Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX vs MSI CSM-B85M-P32 Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX

42specifications compared
10differ
32identical
24known for one product only

Key differences

Supported storage drive interfaces
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:SATA II, SATA III
- CSM-B85M-P32 Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:SATA
Number of SATA III connectors
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
- CSM-B85M-P32 Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:0
Number of SATA II connectors
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
- CSM-B85M-P32 Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:0
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:4
- CSM-B85M-P32 Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:0
- CSM-B85M-P32 Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:1
DVI-D ports quantity
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:1
- CSM-B85M-P32 Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:0
Headphone outputs
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:1
- CSM-B85M-P32 Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:3
Motherboard chipset
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:Intel® H81
- CSM-B85M-P32 Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:Intel® B85

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Comparison of H81M2, CSM-B85M-P32
66 specifications	A ASUS H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX Model H81M2 View product	B MSI CSM-B85M-P32 Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX Model CSM-B85M-P32 View product
Processoridentical
Maximum number of SMP processorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memoryidentical
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllers1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SATA II, SATA III	SATA
Graphicsidentical
Parallel processing technology supportKnown for one	Not supported	Unknown — not stated by the source
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1760 MB
DirectX versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	11
Internal I/O2 differ
Number of SATA III connectorsDiffers	2	0
Number of SATA II connectorsDiffers	2	0
Peripheral (Molex) power connectors (4-pin)Known for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
TPM connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Serial port headersKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Rear panel I/O ports4 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	4	2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	0	1
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers	1	0
DVI-I ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Headphone outputsDiffers	1	3
Microphone inKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Serial ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Features1 differ
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	Intel® H81	Intel® B85
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Win	Unknown — not stated by the source
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.x) slotsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.x) slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
BIOSidentical
BIOS typeKnown for one	UEFI AMI	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	64 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
ACPI versionKnown for one	2.0a	Unknown — not stated by the source
Clear CMOS jumperKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	244 mm	228 mm
DepthDiffers	198 mm	244 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Serial port via internal headerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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