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ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFi against MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi

MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi 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-I Gaming WiFi: 78

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 80

    2 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-I Gaming WiFi: 23.7

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 38.1

    61%to the right

  • Typical price

    ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFi: $329

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: $210

    $119to the right

From the spec sheets

  • Memory ceiling

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

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 8200 MT/s

    2%to the right

  • M.2 slots

    ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFi: 2

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 3

    50%to the right

  • PCIe generation

    ASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFi: 5

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 5

    level

The verdict

  • The MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi scores 3% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi typically costs $119 less.
  • Per dollar, the MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi is the better buy: 38.1 points per $100 against 23.7.

Specifications

SpecASUS ROG Strix B850-I Gaming WiFiMSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi
SocketAM5AM5
ChipsetB850B850
SizeITXATX
MemoryDDR5DDR5
Memory ceiling8000 MT/s8200 MT/s (better)
M.2 slots23 (better)
PCIeGen 5Gen 5
Wi-FiYesYes
BrandASUSMSI
Released20252025
Typical price$329$210 (better)

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

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