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ASRock B650I Lightning WiFi vs Gigabyte Z890I AORUS Ultra: Comparison

ASRock B650I Lightning WiFi and Gigabyte Z890I AORUS Ultra differ on platform: ASRock B650I Lightning WiFi at AMD, Gigabyte Z890I AORUS Ultra at Intel. They match on 6 other specifications, including form factor, memory type and memory slots.

ASRock B650I Lightning WiFi (AM5/AMD B650/Mini-ITX/8+2+1 60A Dr.MOS/Budget Gen5 M.2)
ASRockASRock B650I Lightning WiFi
Gigabyte Z890I AORUS Ultra (LGA1851/Intel Z890/Mini-ITX/VRM Not Officially Disclosed/Thunderbolt 4)
GigabyteGigabyte Z890I AORUS Ultra

Specs

Specification
ASRock B650I Lightning WiFi (AM5/AMD B650/Mini-ITX/8+2+1 60A Dr.MOS/Budget Gen5 M.2)
ASRock B650I Lightning WiFi
Gigabyte Z890I AORUS Ultra (LGA1851/Intel Z890/Mini-ITX/VRM Not Officially Disclosed/Thunderbolt 4)
Gigabyte Z890I AORUS Ultra
PlatformAMDIntel
Socket TypeAM5LGA1851
SocketAM5LGA1851
Form FactorMini-ITXMini-ITX
ChipsetB650Z890
Memory TypeDDR5DDR5
Memory Slots22
Max Memory128128
M.2 Slots22
PCIe 5.0 SupportNoYes
Wi-Fi OnboardYesYes
ModelB650I Lightning WiFiZ890I AORUS Ultra
VRM8+2+1 phase Dr.MOS, 60A per phaseNot officially disclosed by Gigabyte
Memory2x DDR5, up to 128GB, 7200+ MT/s (OC)2x DDR5, up to 128GB, up to 9200+ MT/s (CUDIMM/OC)
Expansion1x PCIe 4.0 x161x PCIe 5.0 x16
Connectivity"Lightning Gaming Ports" USB layoutThunderbolt 4 (40Gbps), Q-Flash Plus
Networking2.5GbE, Wi-Fi 6E2.5GbE (Realtek), Wi-Fi 7 (Intel BE202), Bluetooth 5.4
AudioRealtek ALC897Realtek codec (model not specified by Gigabyte)
Special FeaturesGen5 M.2 despite Gen4-only GPU slotCUDIMM memory support
CPU SupportAMD Ryzen 9000 / 8000 / 7000 seriesIntel Core Ultra 200S series

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