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GIGABYTE GA-B85M-D3V motherboard Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX vs GIGABYTE GA-Q87M-MK motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX

65specifications compared
16differ
49identical
14known for one product only

Key differences

Number of memory slots
- GA-B85M-D3V motherboard Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
- GA-Q87M-MK motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:4
Maximum internal memory
- GA-B85M-D3V motherboard Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:16 GB
- GA-Q87M-MK motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:32 GB
Supported storage drive interfaces
- GA-B85M-D3V motherboard Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:SATA II, SATA III
- GA-Q87M-MK motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:SATA III
Maximum resolution
- GA-B85M-D3V motherboard Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:1920 x 1200 pixels
- GA-Q87M-MK motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:4096 x 2160 pixels
Number of SATA III connectors
- GA-B85M-D3V motherboard Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:4
- GA-Q87M-MK motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:6
Number of SATA II connectors
- GA-B85M-D3V motherboard Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
- GA-Q87M-MK motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:0
Serial port headers
- GA-B85M-D3V motherboard Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:1
- GA-Q87M-MK motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
USB 2.0 ports quantity
- GA-B85M-D3V motherboard Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:4
- GA-Q87M-MK motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2

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Comparison of GA-B85M-D3V, GA-Q87M-MK
79 specifications	A GIGABYTE GA-B85M-D3V motherboard Intel® B85 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX Model GA-B85M-D3V View product	B GIGABYTE GA-Q87M-MK motherboard Intel® Q87 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX Model GA-Q87M-MK View product
Memory2 differ
Number of memory slotsDiffers	2	4
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	16 GB	32 GB
Storage controllers1 differ
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffers	SATA II, SATA III	SATA III
RAID levelsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0, 1, 5, 10
Graphics1 differ
Maximum resolutionDiffers	1920 x 1200 pixels	4096 x 2160 pixels
Internal I/O3 differ
Number of SATA III connectorsDiffers	4	6
Number of SATA II connectorsDiffers	2	0
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of COM connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Parallel connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Serial port headersDiffers	1	2
EPS power connector (8-pin)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports5 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers	4	2
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers	2	4
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsDiffers	1	2
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	1	0
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	0	1
HDMI versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.4a
DVI-I ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
S/PDIF out portKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Digital audio optical outKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Parallel ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features1 differ
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	Intel® B85	Intel® Q87
Expansion slots1 differ
Mini PCI Express slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
PCI slotsDiffers	1	2
Weight & dimensions1 differ
DepthDiffers	174 mm	244 mm
Other features1 differ
mSATA ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Intel® vPro™ Platform EligibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
PCI Express slots quantityDiffers	2	3

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