The Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER AI TOP Motherboard is engineered to support Intel® Core™ Ultra processors (Series 2) and enable advanced AI capabilities directly from your desktop. Designed for powerful and efficient computing, this motherboard provides robust features for building high-performance systems.

Key Features at a Glance

  • Supports Intel® Core™ Ultra processors (Series 2) for next-generation performance.
  • Digital 20+1+2 phases VRM solution ensures stable power delivery.
  • Advanced connectivity with Dual Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C, Dual 10GbE LAN, and Wi-Fi 7.
  • Ultimate scalability with 2 PCIe 5.0 x16 slots and 4 PCIe 5.0/4.0 x4 M.2 slots.
  • Integrated AI features: AORUS AI SNATCH auto-overclocking and AI Perfdrive BIOS profiles.
  • Enhanced thermal design including VRM Thermal Armor Advanced and M.2 Thermal Guard XL.

Unleash AI Potential

Train your own AI models directly on your desk with specialized features. Benefit from AORUS AI SNATCH, an auto-overclocking software powered by AI models, and AI Perfdrive, which offers optimal and customized BIOS preset profiles for users.

Advanced Power & Cooling

Experience stable and efficient operation with a Digital 20+1+2 phases VRM solution. The Reinforced Overall Thermal design, including VRM Thermal Armor Advanced with I/O ZONE AORUS LIGHTING and M.2 Thermal Guard XL, along with DDR Wind Blade for enhanced active cooling, ensures optimal temperatures even under heavy loads.

Next-Gen Connectivity & Expansion

Stay connected with Dual Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C ports featuring DP-Alt functionality. Enjoy blazing fast networks thanks to Dual 10GbE LAN, Wi-Fi 7, and a directional Ultra-high gain antenna. Achieve ultimate scalability with two PCIe 5.0 x16 slots for Multi-GPU setups and four PCIe 5.0/4.0 x4 M.2 slots.

User-Friendly Design & Durability

Benefit from user-friendly features like M.2 EZ-Match for magnetic alignment of large heatsinks and WIFI EZ-Plug for quick antenna installation. EZ-Latch Plus offers quick release and screwless design for PCIe and M.2 slots, while EZ-Latch Click simplifies M.2 heatsink installation. Enhanced durability is provided by PCIe UD Slot X with 10X strength and Ultra Durable PCIe Armor featuring a metal back plate for the PCIe x16 slot.

Technical Specifications

Specification

CPU

LGA1851 socket: Support for Intel® Core™ Ultra Processors

L3 cache varies with CPU

* Please refer to "CPU Support List" for more information.

Chipset

Intel® Z890 Express Chipset

Memory

Support for DDR5 9500(O.C) / 9466(O.C) / 9333(O.C) / 9200(O.C)/ 9066(O.C) / 8933(O.C) /8800(O.C) /8600(O.C) / 8400(O.C) /8266(O.C) / 8200(O.C) / 8000(O.C) / 7950(O.C) / 7900(O.C) / 7800(O.C) / 7600(O.C.) / 7400(O.C.) / 7200(O.C.) / 7000(O.C.) / 6800(O.C.) / 6600(O.C.) / 6400 / 6200 / 6000 / 5800 / 5600MT/s memory modules.

4 x DDR5 DIMM sockets supporting up to 256 GB (64 GB single DIMM capacity)of system memory

Dual channel memory architecture

Support for ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8 memory modules (operate in non-ECC mode)

Support for non-ECC Un-buffered DIMM 1Rx8/2Rx8/1Rx16 memory modules

Support for Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) memory modules

Support CUDIMM memory module

(The CPU and memory configuration may affect the supported memory types, data rate (speed), and number of DRAM modules, please refer to "Memory Support List" for more information.)

Onboard Graphics

Integrated Graphics Processor-Intel® HD Graphics support:

- 2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 connectors (USB4® USB Type-C® ports), supporting DisplayPort and Thunderbolt™ video outputs

When a Thunderbolt™ monitor is installed, the maximum resolution supported is 5120x2880@60 Hz with 24 bpp (single display output).

When a USB4® USB Type-C® monitor is installed, the maximum resolution supported is 3840x2160@240 Hz (single display output).

* Because of the limited I/O resources of the PC architecture, the number of Thunderbolt™devices that can be used is dependent on the number of the PCI Express devices beinginstalled. (Refer to Chapter 2-6, "Back Panel Connectors," for more information.)

