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ASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus 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 TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi: 72

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 80

    8 ptsto the right

Price and value

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

  • Value, points per $100

    ASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi: 32.7

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 38.1

    17%to the right

  • Typical price

    ASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi: $220

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: $210

    $10to the right

From the spec sheets

  • Memory ceiling

    ASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi: 8600 MT/s

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 8200 MT/s

    5%to the left

  • M.2 slots

    ASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi: 3

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 3

    level

  • PCIe generation

    ASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFi: 5

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 5

    level

The verdict

  • The MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi scores 11% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi typically costs $10 less.
  • Per dollar, the MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi is the better buy: 38.1 points per $100 against 32.7.

Specifications

SpecASUS TUF Gaming B860-Plus WiFiMSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi
SocketLGA1851AM5
ChipsetB860B850
SizeATXATX
MemoryDDR5DDR5
Memory ceiling8600 MT/s (better)8200 MT/s
M.2 slots33
PCIeGen 5Gen 5
Wi-FiYesYes
BrandASUSMSI
Released20252025
Typical price$220$210 (better)

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

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