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MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi against MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5

MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5 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 Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5: 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 Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5: 32.9

    28%to the left

  • Typical price

    MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi: $176

    MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5: $243

    $67to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Memory ceiling

    MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi: 7800 MT/s

    MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5: 7800 MT/s

    level

  • M.2 slots

    MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi: 3

    MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5: 4

    33%to the right

  • PCIe generation

    MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi: 4

    MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5: 5

    25%to the right

The verdict

  • The MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5 scores 8% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi typically costs $67 less.
  • Per dollar, the MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi is the better buy: 42 points per $100 against 32.9.

Specifications

SpecMSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFiMSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR5
SocketAM5LGA1700
ChipsetB650Z790
SizeATXATX
MemoryDDR5DDR5
Memory ceiling7800 MT/s7800 MT/s
M.2 slots34 (better)
PCIeGen 4Gen 5 (better)
Wi-FiYesYes
BrandMSIMSI
Released20222022
Typical price$176 (better)$243

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

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