Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS P5Q-CM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX vs ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX

26specifications compared
7differ
19identical
33known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX has 2 more memory slots than the ASUS P5Q-CM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX (4 vs 2). The ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX has 8 GB more maximum internal memory than the ASUS P5Q-CM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX (16 GB vs 8 GB). The ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX has 1 more firewire (IEEE 1394) ports than the ASUS P5Q-CM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX (1 vs 0). Audio chip: VIA VT1708B on the ASUS P5Q-CM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX, Realtek ALC1200 on the ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX.

Number of memory slots
- P5Q-CM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:2
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:4
Maximum internal memory
- P5Q-CM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:8 GB
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:16 GB
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- P5Q-CM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:0
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1
HDMI ports quantity
- P5Q-CM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:0
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1
Audio chip
- P5Q-CM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:VIA VT1708B
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:Realtek ALC1200
PCI Express x1 slots
- P5Q-CM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:1
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:2
Depth
- P5Q-CM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:229 mm
- P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX:244 mm

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Comparison of P5Q-CM, P5Q-EM
59 specifications	A ASUS P5Q-CM LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX Model P5Q-CM View product	B ASUS P5Q-EM motherboard Intel® G45 LGA 775 (Socket T) micro ATX Model P5Q-EM View product
Processoridentical
Compatible processor seriesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® Celeron®, Intel® Celeron® Dual-Core, Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core
Memory2 differ
Supported memory typesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DDR2-SDRAM
Number of memory slotsDiffers	2	4
Memory slots typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	DIMM
Memory channelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Dual-channel
Supported memory clock speedsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	667,800,1066 MHz
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	8 GB	16 GB
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage controllersidentical
Supported storage drive interfacesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	IDE, SATA II
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 10
Internal I/Oidentical
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Number of SATA III connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Number of SATA II connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6
Front panel audio connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports2 differ
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	0	1
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	0	1
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Networkidentical
Ethernet LANKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Ethernet interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Gigabit Ethernet
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Realtek RTL8111C
Features1 differ
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PC
Motherboard chipset familyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® G45
Audio chipDiffers	VIA VT1708B	Realtek ALC1200
Expansion slots1 differ
PCI Express x1 slotsDiffers	1	2
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	1
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOSidentical
BIOS typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	AMI
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	64 Mbit
ACPI versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.0a
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthDiffers	229 mm	244 mm
Graphicsidentical
Maximum graphics card memoryKnown for one	352 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Graphics controllerKnown for one	Intel GMA4500	Unknown — not stated by the source
Manageability featuresKnown for one	WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL @ PME, WOR @ PME, PXE	Unknown — not stated by the source

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