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MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk 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

    MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi: 74

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 80

    6 ptsto the right

Price and value

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

  • Value, points per $100

    MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi: 42

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 38.1

    10%to the left

  • Typical price

    MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi: $176

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: $210

    $34to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Memory ceiling

    MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi: 7800 MT/s

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 8200 MT/s

    5%to the right

  • M.2 slots

    MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi: 3

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 3

    level

  • PCIe generation

    MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi: 4

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 5

    25%to the right

The verdict

  • The MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi scores 8% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi typically costs $34 less.
  • Per dollar, the MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi is the better buy: 42 points per $100 against 38.1.

Specifications

SpecMSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFiMSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi
SocketAM5AM5
ChipsetB650B850
SizeATXATX
MemoryDDR5DDR5
Memory ceiling7800 MT/s8200 MT/s (better)
M.2 slots33
PCIeGen 4Gen 5 (better)
Wi-FiYesYes
BrandMSIMSI
Released20222025 (better)
Typical price$176 (better)$210

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

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