Compare ROG Zenith II Extreme vs EVGA Z490 DARK vs Gigabyte Z590I AORUS ULTRA
Connectivity
CPU Socket
SRTX4
LGA1200 (10th & 11th Intel Core CPUs)
LGA1200
Expansion Slot
1x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x USB 2.0/1.1
PCI Express
4x PCIe 4.0 (x16, x16/x16, x16/x8/x16, or x16/x8/x16/x8)
PCIe 3.0: 3x x16 (running at x16/x8 + x8 + x4) + 1x x4
1x PCIe x16
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
[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)
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 1.4 + 1x HDMI 2.0 + 3x Audio jacks
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1 (preinstalled in the M.2 Key-E 32mm slot)
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1
Construction
Form Factor
Extended ATX (E-ATX) motherboard
E-ATX Motherboard
Mini-ITX motherboard
Dimensions
Size | Length
310 mm / 12.2 inch
12" / 305 mm
170 mm
Size | Width
277 mm / 10.9 inch
10.9" / 277 mm
170 mm
Display
Display Diagonal
1.77 inch
Display Type
OLED
Function
Audio
SupremeFX8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC S1220
Realtek ALC1220 + SV3H615 controllers 7.1 Channel Realtek + EVGA NU Audio
Realtek ALC1220-VB codec, support for DTS:X Ultra
Chipset
AMD TRX40
Intel Z490 Chipset
Intel Z590 Express
Compatibility
10th-gen & 11th-gen Intel Core / Pentium / Celeron processors
DAC
ESS ESS9018Q2C
Graphics
[Multi-GPU] Support 3-way SLI or CrossFireX
Misc
Networking: Realtek 2.5GbE LAN
Monitoring
Voltage detection, Temperature detection, Fan speed detection, Fan fail warning, Fan speed control
Processor
Supports AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors
RGB Lighting
Aura Sync RGB lighting
RGB Fusion 2.0, 1x LED strip + 1x RGB LED strip
Performance
Memory | Capacity
8x DIMM, Max 256GB
2x DIMMs, up to 64GB
2x DIMMs (up to 64GB)
Memory | Type
Quad channel DDR4 3200MHz, overclockable to 4733MHz ECC or non-ECC
Up to DDR4 4800MHz
DDR4 up to 3200MHz dual channel, support for ECC memory (in non-ECC mode) and Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) modules (up to 5000MHz)
Storage
8x SATA III + 5x M.2 SATA or PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe
8x SATA 6.0Gbps + 1x U.2 + 2x M.2 Key-M 110mm + 1x M.2 Key-E 32mm
1x M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD, 2260/2280 (11th-gen Intel processor only) + 1x M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4/x2 SSD, 2260/2280+ 4x SATA
Storage | RAID
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10
Production
Debut
2019
2020
2021-01-12 (CES 2021)
Model Name
131-CL-E499-KR
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