GIGABYTE B840M D3HP WIFI6E vs Z390 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE Motherboard Comparison

GIGABYTE B840M D3HP WIFI6E and Gigabyte Z390 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE are both motherboards with the same RAM Slots (4), Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 1 (1) and Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 2 (1). The main differences are in Socket, Form factor, Chipset and Supported Memory.

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GIGABYTE B840M D3HP WIFI6E	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE
Prices (Change region) In Stock $312.07 Last updated 27 minutes ago.	Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $1,399.00
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Brand GIGABYTE	Brand Gigabyte
Model B840M D3HP WIFI6E B840M D3HP WF6E	Model Z390 AORUS XTREME WATERFORCE
Release Date 📅 February 2026	Release Date 📅 June 2019
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
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Socket AM5	Socket LGA1151
Form factor Micro ATX	Form factor EATX
Chipset AMD B840	Chipset Intel Z390
Supported Memory DDR5 5600Mhz 5800Mhz 6000Mhz 6200Mhz 6400Mhz 6600Mhz 6800Mhz 7000Mhz 7200Mhz 7400Mhz 7600Mhz 7800Mhz 7900Mhz 7950Mhz 8000Mhz 8200Mhz	Supported Memory DDR4 2133Mhz 2400Mhz 2666Mhz 2800Mhz 3000Mhz 3200Mhz 3300Mhz 3333Mhz 3400Mhz 3466Mhz 3600Mhz 3666Mhz 3733Mhz 3800Mhz 3866Mhz 4000Mhz 4133Mhz 4266Mhz 4333Mhz 4400Mhz
* High clock speeds may require enabling the XMP profile in the motherboard BIOS ** RAM support may also depend on the CPU memory controller
ECC RAM Support No	ECC RAM Support No
Audio Chipset -	Audio Chipset Realtek ALC1220-VB codec
Audio Channels -	Audio Channels 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel Support for S/PDIF Out
LAN Chipset -	LAN Chipset Aquantia GbE LAN chip
Max LAN Speed -	Max LAN Speed 10Gbps + 10/100/1000Mbps
SLI Support No	SLI Support Yes
CrossFire Support No	CrossFire Support Yes
RAID Support Yes	RAID Support Yes
Back Connect No	Back Connect No
Wireless LAN Yes	Wireless LAN Yes
Wi-Fi Generation 6E	Wi-Fi Generation 5
PCI-Express x16 Slots 1	PCI-Express x16 Slots 3
PCI-Express x4 Slots 0	PCI-Express x4 Slots 0
PCI-Express x1 Slots 1	PCI-Express x1 Slots 2
SATA 6 Gbps Ports 4	SATA 6 Gbps Ports 6
SATA Express Ports 0	SATA Express Ports 0
M.2 Ports 2	M.2 Ports 3
M.2 Devices support 2580 - M Key 2280 - M Key	M.2 Devices support 2242 / 2260 / 2280 / 22110 - M Key 2260 / 2280 / 22110 - M Key 2242 / 2260 / 2280 - M Key
RAM Slots 4	RAM Slots 4
Maximum Supported RAM 256 GB	Maximum Supported RAM 128 GB
Onboard USB 2.0 1	Onboard USB 2.0 2
Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 1 1	Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 1 1
Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 2 1	Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 2 1
Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 0	Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 0