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GIGABYTE GA-H81M-HD3 motherboard Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX vs MSI Z87 MPOWER SP

46specifications compared
18differ
28identical
35known for one product only

Key differences

Maximum internal memory
- GA-H81M-HD3 motherboard Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:16 GB
- Z87 MPOWER SP:32 GB
Supported storage drive interfaces
- GA-H81M-HD3 motherboard Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:SATA II, SATA III
- Z87 MPOWER SP:SATA III
Maximum graphics card memory
- GA-H81M-HD3 motherboard Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:1024 MB
- Z87 MPOWER SP:1760 MB
Maximum resolution
- GA-H81M-HD3 motherboard Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:3840 x 2160 pixels
- Z87 MPOWER SP:4096 x 2160 pixels
USB 2.0 connectors
- GA-H81M-HD3 motherboard Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
- Z87 MPOWER SP:3
Number of SATA III connectors
- GA-H81M-HD3 motherboard Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
- Z87 MPOWER SP:8
Number of SATA II connectors
- GA-H81M-HD3 motherboard Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:2
- Z87 MPOWER SP:0
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity
- GA-H81M-HD3 motherboard Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX:4
- Z87 MPOWER SP:6

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Comparison of GA-H81M-HD3, Z87 MPOWER SP
81 specifications	A GIGABYTE GA-H81M-HD3 motherboard Intel® H81 LGA 1150 (Socket H3) micro ATX Model GA-H81M-HD3 View product	B MSI Z87 MPOWER SP View product
Processoridentical
Intel Core i3/i5/i7/i9 seriesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	i3-4xxx, i5-4xxx, i7-4xxx
System bus rateKnown for one	6 GT/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory2 differ
Supported memory clock speedsDiffers	1333,1600 MHz	1066,1333,1600,1866,2000,2133,2200,2400,2600,2666,2800,3000 MHz
Maximum internal memoryDiffers	16 GB	32 GB
Unbuffered memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of memory slotsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory voltageKnown for one	1.5 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
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
Graphics2 differ
Maximum graphics card memoryDiffers	1024 MB	1760 MB
Parallel processing technology supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2-Way CrossFireX, 2-Way SLI, 3-Way CrossFireX, LucidLogix Virtu
Graphics card familyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Intel
Maximum resolutionDiffers	3840 x 2160 pixels	4096 x 2160 pixels
DirectX versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	11
Discrete graphics supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Internal I/O3 differ
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers	2	3
Number of SATA III connectorsDiffers	2	8
Number of SATA II connectorsDiffers	2	0
ATX Power connector (24-pin)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of chassis fan connectorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3
Chassis intrusion connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
TPM connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
S/PDIF out connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
EPS power connector (8-pin)Known for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Parallel connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Rear panel I/O ports4 differ
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers	4	6
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	1	0
HDMI ports quantityDiffers	1	2
DVI-D ports quantityDiffers	1	0
Digital audio optical outKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Networkidentical
LAN controllerKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Bigfoot Killer E2205
Features3 differ
Motherboard form factorDiffers	micro ATX	ATX
Motherboard chipsetDiffers	Intel® H81	Intel® Z87
Audio chipDiffers	Realtek ALC892	Realtek ALC1150
Cooling typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Passive
Expansion slots1 differ
PCI Express x1 (Gen 2.x) slotsDiffers	1	4
PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.x) slotsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3
PCI slotsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOSidentical
BIOS typeKnown for one	UEFI AMI	Unknown — not stated by the source
BIOS memory sizeKnown for one	128 Mbit	Unknown — not stated by the source
ACPI versionKnown for one	2.0a	Unknown — not stated by the source
Processor special featuresidentical
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	224 mm	244 mm
DepthDiffers	190 mm	305 mm
Other featuresidentical
mSATA ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
BIOS switch buttonKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Number of processors supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
PCI Express slots quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7
Processor front side busKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	100 MHz
S/PDIF in connectorKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express x16 (Gen 1.x) slotsKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of DIMM slotsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Norton Internet Security (OEM version)	Unknown — not stated by the source

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