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ASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi vs Gigabyte A520M DS3H: Comparison

ASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi and Gigabyte A520M DS3H separate most on m.2 slots: ASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi at 4, Gigabyte A520M DS3H at 1, 75% in favour of ASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi. Max Memory splits them by another 50%, again favouring ASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi.

ASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi (LGA1851/Intel B860/ATX/14+1+1+1+1 Phase 80A Dr.MOS VRM/Wi-Fi 6E)
ASRockASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi
Gigabyte A520M DS3H (AM4/AMD A520/mATX/Budget/Four DIMM Slots)
GigabyteGigabyte A520M DS3H

Specs

Specification
ASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi (LGA1851/Intel B860/ATX/14+1+1+1+1 Phase 80A Dr.MOS VRM/Wi-Fi 6E)
ASRock B860 Steel Legend WiFi
Gigabyte A520M DS3H (AM4/AMD A520/mATX/Budget/Four DIMM Slots)
Gigabyte A520M DS3H
PlatformIntelAMD
Socket TypeLGA1851AM4
SocketLGA1851AM4
Form FactorATXMicro-ATX
ChipsetB860A520
Memory TypeDDR5DDR4
Memory Slots44
Max Memory256128-50%
M.2 Slots41-75%
PCIe 5.0 SupportYesNo
Wi-Fi OnboardYesNo
ModelB860 Steel Legend WiFiA520M DS3H
VRM14+1+1+1+1 phase, 80A Dr.MOS5+3 Phases Digital PWM
Memory4x DDR5 DIMM, up to 256GB, up to 8666+ MHz (OC)4x DDR4 DIMM, dual-channel
ExpansionPCIe 5.0 x16 + PCIe 4.0 x16 (x2)PCIe 3.0 x16
ConnectivityNahimic audio softwareQ-Flash Plus
Networking2.5G LAN, Wi-Fi 6EGigabit LAN (no built-in WiFi)
AudioRealtek ALC1220, NahimicRealtek codec
Special Features4x M.2 (1x Gen5, 2x Gen4, 1x Gen4 x2)1x M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe), RGB Fusion 2.0
CPU SupportIntel Core Ultra Processors (Series 2)AMD Ryzen 5000 (non-X3D) / 4000G / 3000 series

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