While AMD has yet to officially launch Zen 6, it isn’t stopping motherboard manufacturers from stating some current AM5 boards will support those processors. Following the still-ongoing success of AM4, AMD has established itself as a trusted leader in support of its platforms with multigenerational releases. The AM5 socket is only two generations in, and most are hoping that it will support the upcoming Zen 6 line of processors. From improved performance, power efficiency, to potentially lower thermals and other changes, what many are curious about is the ongoing rumor that AMD will at long last increase the number of CCD cores beyond the current 8-core / 16-thread design.
Meanwhile, ASRock (via Bilibili), ASUS, and MSI (via Wccftech) have all either released or had materials leaked showing current offerings, which are said to support Zen 6. However, a new twist has some wondering if there might be a catch. Catchphrases such as “Ready for the future”, “Future Ready”, or “Future Proof” have long been used in tech advertising, but now it seems that mentioning the BIOS memory size may have relevance in regard to Zen 6. An ASUS marketing slide (via HardwareLuxx) prominently emphasizes its 64MB BIOS, along with a recently updated spec slide from MSI, which has led some to wonder if manufacturers will be required to have more memory for their BIOS since there are AM5 boards with only 32 MB of BIOS memory.
Concerns for the need for more BIOS memory stem from some manufacturers had to remove support for Zen 1 in order to provide support for Zen 3 on AM4. Tech industry leaker HXL has stated that the AM5 platform should be safe, which means that at least for now, 32 MB AM5 boards will support Zen 4, Zen 5, and Zen 6.
This should not happen again.
— HXL (@9550pro) October 12, 2025
The first Zen 6 processors expected to launch are “Olympic Ridge,” but AMD has yet to formally announce anything regarding them. One possibility is that AMD will announce them at CES 26.