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Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7 against Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX

Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7 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

    Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7: 84

    Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX: 76

    8 ptsto the left

Price and value

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

  • Value, points per $100

    Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7: 36.5

    Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX: 40

    10%to the right

  • Typical price

    Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7: $230

    Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX: $190

    $40to the right

From the spec sheets

  • Memory ceiling

    Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7: 8200 MT/s

    Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX: 7600 MT/s

    8%to the left

  • M.2 slots

    Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7: 3

    Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX: 4

    33%to the right

  • PCIe generation

    Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7: 5

    Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX: 5

    level

The verdict

  • The Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7 scores 11% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX typically costs $40 less.
  • Per dollar, the Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX is the better buy: 40 points per $100 against 36.5.

Specifications

SpecGigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX
SocketAM5LGA1700
ChipsetX870Z790
SizeATXATX
MemoryDDR5DDR5
Memory ceiling8200 MT/s (better)7600 MT/s
M.2 slots34 (better)
PCIeGen 5Gen 5
Wi-FiYesYes
BrandGigabyteGigabyte
Released2024 (better)2022
Typical price$230$190 (better)

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

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