Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX vs MSI A78M-E45 AMD A78 Socket FM2+ micro ATX

40specifications compared
19differ
21identical
21known for one product only

Key differences

Processor manufacturer
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:Intel
- A78M-E45 AMD A78 Socket FM2+ micro ATX:AMD
Processor socket
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
- A78M-E45 AMD A78 Socket FM2+ micro ATX:Socket FM2+
Supported storage drive interfaces
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:SATA II
- A78M-E45 AMD A78 Socket FM2+ micro ATX:SATA III
USB 2.0 connectors
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:1
- A78M-E45 AMD A78 Socket FM2+ micro ATX:2
Number of SATA III connectors
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:0
- A78M-E45 AMD A78 Socket FM2+ micro ATX:6
Number of SATA II connectors
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:4
- A78M-E45 AMD A78 Socket FM2+ micro ATX:0
Number of SATA connectors
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:4
- A78M-E45 AMD A78 Socket FM2+ micro ATX:6
Number of Parallel ATA connectors
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:0
- A78M-E45 AMD A78 Socket FM2+ micro ATX:1

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Comparison of H61M-F, A78M-E45
61 specifications	A ASUS H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX Model H61M-F View product	B MSI A78M-E45 AMD A78 Socket FM2+ micro ATX Model A78M-E45 View product
Processor3 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffers	Intel	AMD
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 1155 (Socket H2)	Socket FM2+
Compatible processor seriesDiffers	Intel® Celeron®, Intel® Pentium®	AMD A
Maximum number of SMP processorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Intel Core i3/i5/i7/i9 seriesKnown for one	i3-2xxx, i3-3xxx, i5-2xxx, i5-3xxx, i7-2xxx, i7-3xxx	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supported processor socketsKnown for one	LGA 1155 (Socket H2)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory1 differ
Supported memory clock speedsDiffers	1066,1333,1600,1866,2000,2133,2200 MHz	1333,1600,1666,2133 MHz
Supported memory module capacitiesKnown for one	4GB, 8GB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Flash memoryKnown for one	64 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of memory slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Non-ECC
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	64 GB
Storage controllers1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SATA II	SATA III
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 10
Internal I/O5 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	1	2
Number of SATA III connectorsDiffers	0	6
Number of SATA II connectorsDiffers	4	0
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	4	6
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsDiffers	0	1
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Parallel connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
TPM connectorKnown 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	0	4
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	0	1
Headphone outputsDiffers	1	6
Microphone inKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Network1 differ
LAN controllerDiffers	Realtek RTL8111F	Realtek RTL8111G
Features2 differ
Motherboard chipset familyDiffers	Intel	AMD
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	Intel® H61	AMD A78
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x1 (Gen 2.x) slotsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.x) slotsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOSidentical
BIOS typeKnown for one	UEFI	Unknown — not stated by the source
ACPI versionKnown for one	2.0a	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	226 mm	243 mm
DepthDiffers	178 mm	243 mm
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2048 MB
Maximum resolutionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4096 x 2160 pixels
DirectX versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	11.1

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