Compare Gigabyte Z590 AORUS PRO vs EVGA Z490 DARK vs MSI A520
Variants
For Gamers
For Pros
Connectivity
CPU Socket
LGA1200
LGA1200 (10th & 11th Intel Core CPUs)
AMD Socket AM4
Expansion Slot
2x Thunderbolt add-in card + 2x USB 2.0/1.1 + 1x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2
[Storage] 4x SATA III + 1x M.2
PCI Express
1x PCIe x16 + 2x PCIe x16 (running @ x4)
PCIe 3.0: 3x x16 (running at x16/x8 + x8 + x4) + 1x x4
1x X16 + 2x X1 Gen3
Ports
1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2x2 + 4x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 4x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 4x USB 2.0/1.1 + 1x RJ45 + 1x DisplayPort 1.2 + 5x Audio jacks + 1x Optical S/PDIF (TOSLINK)
[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-A + 4x USB-A + 1x serial | [Rear] 1x Realtek RTL81111H Gigabit LAN + 4x USB-A + 2x USB-A + 3x HD audio + 1x DP + 1x HDMI
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1 (preinstalled in the M.2 Key-E 32mm slot)
Construction
Form Factor
ATX motherboard
E-ATX Motherboard
M-ATX
Dimensions
Size | Length
305 mm
12" / 305 mm
Size | Width
244 mm
10.9" / 277 mm
Function
Audio
Realtek ALC4080 codec
Realtek ALC1220 + SV3H615 controllers 7.1 Channel Realtek + EVGA NU Audio
Chipset
Intel Z590 Express
Intel Z490 Chipset
AMD A520 Chipset
Compatibility
10th-gen & 11th-gen Intel Core / Pentium / Celeron processors
3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors and AMD Ryzen 4000 G-Series Desktop Processors
Graphics
Multi-GPU: Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire and 2-Way AMD CrossFire technologies
Misc
Networking: Realtek 2.5GbE LAN
Monitoring
Voltage detection, Temperature detection, Fan speed detection, Water cooling flow rate detection, Fan fail warning, Fan speed control
RGB Lighting
RGB Fusion 2.0, 2x LED strip + 2x RGB LED strip
Security
Trusted Platform Module header (For GC-TPM2.0 SPI / GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0 modules only)
Performance
Memory | Capacity
4x DIMMs (up to 128GB)
2x DIMMs, up to 64GB
2 DIMMs, up to 64 GB dual channel
Memory | Type
DDR4 up to 3200MHz dual channel, support for ECC memory (in non-ECC mode) and Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) modules (up to 5000MHz)
Up to DDR4 4800MHz
DDR4 2667/ 2800 /2933 /3000 /3066 /3200 /3466 /3600/ 3733 /3866 /4000 /4133 /4266 /4400/ 4600+ MHz
Storage
1x M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD, 2242/2260/2280 + 2x M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD, 2260/2280/22110 (11th-gen Intel processor only) + 1x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD, 2242/2260/2280/22110 + 6x SATA
8x SATA 6.0Gbps + 1x U.2 + 2x M.2 Key-M 110mm + 1x M.2 Key-E 32mm
RAID 0/1/10 support
Storage | RAID
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Production
Debut
2021-01-12 (CES 2021)
2020
2020-08-18
Model Name
131-CL-E499-KR
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