MSI PRO B850M-P WIFI vs MSI PRO X870E-P WIFI

The two products' specifications row by row. Rows where they differ are marked; a missing value is unknown, never equal.

12 differences
SpecificationMSI PRO B850M-P WIFIMSI PRO X870E-P WIFI
USB 2.0 connectorsDiffers46
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectorsDiffers24
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantityDiffers42
Motherboard form factorDiffersmicro ATXATX
Compatible processor seriesDiffersAMD Ryzen™ 9000 / 8000 / 7000 SeriesAMD Ryzen™ 9000/ 8000/ 7000 Series Desktop Processors
Processor socketDiffersAM5Socket AM5
Supported storage drive interfacesDiffersM.2, SATAM.2, SATA III
Motherboard chipsetDiffersAMD B850AMD X870E
DepthDiffers243.8 mm304.8 mm
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-A ports quantityDiffers32
Built-in WiFiDiffersWi-Fi 7 (802.11be)Wi-Fi 7
Product nameDiffersPRO B850M-P WIFIPRO X870E-P WIFI
Number of M.2 (M) slotsSame33
Number of SATA III connectorsSame44
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) connectorsSame11
Maximum internal memorySame256 GB256 GB
Memory channelsSameDual-channelDual-channel
Number of memory slotsSame44
Supported memory typesSameDDR5DDR5
Bluetooth versionSame5.45.4
Ethernet interface typeSame5 Gigabit Ethernet5 Gigabit Ethernet
Wi-FiSameYesYes
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) portsSame11
HDMI ports quantitySame11
Component forSamePCPC
Motherboard chipset familySameAMDAMD
Processor manufacturerSameAMDAMD
Audio output channelsSame7.1 channels7.1 channels
WidthSame243.8 mm243.8 mm
Maximum memorySame256 GB256 GB
1st M.2 highest PCI Express generationnot knownnot known5.0
1st M.2 largest key sizenot knownnot known2280
2nd M.2 highest PCI Express generationnot knownnot known4.0
2nd M.2 largest key sizenot knownnot known2580
3rd M.2 highest PCI Express generationnot knownnot known4.0
3rd M.2 largest key sizenot knownnot known22110
PCI Express x1 slotsnot knownnot known1
PCI Express x16 (Gen 4.x) slotsnot knownnot known1
PCI Express x16 (Gen 5.x) slotsnot knownnot known1
PCI Express x16 slotsnot knownnot known3
ATX Power connector (24-pin)not knownnot knownYes
CPU fan connectornot knownnot knownYes
EPS power connector (8-pin)not knownnot knownYes
RGB LED pin headernot knownnot knownYes
Total number of SATA connectorsnot knownnot known4
TPM connectornot knownnot knownYes
ECC сompatibilitynot knownnot knownNon-ECC
Memory slots typenot knownnot knownDIMM
Supported memory clock speed (max)not knownnot known8200 MHz
Supported memory clock speedsnot knownnot known4800,5600,8200 MHz
Bluetoothnot knownnot knownYes
Ethernet LANnot knownnot knownYes
LAN controllernot knownnot knownRealtek 8126VB 5G LAN
Top Wi-Fi standardnot knownnot knownWi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
Wi-Fi standardsnot knownnot known802.11a, 802.11b, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n), Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax), Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be)
DisplayPort versionnot knownnot known1.4
DisplayPorts quantitynot knownnot known2
HDMI versionnot knownnot known2.1
USB 2.0 ports quantitynot knownnot known4
USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantitynot known2not known
PC health monitoringnot knownnot knownCPU, Fan, Temperature, Voltage
Windows operating systems supportednot knownnot knownWindows 11 x64
Supported processor socketsnot knownnot knownSocket AM5
RAID supportnot knownnot knownYes
Supported storage drive typesnot knownnot knownHDD & SSD
Audio chipnot knownRealtek ALC897not known
Supported RAID configurationnot known0, 1, 10not known
BIOS typenot knownUEFI AMInot known
On-board graphics cardnot knownnot knownNo
Additional I/O headersnot knownnot known3x Addressable V2 RGB LED connector (JARGB_V2)
PCI Supportnot knownnot known3x PCI-E x16 slot, 1x PCI-E x1 slot
Supported storage drives form factor (internal)not known2280/2260not known