ASUS has published a series of rather entertaining marketing slides where it compares its motherboards based on the AMD X570 chipset with motherboards based on the same chipset from MSI and Gigabyte.
But before starting to analyze what ASUS presents on these slides, I would like to talk about what happened almost immediately after they were published. What happened was that MSI and Gigabyte didn't like their products being shown in a negative light, and they turned to AMD to influence ASUS. AMD "asked" ASUS to make these slides disappear from the Internet. However, nothing disappears from the Internet so easily.
So let's get to the analysis. ASUS points out that its boards have better specifications. So, they have power subsystems with a larger number of phases and a better element base, and they are made on printed circuit boards with a larger number of layers. ASUS also claims that its boards support faster memory, have more expansion slots, more USB ports, and a number of other positive features.
Due to the larger number of phases and the best components, the power subsystem of ASUS motherboards heats up less than competitors' products. On mid-range boards, power cell temperature differentials range from about 35Β°C to nearly 50Β°C when running a "16-core Ryzen processor." Also, the printed circuit board itself, due to the larger number of layers, heats up by 15β20 Β° C less.
ASUS flagship motherboards also boast cooler power circuit temperatures. When overclocking the Ryzen 9 3950X processor, the temperature difference between the power cells on the ASUS ROG Chrosshair VIII Hero and Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master boards exceeded 20 Β°C. In the case of ROG Chrosshair VIII Formula, X570 Aorus Xtreme and MSI MEG X570 Godlike boards, there is not such a big difference - 5-8 Β°C.
And as a result of better and less hot power subsystems - better overclocking potential. For example, ASUS claims that its Prime X570-P board managed to overclock the "16-core Ryzen 3000" to 3,8 GHz on all cores, while the Gigabyte X570 Gaming X board provided only 3,5 GHz, and the MSI X570-A Pro - only 3,1 GHz. In the case of older solutions, the best overclocking capabilities of ASUS motherboards are also noted: they achieve higher frequencies and provide better stability.
In the end, we would like to note that all these are just marketing materials, and accordingly they may not always correspond to the truth. In addition, do not forget about the different prices of the compared products. Nevertheless, it is quite interesting to study them, and therefore all slides can be found at .
Source: 3dnews.ru