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Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX 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

    Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX: 76

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 80

    4 ptsto the right

Price and value

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

  • Value, points per $100

    Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX: 40

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 38.1

    5%to the left

  • Typical price

    Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX: $190

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: $210

    $20to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Memory ceiling

    Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX: 7600 MT/s

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 8200 MT/s

    8%to the right

  • M.2 slots

    Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX: 4

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 3

    33%to the left

  • PCIe generation

    Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX: 5

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 5

    level

The verdict

  • The MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi scores 5% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX typically costs $20 less.

Specifications

SpecGigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AXMSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi
SocketLGA1700AM5
ChipsetZ790B850
SizeATXATX
MemoryDDR5DDR5
Memory ceiling7600 MT/s8200 MT/s (better)
M.2 slots4 (better)3
PCIeGen 5Gen 5
Wi-FiYesYes
BrandGigabyteMSI
Released20222025 (better)
Typical price$190 (better)$210

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

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