Compare ROG Zenith II Extreme vs Gigabyte Z590 AORUS Elite vs MSI MAG B550
Connectivity
CPU Socket
SRTX4
LGA1200
AM4
Expansion Slot
2x Thunderbolt add-in card + 2x USB 2.0/1.1 + 1x USB 3.2 Gen1
1x PCIe 4.0 x16 + 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 + 2x PCIe 3.0 x1
PCI Express
4x PCIe 4.0 (x16, x16/x16, x16/x8/x16, or x16/x8/x16/x8)
1x PCIe x16 + 1x PCIe x16 (running @ x4) + 1x PCIe x1
Ports
[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
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] 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen1, 1x USB 3.2 Gen1, 2x USB 2.0 | [Rear] 1x PS/2, 1x DP, 1x 2.5G LAN (RJ45), 1x USB 3.2 Gen2, 1x HD Audio, 2x USB 2.0, 1x HDMI, 2x USB 3.2 Gen1, 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen1, 1x Optical S/PDIF [Graphics] 1x HDMI 2.1 + 1x DisplayPort
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0
Construction
Form Factor
Extended ATX (E-ATX) motherboard
ATX motherboard
Dimensions
Size | Length
310 mm / 12.2 inch
305 mm
30.5 cm
Size | Width
277 mm / 10.9 inch
244 mm
24.4 cm
Display
Display Diagonal
1.77 inch
Display Type
OLED
Function
Audio
SupremeFX8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC S1220
Realtek ALC1220-VB codec
Realtek ALC1200 Codec, 7.1-channel
Chipset
AMD TRX40
Intel Z590 Express
AMD B550 Chipset
Compatibility
10th-gen & 11th-gen Intel Core / Pentium / Celeron processors
DAC
ESS ESS9018Q2C
Graphics
[Multi-GPU] Support 3-way SLI or CrossFireX
Multi-GPU: Support for AMD Quad-GPU CrossFire and 2-Way AMD CrossFire technologies
Supports 2-Way AMD CrossFire Technology
Misc
Realtek 2.5GbE LAN
Monitoring
Voltage detection, Temperature detection, Fan speed detection, Water cooling flow rate detection, Fan fail warning, Fan speed control
Operating System
Windows 10
Processor
Supports AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors
Support 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors and AMD Ryzen4000 G-Series Desktop Processors
RGB Lighting
Aura Sync 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
8x DIMM, Max 256GB
4x DIMMs (up to 128GB)
Memory | Type
Quad channel DDR4 3200MHz, overclockable to 4733MHz 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)
4x DDR4 2667 - 4866+ MHz non-ECC
Storage
8x SATA III + 5x M.2 SATA or PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe
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
RAID 0, RAID 1 M.2 NVMe / RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 SATA
Storage | RAID
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Production
Debut
2019
2021-01-12 (CES 2021)
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