Manufacturers advertise Zen 6 support for current motherboards
Some new AM5 mainboards have larger BIOS memories. They guarantee support for new CPUs, for example from the Zen 6 generation.
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Asrock and Asus advertise the upgrade options for current AM5 mainboards with X870 and B850 chipsets. The manufacturers explicitly mention support for upcoming desktop processors with Zen 6 architecture. It is not yet known whether they will be called Ryzen 10000 or have a new name like the Ryzen AI 300 for notebooks.
Asus is advertising Zen 6 support on its Chinese JD.com shop page for the new B850M AYW Gaming OC Wi-Fi 7W. The manufacturer emphasizes the BIOS memory module, which is twice as large as previous motherboards. With 64 MB instead of 32 MB, it has enough capacity to support all AM5 processor families. It is about later upgrades if interested parties buy a Ryzen 9000 processor now.
32 MByte models also compatible
In a Chinese product video for the B850M Steel Legend Wi-Fi, Asrock briefly advertises its suitability for Zen 6 processors. The mainboard only has a 32 MByte memory module. New BIOS versions may delete individual old CPU series to save memory space. Mainboard manufacturers took a similar approach with their AM4 boards: At some point, there were too many CPU series to accommodate the different BIOS code for all models in the limited flash memory.
According to Wccftech, MSI already advertised in August for new AM5 mainboards with the Max suffix that they would be "ready for new processors". The manufacturer did not explicitly mention Zen 6, but the generation was probably meant.
So far, manufacturers have only advertised the upgrade capability on their mainboards with 800 series chipsets. Technically, however, there should be nothing to prevent suitable BIOS updates for the previous 600 models. In the case of the AM4 generations, only a few functions were missing.
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Waiting time
Zen 6 processors are likely to be a while yet. Currently, a teaser or an announcement at the Computex hardware trade fair (early June 2026) seems conceivable, with a subsequent market launch.
Meanwhile, AMD promises that new processors for the AM5 platform will be released by at least 2027. However, the company did not explicitly name any compatible CPU generations. In case of doubt, new editions of old models could be meant.
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