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ASUS ROG Strix B850-A Gaming WiFi against ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II

ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    ASUS ROG Strix B850-A Gaming WiFi: 83

    ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II: 88

    5 ptsto the right

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    ASUS ROG Strix B850-A Gaming WiFi: 40.9

    ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II: 19.1

    114%to the left

  • Typical price

    ASUS ROG Strix B850-A Gaming WiFi: $203

    ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II: $460

    $257to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Memory ceiling

    ASUS ROG Strix B850-A Gaming WiFi: 8000 MT/s

    ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II: 8000 MT/s

    level

  • M.2 slots

    ASUS ROG Strix B850-A Gaming WiFi: 4

    ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II: 5

    25%to the right

  • PCIe generation

    ASUS ROG Strix B850-A Gaming WiFi: 5

    ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II: 5

    level

The verdict

  • The ASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II scores 6% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The ASUS ROG Strix B850-A Gaming WiFi typically costs $257 less.
  • Per dollar, the ASUS ROG Strix B850-A Gaming WiFi is the better buy: 40.9 points per $100 against 19.1.

Specifications

SpecASUS ROG Strix B850-A Gaming WiFiASUS ROG Strix Z790-A Gaming WiFi II
SocketAM5LGA1700
ChipsetB850Z790
SizeATXATX
MemoryDDR5DDR5
Memory ceiling8000 MT/s8000 MT/s
M.2 slots45 (better)
PCIeGen 5Gen 5
Wi-FiYesYes
BrandASUSASUS
Released2025 (better)2023
Typical price$203 (better)$460

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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