Compare MSI B550 UNIFY vs EVGA Z490 DARK vs ROG Zenith II Extreme
Connectivity
CPU Socket
AMD Socket AM4 (for up to Ryzen 9 processors)
LGA1200 (10th & 11th Intel Core CPUs)
SRTX4
Expansion Slot
6x SATA-III + 4x M.2
PCI Express
2x PCI-e x16 + 2x PCI-e x1
PCIe 3.0: 3x x16 (running at x16/x8 + x8 + x4) + 1x x4
4x PCIe 4.0 (x16, x16/x16, x16/x8/x16, or x16/x8/x16/x8)
Ports
[Front] 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 + 3x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 4x USB 2.0 + 5x audio ports + Optical S/PDIF + Realtek 8125B-CG 2.5G LAN + HDMI | [Rear] 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 4x USB 2.0
[Internal] 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 6x USB 2.0 | [Rear] 5x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x PS/2 + 1x Mini DisplayPort + 2x RJ45 (1x 2.5Gbps + 1x 1Gbps)
[Front] 2x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 1x Front panel audio | [Rear] 1x Optical S/PDIF + 5x Audio jacks + 1x Intel I211-AT 1Gbps LAN + 1x Aquantia 10Gbps LAN + 1x USB 3.2 Gen2x2 + 9x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 8x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 3x USB 2.0
Wireless Connectivity
Intel WiFi 6 AX200, Bluetooth 5.1
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1 (preinstalled in the M.2 Key-E 32mm slot)
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0
Construction
Form Factor
ATX
E-ATX Motherboard
Extended ATX (E-ATX) motherboard
Dimensions
Size | Length
12" / 305 mm
310 mm / 12.2 inch
Size | Width
10.9" / 277 mm
277 mm / 10.9 inch
Display
Display Diagonal
1.77 inch
Display Type
OLED
Function
Audio
Realtek ALC1220 + SV3H615 controllers 7.1 Channel Realtek + EVGA NU Audio
SupremeFX8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC S1220
Chipset
AMD B550 Chipset
Intel Z490 Chipset
AMD TRX40
DAC
ESS ESS9018Q2C
Graphics
[Multi-GPU] Support 3-way SLI or CrossFireX
Multi-GPU
Crossfire
Processor
Supports AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors
RGB Lighting
Aura Sync RGB lighting
Performance
Memory | Capacity
2x DIMMs, up to 64 GB
2x DIMMs, up to 64GB
8x DIMM, Max 256GB
Memory | Type
Dual Channel DDR4-5300MHz+ (MAX 5800)
Up to DDR4 4800MHz
Quad channel DDR4 3200MHz, overclockable to 4733MHz ECC or non-ECC
Storage
RAID 0/1/10
8x SATA 6.0Gbps + 1x U.2 + 2x M.2 Key-M 110mm + 1x M.2 Key-E 32mm
8x SATA III + 5x M.2 SATA or PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe
Production
Debut
2020-10-27
2020
2019
Model Name
131-CL-E499-KR
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