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Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS M5A78L-M LX vs ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE

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  • 49specifications compared
  • 31differ
  • 18identical
  • 29known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS M5A78L-M LX has 0.2 GT/s more system bus rate than the ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE (5.2 GT/s vs 5 GT/s). The ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE has 2 more memory slots than the ASUS M5A78L-M LX (4 vs 2). The ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE has 24 GB more maximum internal memory than the ASUS M5A78L-M LX (32 GB vs 8 GB). Only the ASUS M5A78L-M LX has on-board graphics card. Processor manufacturer: AMD on the ASUS M5A78L-M LX, Intel on the ASUS P8Z68 DELUXE.

  • Processor manufacturer
    • AMD
    • Intel
  • Processor socket
    • Socket AM3
    • LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
  • System bus rate
    • 5.2 GT/s
    • 5 GT/s
  • Number of memory slots
    • 2
    • 4
  • ECC сompatibility
    • ECC & Non-ECC
    • Non-ECC
  • Maximum internal memory
    • 8 GB
    • 32 GB
  • RAID levels
    • 0, 1, 10, JBOD
    • 0, 1, 5, 10
  • On-board graphics card
    • Yes
    • No

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Processor4 differ
Processor manufacturerDiffersAMDIntel
Processor socketDiffersSocket AM3LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
Compatible processor seriesDiffersAMD Phenom II X2, AMD Phenom II X4, AMD Phenom II X6Intel® Core™ i3, Intel® Core™ i5, Intel® Core™ i7
Maximum number of SMP processorsKnown for one1
System bus rateDiffers5.2 GT/s5 GT/s
Memory4 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers24
ECC сompatibilityDiffersECC & Non-ECCNon-ECC
Supported memory clock speedsDiffers1066,1600,1800 MHz1066,1333,1600,1800,1866,2000,2133,2200 MHz
Maximum internal memoryDiffers8 GB32 GB
Storage controllers1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers0, 1, 10, JBOD0, 1, 5, 10
Graphics2 differ
Parallel processing technology supportDiffersHybrid CrossFireXQuad-GPU CrossFireX, Quad-GPU SLI
On-board graphics cardDiffersYesNo
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one1024 MB
Graphics card familyKnown for oneAMD
Graphics cardKnown for oneRadeon 3000
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers34
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectorsKnown for one2
Number of SATA III connectorsKnown for one4
Number of SATA II connectorsKnown for one4
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one1
Power fan connectorKnown for oneYes
Number of chassis fan connectorsDiffers12
EPS power connector (8-pin)Known for oneYes
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one1
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one6
Rear panel I/O ports8 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers48
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers02
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers12
eSATA ports quantityDiffers01
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers21
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers01
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers10
Headphone outputsDiffers26
S/PDIF out portKnown for oneYes
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one1
Serial ports quantityKnown for one1
Networkidentical
Wake-on-LAN readyKnown for oneYes
BluetoothKnown for oneYes
Bluetooth versionKnown for one2.1+EDR
Networking featuresKnown for oneGigabit Ethernet
LAN controllerKnown for oneRealtek RTL8111E
Features4 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffersmicro ATXATX
Motherboard chipsetDiffersAMD 760GIntel Z68
Audio chipDiffersRealtek ALC887Realtek ALC889
Compatible operating systemsDiffersDOS Windows XP Windows XP 64bit Windows Vista 32bit Windows Vista 64bit Windows 7 Windows 7 64bitWindows XP, Vista, 7 32/64-bit
Overclocking featuresKnown for one1x MemOK!
Motherboard southbridgeKnown for oneAMD SB710
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x16 slotsDiffers13
PCI Express slots versionKnown for one2.0
PCI slotsDiffers12
BIOS2 differ
BIOS typeDiffersAMIEFI
BIOS memory sizeDiffers16 Mbit64 Mbit
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers244 mm305 mm
DepthDiffers203 mm244 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Trial softwareKnown for oneAntivirus
Bundled softwareKnown for oneASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update
Other featuresidentical
S/PDIF in portKnown for oneYes
Controller 2nd interface typeKnown for oneMarvell PCIe 9128
Controller interface typeKnown for oneJMicron JMB362
Manageability featuresKnown for oneWfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE

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