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Product comparison · 2 motherboards

MSI B250 Gaming M3 vs MSI Z270 Gaming M3

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  • 53specifications compared
  • 4differ
  • 49identical
  • 16known for one product only

Key differences

The MSI B250 Gaming M3 has 2 more USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity than the MSI Z270 Gaming M3 (2 vs 0). Motherboard chipset: Intel® B250 on the MSI B250 Gaming M3, Intel® Z270 on the MSI Z270 Gaming M3.

  • USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity
    • 2
    • 0
  • Motherboard chipset
    • Intel® B250
    • Intel® Z270

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69 specifications
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Processor1 differ
Compatible processor seriesDiffersIntel® Core™ i3, Intel® Core™ i5, Intel® Core™ i7Intel® Celeron®, Intel® Pentium®
Intel Core i3/i5/i7/i9 seriesKnown for onei3-6xxx, i3-7xxx, i5-6xxx, i5-7xxx, i7-6xxx, i7-7xxx
Memory1 differ
Memory voltageKnown for one1.2,1.35 V
Supported memory clock speedsDiffers2400,2133 MHz2133,2400,2600,2800,3000,3200,3600,3800 MHz
ECC сompatibilityKnown for oneNon-ECC
Graphicsidentical
Discrete graphics supportKnown for oneYes
DirectX versionKnown for one12.0
Rear panel I/O ports1 differ
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers20
Networkidentical
Ethernet interface typeKnown for oneFast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet
Wi-FiKnown for oneNo
Features1 differ
Motherboard chipsetDiffersIntel® B250Intel® Z270
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for oneYes
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for oneYes
Expansion slotsidentical
PCI Express x1 (Gen 3.x) slotsKnown for one4
PCI Express x16 (Gen 3.x) slotsKnown for one2
PCI Express x1 slotsKnown for one4
PCI Express x16 slotsKnown for one2
Other featuresidentical
Serial port via internal headerKnown for oneYes
Storage controllersidentical
Supported storage drive typesKnown for oneHDD & SSD
RAID levelsKnown for one0, 1, 5, 10

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