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ASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi vs MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: Comparison

ASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi and MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi separate most on m.2 slots: ASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi at 3, MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi at 4, 25% in favour of MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi. They match on 10 other specifications, including platform, socket type and socket.

ASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi (AM5/AMD B650E/ATX/14+2+1 Power Phase VRM/Wi-Fi 6E)
ASRockASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi
MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi (AM5/AMD B850/ATX/Four M.2 Slots/5G LAN/Wi-Fi 7)
MSIMSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi

Specs

Specification
ASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi (AM5/AMD B650E/ATX/14+2+1 Power Phase VRM/Wi-Fi 6E)
ASRock B650E PG Riptide WiFi
MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi (AM5/AMD B850/ATX/Four M.2 Slots/5G LAN/Wi-Fi 7)
MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi
PlatformAMDAMD
Socket TypeAM5AM5
SocketAM5AM5
Form FactorATXATX
ChipsetB650EB850
Memory TypeDDR5DDR5
Memory Slots44
Max Memory256256
M.2 Slots3-25%4
PCIe 5.0 SupportYesYes
Wi-Fi OnboardYesYes
ModelB650E PG Riptide WiFiMAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi
VRM14+2+1 power phaseDigital VRM (phase count not officially disclosed by MSI)
Memory4x DDR5 DIMM, up to 256GB, current AM5 EXPO-supported speeds4x DDR5 UDIMM, up to 256GB, up to 8400+ MT/s (OC)
ExpansionPCIe 5.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16 + PCIe 4.0 x4 + PCIe 3.0 x1
ConnectivityFront USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-CUSB-C, Frozr thermal design
Networking2.5Gb LAN, Wi-Fi 6ERealtek 8126VB 5G LAN, Wi-Fi 7
Audio7.1-channel Nahimic audioRealtek ALC4080, 7.1-channel
Special Features3x M.2 (PCIe 5.0 primary slot)4x M.2 (2x Gen5, 2x Gen4)
CPU SupportAMD Ryzen 9000 / 8000 / 7000 seriesAMD Ryzen 9000 / 8000 / 7000 series

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