Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX vs MSI H81M-P32L Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX

42specifications compared
17differ
25identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

Processor socket
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
- H81M-P32L Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:LGA 1150 (Socket H3)
Supported storage drive interfaces
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:SATA II
- H81M-P32L Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:SATA II, SATA III
USB 2.0 connectors
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:1
- H81M-P32L Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:1
- H81M-P32L Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:0
Number of SATA III connectors
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:0
- H81M-P32L Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
Number of SATA II connectors
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:4
- H81M-P32L Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
Number of chassis fan connectors
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:1
- H81M-P32L Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX:4
- H81M-P32L Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2

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Comparison of H61M-F, H81M-P32L
64 specifications	A ASUS H61M-F Intel® H61 LGA 1155 (Socket H2) micro ATX Model H61M-F View product	B MSI H81M-P32L Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX Model H81M-P32L View product
Processor2 differ
Processor socketDiffers	LGA 1155 (Socket H2)	LGA 1150 (Socket H3)
Compatible processor seriesDiffers	Intel® Celeron®, Intel® Pentium®	Intel® Celeron® G, Intel® Pentium®
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
Number of memory slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Supported memory clock speedsDiffers	1066,1333,1600,1866,2000,2133,2200 MHz	1066,1333,1600 MHz
Maximum internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16 GB
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
Storage controllers1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SATA II	SATA II, SATA III
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1760 MB
Parallel processing technology supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Not supported
DirectX versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	11
Internal I/O5 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	1	2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectorsDiffers	1	0
Number of SATA III connectorsDiffers	0	2
Number of SATA II connectorsDiffers	4	2
Number of chassis fan connectorsDiffers	1	2
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Serial port headersKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
TPM connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports3 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	4	2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers	0	2
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Network1 differ
LAN controllerDiffers	Realtek RTL8111F	Realtek RTL8111G
Features1 differ
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	Intel® H61	Intel® H81
Audio chipKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC887
Expansion slots1 differ
PCI Express x1 (Gen 2.x) slotsDiffers	2	1
PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.x) slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
PCI slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
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	228 mm

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