Compare ROG Zenith II Extreme vs ASUS ProArt B550 Creator vs MSI A520
Variants
For Gamers
For Pros
Connectivity
CPU Socket
SRTX4
AM4
AMD Socket AM4
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)
[Storage] 4x SATA III + 1x M.2
PCI Express
4x PCIe 4.0 (x16, x16/x16, x16/x8/x16, or x16/x8/x16/x8)
2x PCIe 4.0 x16 + 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 + 2x PCIe 3.0 x1
1x X16 + 2x X1 Gen3
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
[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
[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 5.0
Construction
Form Factor
Extended ATX (E-ATX) motherboard
ATX motherboard
M-ATX
Dimensions
Size | Length
310 mm / 12.2 inch
30.5 cm
Size | Width
277 mm / 10.9 inch
24.4 cm
Display
Display Diagonal
1.77 inch
Display Type
OLED
Function
Audio
SupremeFX8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC S1220
S1220A
Chipset
AMD TRX40
AMD B550 Chipset
AMD A520 Chipset
Compatibility
AMD Ryzen 5000 Series/ 4000 G-Series/ 3000 Series Desktop Processors
3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Desktop Processors and AMD Ryzen 4000 G-Series Desktop Processors
DAC
ESS ESS9018Q2C
Graphics
[Multi-GPU] Support 3-way SLI or CrossFireX
1x HDMI 2.1 + 2x Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C 4.0) with DisplayPort 1.2/1.4 support
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
Performance
Memory | Capacity
8x DIMM, Max 256GB
4x DIMMs, up to 128GB
2 DIMMs, up to 64 GB dual channel
Memory | Type
Quad channel DDR4 3200MHz, overclockable to 4733MHz ECC or non-ECC
DDR4 2133 - 4866+ MHz ECC or non-ECC
DDR4 2667/ 2800 /2933 /3000 /3066 /3200 /3466 /3600/ 3733 /3866 /4000 /4133 /4266 /4400/ 4600+ MHz
Storage
8x SATA III + 5x M.2 SATA or PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe
2x M.2 2242/2260/2280/22110 + 4x SATA 6Gbps
RAID 0/1/10 support
Storage | RAID
RAID 0, 1, 10
Production
Debut
2019
2021-03-11
2020-08-18
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