Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS B85M-D PLUS vs ASUS Z97-P Intel® Z97 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) ATX

48specifications compared
21differ
27identical
18known for one product only

Key differences

Number of memory slots
- B85M-D PLUS:2
- Z97-P Intel® Z97 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) ATX:4
Maximum internal memory
- B85M-D PLUS:16 GB
- Z97-P Intel® Z97 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) ATX:32 GB
Supported storage drive interfaces
- B85M-D PLUS:SATA, SATA II, SATA III
- Z97-P Intel® Z97 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) ATX:SATA III
USB 2.0 connectors
- B85M-D PLUS:2
- Z97-P Intel® Z97 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) ATX:3
Number of SATA III connectors
- B85M-D PLUS:4
- Z97-P Intel® Z97 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) ATX:6
Number of SATA II connectors
- B85M-D PLUS:2
- Z97-P Intel® Z97 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) ATX:0
Number of chassis fan connectors
- B85M-D PLUS:1
- Z97-P Intel® Z97 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) ATX:2
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- B85M-D PLUS:4
- Z97-P Intel® Z97 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) ATX:2

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Comparison of B85M-D PLUS, Z97-P
66 specifications	A ASUS B85M-D PLUS View product	B ASUS Z97-P Intel® Z97 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) ATX Model Z97-P View product
Processor1 differ
Compatible processor seriesDiffers	Intel® Celeron®, Intel® Celeron® Dual-Core, Intel® Pentium®	Intel® Celeron®, Intel® Pentium®
Intel Core i3/i5/i7/i9 seriesKnown for one	i3-4xxx, i5-4xxx, i7-4xxx	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory3 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	2	4
Supported memory clock speedsDiffers	1066,1333,1600 MHz	3200,1333,1600,1866,2000,2133,2200,2250,2400,2600,2666,2800,2933,3000 MHz
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	16 GB	32 GB
Memory channelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Dual-channel
Unbuffered memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Storage controllers1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SATA, SATA II, SATA III	SATA III
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 5, 10
Internal I/O4 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	2	3
Number of SATA III connectorsDiffers	4	6
Number of SATA II connectorsDiffers	2	0
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	0	Unknown — not stated by the source
Front panel audio connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsDiffers	1	2
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Peripheral (Molex) power connectors (4-pin)Known for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
EPS power connector (8-pin)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Rear panel I/O ports4 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	4	2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers	2	4
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	1	2
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	0	1
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Network1 differ
LAN controllerDiffers	Realtek RTL8111GR	Realtek 8111G
Features2 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	micro ATX	ATX
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	Intel® B85	Intel® Z97
Audio chipKnown for one	Realtek ALC887-VD2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x1 (Gen 2.x) slotsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.x) slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
BIOS3 differ
BIOS typeDiffers	AMI	UEFI AMI
BIOS memory sizeDiffers	128 Mbit	64 Mbit
ACPI versionDiffers	2.0a	5.0
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	224 mm	305 mm
DepthDiffers	188 mm	213 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Maximum UDIMM memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	32 GB

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