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Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7 against MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi

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

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 80

    4 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

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 38.1

    4%to the right

  • Typical price

    Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7: $230

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: $210

    $20to the right

From the spec sheets

  • Memory ceiling

    Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7: 8200 MT/s

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 8200 MT/s

    level

  • M.2 slots

    Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7: 3

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 3

    level

  • PCIe generation

    Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7: 5

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 5

    level

The verdict

  • The Gigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7 scores 5% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi typically costs $20 less.

Specifications

SpecGigabyte X870 Aorus Elite WiFi7MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi
SocketAM5AM5
ChipsetX870B850
SizeATXATX
MemoryDDR5DDR5
Memory ceiling8200 MT/s8200 MT/s
M.2 slots33
PCIeGen 5Gen 5
Wi-FiYesYes
BrandGigabyteMSI
Released20242025 (better)
Typical price$230$210 (better)

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

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