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AMD AM4 Motherboard Tier List
Tier S: 300A current draw on little ambient airflow (i.e below a big air cooler in a well-ventilated case), maxed out 5950X and 3950X on liquid nitrogen (LN2) overclocking
Asus: X570 Crosshair VIII Hero, Crosshair VIII Dark Hero, B550 B550-XE
Gigabyte: X570S Aorus Master, X570 Aorus Xtreme, B550 Aorus Master
MSI: X570 Godlike, Creation
Tier S-: 250A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 5900X and 3900X on liquid nitrogen (LN2) overclocking
Asus: X570 X570-E, Pro WS Ace, B550 B550-E
Asrock: X570 Taichi, Taichi Razer Edition, Phantom Gaming X, Creator, B550 Taichi
Gigabyte: X570 Aorus Master, B550 Aorus Pro (& AC & AX) (ATX), Vision D
MSI: X570 Ace, Unify, Tomahawk, B550 Tomahawk, Edge (ATX), Carbon
Tier A: 200A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 5950X and 3950X on ambient cooling, 2700x on LN2
Asus: X570 X570-F, TUF Plus, Prime Pro, Crosshair VIII Impact, X570-I, X570-P, B550 B550-A, B550-F, TUF Pro, TUF Plus (ATX & mATX & mATX WiFi), B550-I X470 Crosshair VII Hero, B450 TUF Pro S, TUF Pro II, TUF Plus II (ATX), X370 Crosshair VI Extreme
Asrock: X570 ITX/TB3, B550 Extreme 4, Steel Legend (ATX), Velocita X470 Taichi (Ultimate), X370 Taichi, Professional Gaming
Gigabyte: X570 Aorus Ultra, Pro (ATX), B550 Aorus Elite (ATX), ITX, X470 Gaming 7
MSI: B550 A-Pro, Gaming Plus, Mortar, ITX
Tier B: 160A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 5900X and 3900X, 3950x at 1.2V on ambient cooling, maxed out 1800X on LN2
Asus: X470 X470-F, X370 Crosshair VI Hero, X370-F
Asrock: X570 Extreme4, Steel Legend, Pro4 (ATX & mATX), Phantom 4, B550 Steel Legend (mATX)
Biostar: X570 GT8, X470 GT8, X370 GT7
Gigabyte: X570 Aorus Elite, ITX
MSI: X470 M7 AC, Gaming Pro Carbon
Tier C :125A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 2700, 3900x and 5900X at 1.2V on ambient cooling (P95)
Asus: X370 Prime Pro
Asrock: B550 Pro4 (ATX & mATX), Phantom 4
Gigabyte: X570 UD, Gaming X, B550 Aorus Pro (mATX), Gaming X, X370 Gaming K7, Gaming 5
MSI: X570 Gaming Pro Carbon, B550 Pro-VDH WiFi, Pro-DASH, Bazooka, X470 Gaming Plus (& Max), B450 Gaming Pro Carbon (& Max), Tomahawk (& Max), Gaming Plus ATX (& Max), B450-A Pro (& Max) (ATX), Mortar (& Max), Gaming Plus mATX, Bazooka Plus, Gaming Plus ITX, X370 M7 ACK, XPower Titanium
Tier D :100A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 1700, 3700X and 5800X, a tad more than maxed out 2600/1600AF, 105W TDP CPUs at stock with downdraft air cooler
Asus: X470 Prime Pro, X470-I, B450 TUF Pro (mATX and ATX), B450-E, B450-F II, B450-I, X370 X370-I, B350 B350-I
Asrock: B550 B550M-ITX/ac, X470 Master SLI, K4, ITX, B450 Pro4 (mATX and ATX), Pro4-F, K4, M/AC, Steel Legend, ITX, B350 Pro4, K4
Biostar: B550 GTQ
Gigabyte: X470 Gaming 5, Ultra Gaming, B550 Aorus Elite (mATX), Gaming, DS3H, B450 Aorus Elite (mATX), Gaming
MSI: X570 X570-A Pro, Gaming Plus, Edge, X470 Gaming Pro, B450 Pro-VDH (& Max & V2), Bazooka (& Max Wifi & V2), X370 Gaming Pro Carbon, Krait Gaming, SLI Plus, Gaming Plus, Gaming Pro, B350 Gaming Pro Carbon, Krait Gaming
Tier E: 75A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 1600, 3600 and 5600X, a bit more than maxed out 2500X, 95W TDP CPUs at stock with downdraft air cooler
Asus: B550 B550M-A, X470 TUF Plus, B450 B450-F, TUF Plus (mATX and ATX), TUF Plus II (mATX), Prime Plus, B450M-A II, X370 X370-A, B350 B350-F, Prime Plus, TUF Plus
Asrock: B450 HDV, X370 Gaming X, Killer SLI, mITX, K4, Pro4, B350 ITX, HDV, AB350M
Biostar: X470 GTA, GTQ, GTN, X370 GT5, GT3, B350 GT5, GT3, GTN
Gigabyte: B450 Aorus Pro (ATX), Aorus Elite (ATX), Aorus M, Gaming X, S2H, DS3H, ITX, X370 Gaming K5, K3, 3, Gaming, DS3H, B350 Gaming 3, Gaming, DASH, DS3H, AB350N Gaming-WiFi
MSI: B450 Pro-M2 (& Max), B350 Gaming Plus, Tomahawk, PC Mate, Bazooka, Mortar, Pro-VDH, Pro-VH Plus, Pro-VD Plus
Tier F: 50A current draw on little ambient airflow, maxed out 1200/2200G (CPU only)/3100/3300X or 65W TDP CPUs at stock with downdraft air cooler
Asus: B550 B550M-K, B450 B450M-K, B450M-A, Dragon, B350 B350M-A, B350M-E, B350M-K
Asrock: B450 HDV R4.0, B350 HDV R3.0, HDV R4.0
Biostar: X570 GT, B350 B45M2, HiFi B350S1, ET2
Gigabyte: B350 D3H, D3V, HD3, DS2, B450 B450 H
MSI: B450 Pro-M2 V2, B450M-A Pro, B350 Gaming Pro
Tier H2O: Liquid cooled only VRM, quite bad if cooled only with air, tier S if liquid cooled
Asus: X570 Crosshair VIII Formula
Asrock: X570 Aqua
Tier W: Workstation features, can appear here and above tiers
Asus: X570 Pro WS Ace (proper ECC certification)
Asrock rack: X570 D2I, D4U-2L2T, D4I-2T, X470 D4U (ECC cert + KVM switch), D4U2-2T (ECC cert + KVM switch)
Source: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1137619-motherboard-vrm-tier-list-v2-currently-amd-only/
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