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Product comparison · 2 pcs/workstations

ASUS ROG G21CN-DS781 PC Intel® Core™ i7 i7-8700 vs MSI Nightblade 8RC-019 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400

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  • 123specifications compared
  • 36differ
  • 87identical
  • 35known 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 Nightblade 8RC-019 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400 (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 Nightblade 8RC-019 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400 (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 Nightblade 8RC-019 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400 (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

Nightblade 8RC-019 Intel® Core™ i5 i5-8400

Model 8RC-019

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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
Memory1 differ
Internal memoryDiffers16 GB8 GB
Memory layout (slots x size)Known for one2 x 8 GB
Memory clock speedKnown for one2666 MHz
Memory slotsKnown for one2x SO-DIMM
Storage4 differ
Total storage capacityDiffers1.51 TB2.12 TB
HDD capacityDiffers1 TB2 TB
HDD interfaceKnown for oneSATA III
HDD sizeDiffers3.5"2.5/3.5"
SSD capacityDiffers512 GB128 GB
Number of storage drives installedKnown for one2
Total HDDs capacityKnown for one2 TB
Total SSDs capacityKnown for one128 GB
SSD form factorKnown for oneM.2
Graphics4 differ
Discrete graphics card modelDiffersNVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1080NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060
Discrete graphics card memoryDiffers8 GB3 GB
On-board graphics card dynamic frequency (max)Differs1200 MHz1050 MHz
Number of execution unitsDiffers2423
Discrete graphics memory typeKnown for oneGDDR5
On-board graphics card familyKnown for oneIntel® UHD Graphics
Performance1 differ
Market positioningKnown for oneGaming
Motherboard chipsetDiffersIntel® H370Intel® B250
Audio output channelsKnown for one7.1 channels
Networkidentical
BluetoothKnown for oneYes
Bluetooth versionKnown for one4.2
Ports & interfaces5 differ
USB 2.0 ports quantityDiffers03
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 quantityDiffers01
HDMI ports quantityDiffers03
Mini HDMI ports quantityKnown for one0
Mini DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one0
Alienware graphics amplifier portKnown for oneNo
PS/2 ports quantityDiffers01
Firewire (IEEE 1394) portsKnown for one0
eSATA ports quantityKnown for one0
DC-in jackKnown for oneYes
Power1 differ
Power supplyDiffers230 W350 W
80 PLUS certificationKnown for one80 PLUS Bronze
Designidentical
Chassis typeKnown for oneDesktop
Software1 differ
Operating system installedDiffersWindows 10Windows 10 Home
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 mm128 mm
DepthDiffers372.3 mm342 mm
HeightDiffers366 mm268 mm
WeightDiffers8.3 kg6.4 kg
Optical driveidentical
Optical drives quantityKnown for one1
Packaging contentidentical
Cables includedKnown for oneAC
ManualKnown for oneYes

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