Compare ASUS ProArt B550 Creator vs Gigabyte Z590 AORUS Elite vs ROG Zenith II Extreme
Connectivity
CPU Socket
AM4
LGA1200
SRTX4
Expansion Slot
6x SATA 6Gb/s + 2x M.2 (1 from AMD processor w/ PCIe 4.0 x4, 1 from AMD B550 chipset w/ PCIe 3.0 x4)
2x Thunderbolt add-in card + 2x USB 2.0/1.1 + 1x USB 3.2 Gen1
PCI Express
2x PCIe 4.0 x16 + 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 + 2x PCIe 3.0 x1
1x PCIe x16 + 1x PCIe x16 (running @ x4) + 1x PCIe x1
4x PCIe 4.0 (x16, x16/x16, x16/x8/x16, or x16/x8/x16/x8)
Ports
[Front] 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen1 1x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 2x USB 2.0 | [Rear] 2x Thunderbolt 4 + 2x 2.5G LAN (RJ45) + 4x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 2x USB 2.0 + 1x HDMI + 1x DisplayPort (input) + 1x S/PDIF + 1x PS/2 + 5x Audio jacks
1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2x2 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 3x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 4x USB 2.0/1.1 + 1x RJ45 + 1x DisplayPort 1.2 + 5x Audio jacks + 1x Optical S/PDIF (TOSLINK)
[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 5.0
Construction
Form Factor
ATX motherboard
ATX motherboard
Extended ATX (E-ATX) motherboard
Dimensions
Size | Length
30.5 cm
305 mm
310 mm / 12.2 inch
Size | Width
24.4 cm
244 mm
277 mm / 10.9 inch
Display
Display Diagonal
1.77 inch
Display Type
OLED
Function
Audio
S1220A
Realtek ALC1220-VB codec
SupremeFX8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC S1220
Chipset
AMD B550 Chipset
Intel Z590 Express
AMD TRX40
Compatibility
AMD Ryzen 5000 Series/ 4000 G-Series/ 3000 Series Desktop Processors
10th-gen & 11th-gen Intel Core / Pentium / Celeron processors
DAC
ESS ESS9018Q2C
Graphics
1x HDMI 2.1 + 2x Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C 4.0) with DisplayPort 1.2/1.4 support
Multi-GPU: Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire and 2-Way AMD CrossFire technologies
[Multi-GPU] Support 3-way SLI or CrossFireX
Misc
Realtek 2.5GbE LAN
Monitoring
Voltage detection, Temperature detection, Fan speed detection, Water cooling flow rate detection, Fan fail warning, Fan speed control
Processor
Support 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors and AMD Ryzen4000 G-Series Desktop Processors
Supports AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors
RGB Lighting
RGB Fusion 2.0, 2x LED strip + 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
4x DIMMs (up to 128GB)
8x DIMM, Max 256GB
Memory | Type
DDR4 2133 - 4866+ MHz ECC or non-ECC
DDR4 up to 3200MHz dual channel, support for ECC memory (in non-ECC mode) and Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) modules (up to 5000MHz)
Quad channel DDR4 3200MHz, overclockable to 4733MHz ECC or non-ECC
Storage
2x M.2 2242/2260/2280/22110 + 4x SATA 6Gbps
1x M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD, 2260/2280/22110 (11th-gen Intel processor only) + 2x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD, 2260/2280/22110 + 6x SATA
8x SATA III + 5x M.2 SATA or PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe
Storage | RAID
RAID 0, 1, 10
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Production
Debut
2021-03-11
2021-01-12 (CES 2021)
2019
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