/202 are additionally CNVio2-only.)

- I have added a column for this purpose that denotes whether the M.2 E-key slot designated for Wi-Fi modules is designed for simple end-user replacement,
without having to take out the motherboard to access hidden screws.
If the module is fully hidden behind a heatsink or fully enclosed in a metal shroud, it will not be regarded as easily accessible.
However, this does not mean they cannot be replaced; the process is simply more involved. This video may be helpful.

- A lot of boards carry finicky-at-times (but otherwise okay) Realtek-based Ethernet NICs. This is practically unavoidable until you get to the mid-higher end of B- and X-series chipsets.

- Intel's own i225-V is in theory superior to Realtek-based solutions despite having had its own issues in the past (which have hopefully been stamped out by now with the B3 stepping.)

- Many boards also can have multiple possible wireless networking cards; Intel's AX200/210 is the most desirable for reliability (6/6E respectively), followed by Qualcomm (for Wi-Fi 7), then AMD/MediaTek,
and lastly, least priority being Realtek.

-If one desires to change out the wireless network card, I suggest finding a board that has an exposed M.2 Wi-Fi card slot (usually ASRock boards are the best at this.)

-(600-series) Thunderbolt headers and AICs: Gigabyte and ASRock share a 5-pin clip-style TB4/USB4 header, whereas Asus, Biostar, and MSI (although not on AM5) have their own unique headers.
If compatible, the AIC must be inserted into an electrically x4 chipset-linked PCIe slot, and often needs to be enabled in the BIOS.
The GC-MAPLE RIDGE AIC can be used for both Gigabyte and ASRock boards if ASRock's TB4 card is unavailable, and vice versa. Asus boards require the ThunderboltEX4.
MSI has only one 600-series TB4/USB4 board on AM5 (X670E Gaming Plus Wi-Fi, which takes the ThunderboltM4 8K,) and it is unclear what card is intended for Biostar's boards, if it even exists.
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