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Product comparison · 2 pcs/workstations

ASUS ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 vs MSI 3 8RB-020XEU

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  • 117specifications compared
  • 34differ
  • 83identical
  • 42known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 has 6 more processor threads than the MSI 3 8RB-020XEU (12 vs 6). The ASUS ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 has 0.6 GHz more processor boost frequency than the MSI 3 8RB-020XEU (4.6 GHz vs 4 GHz). The ASUS ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 has 0.4 GHz more processor frequency than the MSI 3 8RB-020XEU (3.2 GHz vs 2.8 GHz). Only the ASUS ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 has embedded options available. Only the ASUS ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 has Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP).

  • Processor family
    • Intel® Core™ i7
    • Intel® Core™ i5
  • Processor generation
    • 8th gen Intel® Core™ i7
    • 8th gen Intel® Core™ i5
  • Processor model
    • i7-8700
    • i5-8400
  • Processor threads
    • 12
    • 6
  • Processor boost frequency
    • 4.6 GHz
    • 4 GHz
  • Processor frequency
    • 3.2 GHz
    • 2.8 GHz
  • Processor cache
    • 12 MB
    • 9 MB
  • Internal memory
    • 16 GB
    • 8 GB

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ASUS

ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700

Model G21CN-DS781

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MSI

3 8RB-020XEUView product
Processor7 differ
Processor familyDiffersIntel® Core™ i7Intel® Core™ i5
Processor generationDiffers8th gen Intel® Core™ i78th gen Intel® Core™ i5
Processor modelDiffersi7-8700i5-8400
Processor threadsDiffers126
Processor boost frequencyDiffers4.6 GHz4 GHz
Processor frequencyDiffers3.2 GHz2.8 GHz
Processor cacheDiffers12 MB9 MB
Processor seriesKnown for oneIntel Core i7-8700 Desktop Series
Memory2 differ
Internal memoryDiffers16 GB8 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)Known for one2 x 8 GB
Memory clock speedDiffers2666 MHz2400 MHz
Memory slotsKnown for one2x SO-DIMM
Non-ECCKnown for oneYes
Storage3 differ
Total storage capacityDiffers1.51 TB1 TB
Optical drive typeDiffersDVD Super MultiNo
Storage mediaDiffersHDD+SSDHDD
HDD interfaceKnown for oneSATA III
HDD sizeKnown for one3.5"
Number of SSDs installedKnown for one1
SSD capacityKnown for one512 GB
Number of storage drives installedKnown for one1
Graphics4 differ
Discrete graphics card modelDiffersNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti
Discrete graphics card memoryDiffers8 GB4 GB
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)Differs1200 MHz1050 MHz
Number of execution unitsDiffers2423
Discrete graphics memory typeKnown for oneGDDR5
Number of discrete graphics cardsKnown for one1
CUDAKnown for oneYes
NVIDIA G-SYNCKnown for oneNo
NVIDIA GameWorks VRKnown for oneNo
Performance1 differ
Motherboard chipsetDiffersIntel® H370Intel H310 Express
BIOS typeKnown for oneUEFI AMI
Audio output channelsKnown for one5.1 channels
Networkidentical
Cabling technologyKnown for one10/100/1000Base-T(X)
BluetoothKnown for oneYes
Bluetooth versionKnown for one5.0
Ports & interfaces4 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers04
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers43
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantityDiffers40
Number of USB ports with PowerShare supportKnown for one0
PowerShareKnown for oneNo
Thunderbolt ports quantityKnown for one0
Thunderbolt 2 ports quantityKnown for one0
Number of Thunderbolt 3 ports with PowerShare supportKnown for one0
DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one0
HDMI ports quantityDiffers03
Line-inKnown for oneYes
Mini HDMI ports quantityKnown for one0
Mini DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one0
Alienware graphics amplifier portKnown for oneNo
PS/2 ports quantityKnown for one0
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one0
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one0
S/PDIF out portKnown for oneYes
DC-in jackKnown for oneYes
Designidentical
Chassis typeKnown for oneDesktop
Software1 differ
Operating system installedDiffersWindows 10FreeDOS
Operating system architectureKnown for one64-bit
Processor special features8 differ
Embedded options availableDiffersYesNo
Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)DiffersYesNo
Intel Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP) versionDiffers1.000.00
Intel TSX-NIDiffersYesNo
Intel TSX-NI versionDiffers1.000.00
Intel Trusted Execution TechnologyDiffersYesNo
Processor ARK IDDiffers126686126687
Processor codeKnown for oneSR3QS
Intel® Hyper Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology)DiffersYesNo
Audioidentical
Audio chipKnown for oneRealtek ALC1150
Audio systemKnown for oneSonicMaster
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers129.7 mm346.2 mm
DepthDiffers372.3 mm232.5 mm
HeightDiffers366 mm71.8 mm
WeightDiffers8.3 kg3.17 kg
Packaging dataidentical
Package weightKnown for one6.09 kg
Packaging contentidentical
Cables includedKnown for oneAC, HDMI
AC adapter includedKnown for oneYes

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