Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX vs MSI H87M-E35 Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX

47specifications compared
12differ
35identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

Supported storage drive interfaces
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:SATA II, SATA III
- H87M-E35 Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:SATA III
Number of SATA III connectors
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
- H87M-E35 Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:6
Number of SATA II connectors
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
- H87M-E35 Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:0
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:4
- H87M-E35 Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
- H87M-E35 Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:4
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:0
- H87M-E35 Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:1
HDMI ports quantity
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:0
- H87M-E35 Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:1
Motherboard chipset
- H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:Intel® H81
- H87M-E35 Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:Intel® H87

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Comparison of H81M2, H87M-E35
64 specifications	A ASUS H81M2 Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX Model H81M2 View product	B MSI H87M-E35 Intel® H87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX Model H87M-E35 View product
Processoridentical
Maximum number of SMP processorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memoryidentical
Unbuffered memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Storage controllers1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SATA II, SATA III	SATA III
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 5, 10
Graphicsidentical
Parallel processing technology supportKnown for one	Not supported	Unknown — not stated by the source
Internal I/O2 differ
Number of SATA III connectorsDiffers	2	6
Number of SATA II connectorsDiffers	2	0
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Parallel 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	2	4
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	0	1
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	0	1
DVI-I ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	Intel® H81	Intel® H87
Audio chipKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek ALC887
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x1 (Gen 2.x) slotsDiffers	1	2
PCI Express x16 (Gen 2.x) slotsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI slotsDiffers	2	1
PCI Express x16 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	224 mm
DepthDiffers	198 mm	225 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source

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