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MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi against MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi

MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk 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 B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 80

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 86

    6 ptsto the right

Price and value

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

  • Value, points per $100

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 38.1

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 35.2

    8%to the left

  • Typical price

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: $210

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: $244

    $34to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Memory ceiling

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 8200 MT/s

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 9200 MT/s

    12%to the right

  • M.2 slots

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 3

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 4

    33%to the right

  • PCIe generation

    MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: 5

    MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi: 5

    level

The verdict

  • The MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi scores 7% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The MSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi typically costs $34 less.

Specifications

SpecMSI MAG B850 Tomahawk Max WiFiMSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi
SocketAM5LGA1851
ChipsetB850Z890
SizeATXATX
MemoryDDR5DDR5
Memory ceiling8200 MT/s9200 MT/s (better)
M.2 slots34 (better)
PCIeGen 5Gen 5
Wi-FiYesYes
BrandMSIMSI
Released2025 (better)2024
Typical price$210 (better)$244

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

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