Product comparison · 2 motherboards

GIGABYTE GA-8VM533 motherboard Socket 478 micro ATX vs GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD6 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX

24specifications compared
17differ
7identical
28known for one product only

Key differences

Processor socket
- GA-8VM533 motherboard Socket 478 micro ATX:Socket 478
- GA-P55A-UD6 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:LGA 1156 (Socket H)
Number of memory slots
- GA-8VM533 motherboard Socket 478 micro ATX:2
- GA-P55A-UD6 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:6
Maximum internal memory
- GA-8VM533 motherboard Socket 478 micro ATX:2 GB
- GA-P55A-UD6 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:16 GB
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- GA-8VM533 motherboard Socket 478 micro ATX:2
- GA-P55A-UD6 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:6
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports
- GA-8VM533 motherboard Socket 478 micro ATX:1
- GA-P55A-UD6 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:2
eSATA ports quantity
- GA-8VM533 motherboard Socket 478 micro ATX:0
- GA-P55A-UD6 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:2
PS/2 ports quantity
- GA-8VM533 motherboard Socket 478 micro ATX:2
- GA-P55A-UD6 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports
- GA-8VM533 motherboard Socket 478 micro ATX:0
- GA-P55A-UD6 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX:2

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Comparison of GA-8VM533, GA-P55A-UD6
52 specifications	A GIGABYTE GA-8VM533 motherboard Socket 478 micro ATX Model GA-8VM533 View product	B GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD6 motherboard Intel® P55 LGA 1156 (Socket H) ATX Model GA-P55A-UD6 View product
Processor1 differ
Processor socketDiffers	Socket 478	LGA 1156 (Socket H)
Compatible processor seriesKnown for one	Intel® Pentium® 4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	2	6
Memory voltageKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.5 V
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	2 GB	16 GB
Storage controllersidentical
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 10
Internal I/Oidentical
Number of SATA connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power fan connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
CPU fan connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of IEEE1394 connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Number of Parallel ATA connectorsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports8 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	2	6
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	1	2
eSATA ports quantityDiffers	0	2
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers	2	1
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsDiffers	0	2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Headphone outputsDiffers	3	6
Microphone inKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
COM ports quantityDiffers	1	0
WiFi-AP antenna jackKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Modem (RJ-11) portsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Networkidentical
Networking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10/100/1000 Mbit
Features2 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	micro ATX	ATX
Motherboard chipsetKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel® P55
Audio chipDiffers	VIA VT1616	Realtek ALC889
Audio output channelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7.1 channels
Compatible operating systemsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Win XP, Vista, 7
Overclocking featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.0, SM BIOS 2.4, ACPI 1.0b
Expansion slots1 differ
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3
PCI slotsDiffers	3	2
BIOSidentical
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	32 Mbit
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	244 mm	305 mm
DepthDiffers	210 mm	244 mm
Packaging contentidentical
Drivers includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Norton Internet Security
Other features1 differ
S/PDIF in connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Controller 2nd interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	ATA-133/100/66/33
Controller interface typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	iTE IT8720
AGP x4 slotsDiffers	1	0
AGP x8 slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0
Special featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	@BIOS Q-Flash Xpress BIOS Rescue Download Center Xpress Install Xpress Recovery2

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