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ASRock B850 Steel Legend WiFi vs Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER: Comparison

ASRock B850 Steel Legend WiFi and Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER separate most on m.2 slots: ASRock B850 Steel Legend WiFi at 4, Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER at 5, 20% in favour of Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER. They match on 5 other specifications, including form factor, memory type and memory slots.

Specs

Specification
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WiFi (AM5/AMD B850/ATX/14+2+1 Phase 80A Dr.MOS VRM/Four M.2 Slots/Wi-Fi 7)
ASRock B850 Steel Legend WiFi
Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER (LGA1851/Intel Z890/ATX/Five M.2 Slots/10GbE LAN/Wi-Fi 7)
Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER
PlatformAMDIntel
Socket TypeAM5LGA1851
SocketAM5LGA1851
Form FactorATXATX
ChipsetB850Z890
Memory TypeDDR5DDR5
Memory Slots44
Max Memory256256 GB
M.2 Slots4-20%5
PCIe 5.0 SupportYesYes
Wi-Fi OnboardYesYes
ModelB850 Steel Legend WiFiZ890 AORUS MASTER
VRM14+2+1 phase, 80A Dr.MOSNot officially disclosed by Gigabyte
Memory4x DDR5 DIMM, up to 256GB, up to 8000+ MT/s (OC)4x DDR5 DIMM (CUDIMM), up to 256GB, up to DDR5-9500 (OC)
ExpansionPCIe 5.0 x16 + PCIe 4.0 x16 (x4)PCIe 5.0 x16 + PCIe 4.0 x4 + PCIe 4.0 x1
ConnectivityUSB 3.2, Nahimic audio software2x Thunderbolt 4, DTS:X Ultra
Networking2.5G LAN, Wi-Fi 7Marvell AQC113C 10GbE LAN, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4
Special Features4x M.2 (1x Gen5, 3x Gen4)5x M.2 (3x CPU incl. 2x PCIe 5.0, 2x chipset)
CPU SupportAMD Ryzen 9000 / 8000 / 7000 seriesIntel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2)

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