* Support for DisplayPort 2.1 version and HDCP 2.3

- 1 x Front HDMI port, supporting a maximum resolution of 1920x1080@30 Hz

* Support for HDMI 1.4 version.

(Graphics specifications may vary depending on CPU support.)

Support for up to triple-display at the same time

Audio

ESS ES9280 chip (rear panel audio)

- Support for DTS:X® Ultra

- High Definition Audio

- 2-channel

ESS ES9118 DAC chip (front panel audio)

LAN

2 x Marvell® AQtion AQC113C 10GbE LAN chips (10 Gbps/5 Gbps/2.5 Gbps/1 Gbps/100 Mbps)

Wireless Communication module

Intel® Wi-Fi 7 BE200NGW

- 802.11a, b, g, n, ac, ax, be, supporting 2.4/5/6 GHz carrier frequency bands

- BLUETOOTH 5.4

- Support for 11be 320MHz wireless standard

(Actual data rate may vary depending on environment and equipment.)

* Wi-Fi 7 features require Windows 11 SV3 to function properly. (There is no support driver for Windows 10.)

** Wi-Fi 7 channels on 6 GHz band availability depends on individual country's regulations.

Expansion Slots

CPU:

- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, supporting PCIe 5.0 and running at x16 (PCIEX16)

* The PCIEX16 slot can only support a graphics card or an NVMe SSD. If only one graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIEX16 slot.

* The PCIEX8 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIEX16 slot. When the PCIEX8 slot is populated, the PCIEX16 slot operates at up to x8 mode.

- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, supporting PCIe 5.0 and running at x8 (PCIEX8)

Chipset:

- 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, supporting PCIe 4.0 and running at x4 (PCIEX4)

Storage Interface

CPU:

- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 25110/22110/2580/2280 PCIe 5.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2A_CPU)

- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2B_CPU)

Chipset:

- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2Q_SB)

- 1 x M.2 connector (Socket 3, M key, type 22110/2280 SATA and PCIe 4.0 x4/x2 SSD support) (M2M_SB)

- 4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 support for NVMe SSD storage devices

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 support for SATA storage devices

USB

CPU:

- 2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 (USB Type-C®) ports on the back panel

*Support up to 40Gbps with Thunderbolt devices

*Support up to 20Gbps with USB4 devices

*Support up to 10Gbps with USB 3.2 devices

Chipset:

- 6 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel

Chipset+USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Hub:

- 1 x USB Type-C® port with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support, available through the internal USB header

Chipset+USB 3.2 Gen 2 Hub:

- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red) on the back panel

Chipset+USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hub:

- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports available through the internal USB headers

Chipset+USB 2.0 Hub:

- 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports available through the internal USB headers

Internal I/O Connectors

1 x 24-pin ATX main power connector

2 x 8-pin ATX 12V power connectors

1 x CPU fan header

1 x CPU fan/water cooling pump header

4 x system fan headers

4 x system fan/water cooling pump headers

4 x addressable RGB Gen2 LED strip headers

1 x RGB LED strip header

4 x M.2 Socket 3 connectors

4 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

1 x front panel header

1 x front panel audio header

1 x USB Type-C® header, with USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 support

2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers

2 x USB 2.0/1.1 headers

1 x noise detection header

1 x Trusted Platform Module header (For the GC-TPM2.0 SPI/GC-TPM2.0 SPI 2.0/GC-TPM2.0 SPI V2 module only)

1 x HDMI port (Note)

1 x power button

1 x reset button

1 x reset jumper

1 x Clear CMOS jumper

2 x temperature sensor headers

Voltage Measurement Points

(Note) Actual support may vary by CPU.

Back Panel Connectors

1 x Q-Flash Plus button

1 x Clear CMOS button

2 x Intel® Thunderbolt™ 4 connectors (USB Type-C® ports)

10 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports (red)

2 x RJ-45 ports

2 x antenna connectors (2T2R)

2 x audio jacks

I/O Controller

iTE® I/O Controller Chip

H/W Monitoring

Voltage detection

Temperature detection

Fan speed detection

Water cooling flow rate detection

Fan fail warning

Fan speed control

* Whether the fan (pump) speed control function is supported will depend on the fan (pump) you install.

Noise detection

BIOS

1 x 256 Mbit flash

Use of licensed AMI UEFI BIOS

PnP 1.0a, DMI 2.7, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 5.0

Unique Features

Support for GIGABYTE Control Center (GCC)

* