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Product comparison · 2 motherboards

ASUS PRIME Q270M-C vs ASUS PRIME Z270-AR

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  • 46specifications compared
  • 19differ
  • 27identical
  • 35known for one product only

Key differences

  • USB 2.0 connectors
    • 1
    • 3
  • USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors
    • 2
    • 1
  • USB 2.0 ports quantity
    • 2
    • 0
  • USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity
    • 6
    • 5
  • USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-C ports quantity
    • 0
    • 1
  • PS/2 ports quantity
    • 2
    • 1
  • VGA (D-Sub) ports quantity
    • 1
    • 0
  • DVI-D ports quantity
    • 1
    • 0

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Processor1 differ
Processor manufacturerIntelIntel
Processor socketLGA 1151 (Socket H4)LGA 1151 (Socket H4)
Compatible processor seriesDiffersIntel® Celeron®, Intel® Pentium®Intel® Celeron®, Intel® Core™ i3, Intel® Core™ i5, Intel® Core™ i7, Intel® Pentium®
Intel Core i3/i5/i7/i9 seriesKnown for onei3-6xxx, i3-7xxx, i5-6xxx, i5-7xxx, i7-6xxx, i7-7xxx
Memory1 differ
Supported memory typesDDR4-SDRAMDDR4-SDRAM
Number of memory slots44
Memory slots typeDIMMDIMM
ECC сompatibilityNon-ECCNon-ECC
Supported memory clock speedsDiffers2133,2400 MHz2133,2400,2666,2800,3000,3200,3300,3333,3400,3466,3600,3866 MHz
Maximum internal memory64 GB64 GB
Unbuffered memoryYesYes
Storage controllersidentical
Supported storage drive interfacesKnown for oneSATA III
RAID levelsKnown for one0, 1, 5, 10
Internal I/O2 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers13
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectorsDiffers21
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) connectors00
Number of SATA III connectors66
Number of SATA II connectors00
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one6
Number of Parallel ATA connectors00
Front panel connectorKnown for oneYes
Number of EATX power connectorsKnown for one1
CPU fan connectorYesYes
Number of chassis fan connectors22
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for oneYes
12V power connectorKnown for oneYes
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one2
TPM connectorKnown for oneYes
Front panel audio connectorKnown for oneYes
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Known for oneYes
EPS power connector (8-pin)Known for oneYes
Rear panel I/O ports6 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers20
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers65
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-C ports quantityDiffers01
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantity00
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantity00
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports11
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one0
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers21
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports00
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers10
HDMI ports quantity11
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers10
DVI-I ports quantityKnown for one0
DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one1
Headphone outputsKnown for one1
Microphone inYesYes
Digital audio optical outKnown for one0
COM ports quantityKnown for one0
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one0
Serial ports quantityKnown for one0
WiFi-AP antenna jackKnown for one0
Modem (RJ-11) portsKnown for one0
S/PDIF out portKnown for oneYes
Network2 differ
Ethernet LANYesYes
Ethernet interface typeDiffersGigabit EthernetFast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
LAN controllerDiffersIntel I219LMIntel® I219-V
Wake-on-LAN readyKnown for oneYes
Features2 differ
Component forPCPC
Motherboard form factorDiffersmicro ATXATX
Motherboard chipset familyIntelIntel
Motherboard chipsetDiffersIntel® Q270Intel® Z270
Audio chipKnown for oneRealtek ALC887
Audio output channels7.1 channels7.1 channels
Power source typeKnown for oneATX
Expansion slots2 differ
PCI Express x1 (Gen 3.x) slotsDiffers24
PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.x) slotsDiffers13
PCI slotsKnown for one1
Number of M.2 (M) slots22
BIOS2 differ
BIOS typeUEFI AMIUEFI AMI
BIOS memory sizeDiffers128 Mbit16 Mbit
ACPI versionDiffers5.06.0
Clear CMOS jumperKnown for oneYes
Processor special featuresidentical
Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)Known for oneYes
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WidthDiffers244 mm305 mm
Depth244 mm244 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for oneYes
Other featuresidentical
S/PDIF in portKnown for oneNo
Graphicsidentical
Parallel processing technology supportKnown for one2-Way SLI, 3-Way CrossFireX
Graphics card familyKnown for oneAMD, NVIDIA
Maximum resolutionKnown for one4096 x 2160 pixels

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