Compare Gigabyte Z590 AORUS XTREME vs MSI A520 vs ROG Zenith II Extreme
Variants
For Gamers
For Pros
Connectivity
CPU Socket
LGA1200
AMD Socket AM4
SRTX4
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 + 1x PCIe x16 (running @ x8) + 1x PCIe x16 (running @ x4)
1x X16 + 2x X1 Gen3
4x PCIe 4.0 (x16, x16/x16, x16/x8/x16, or x16/x8/x16/x8)
Ports
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 8x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 2x RJ45 + 2x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x HDMI 1.4 + 5x Audio jacks + 1x Optical S/PDIF (TOSLINK)
[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
[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
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0
Construction
Form Factor
ATX motherboard
M-ATX
Extended ATX (E-ATX) motherboard
Dimensions
Size | Length
305 mm
310 mm / 12.2 inch
Size | Width
270 mm
277 mm / 10.9 inch
Display
Display Diagonal
1.77 inch
Display Type
OLED
Function
Audio
Realtek ALC1220-VB codec, DTS:X Ultra, TI OPA1622 operational amplifier
SupremeFX8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC S1220
Chipset
Intel Z590 Express
AMD A520 Chipset
AMD TRX40
Compatibility
10th-gen & 11th-gen Intel Core / Pentium / Celeron processors
3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors and AMD Ryzen 4000 G-Series Desktop Processors
DAC
ESS ES9018K2M DAC
ESS ESS9018Q2C
Graphics
Multi-GPU: Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire and 2-Way AMD CrossFire technologies
[Multi-GPU] Support 3-way SLI or CrossFireX
Misc
Networking: Aquantia 10GbE LAN chip + Intel 2.5GbE LAN chip
Monitoring
Voltage detection, Temperature detection, Fan speed detection, Water cooling flow rate detection, Fan fail warning, Fan speed control, Water cooling flow rate detection, Noise detection
Processor
Supports AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors
RGB Lighting
RGB Fusion 2.0, 2x RGB LED strip
Aura Sync RGB lighting
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)
2 DIMMs, up to 64 GB dual channel
8x DIMM, Max 256GB
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)
DDR4 2667/ 2800 /2933 /3000 /3066 /3200 /3466 /3600/ 3733 /3866 /4000 /4133 /4266 /4400/ 4600+ MHz
Quad channel DDR4 3200MHz, overclockable to 4733MHz ECC or non-ECC
Storage
1x M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD, 2242/2260/2280/22110 (11th-gen Intel processor only) + 1x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD, 2242/2280/22110 + 1x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD, 2242/2260/2280/22110 + 6x SATA
RAID 0/1/10 support
8x SATA III + 5x M.2 SATA or PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe
Storage | RAID
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Production
Debut
2021-01-12 (CES 2021)
2020-08-18
2019
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