Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS P7P55D-E Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX vs MSI P55M-GD41 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX

33specifications compared
14differ
19identical
14known for one product only

Key differences

RAID levels
- P7P55D-E Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:0, 1, 5, 10
- P55M-GD41 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:0, 1, 10
USB 2.0 connectors
- P7P55D-E Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:3
- P55M-GD41 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:2
Number of SATA connectors
- P7P55D-E Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:9
- P55M-GD41 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:6
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- P7P55D-E Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:6
- P55M-GD41 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:10
eSATA ports quantity
- P7P55D-E Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:1
- P55M-GD41 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:0
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- P7P55D-E Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:1
- P55M-GD41 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:0
LAN controller
- P7P55D-E Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:Realtek RTL8112L
- P55M-GD41 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:Realtek RTL8111D(L)
Networking features
- P7P55D-E Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:10/100/1000 Mbit
- P55M-GD41 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX:10/100/1000 Mbps

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Comparison of P7P55D-E, P55M-GD41
47 specifications	A ASUS P7P55D-E Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX Model P7P55D-E View product	B MSI P55M-GD41 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) micro ATX Model P55M-GD41 View product
Memoryidentical
ECC сompatibilityKnown for one	Non-ECC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory voltageKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.5 V
Storage controllers1 differ
RAID levelsDiffers	0, 1, 5, 10	0, 1, 10
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	3	2
Number of SATA connectorsDiffers	9	6
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
TPM connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Rear panel I/O ports3 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	6	10
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
eSATA ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	1	0
Microphone inKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Headphone outputsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6
Network2 differ
LAN controllerDiffers	Realtek RTL8112L	Realtek RTL8111D(L)
Networking featuresDiffers	10/100/1000 Mbit	10/100/1000 Mbps
Features2 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	ATX	micro ATX
Audio chipDiffers	VIA VT1828S	Realtek ALC889 / ALC888S
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x1 slotsDiffers	3	1
PCI slotsDiffers	2	1
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	16 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	305 mm	244 mm
DepthDiffers	244 mm	235 mm
Other featuresidentical
Manageability featuresKnown for one	WfM 2.0,DMI 2.0,WOL by PME,WOR by PME,PXE	Unknown — not stated by the source

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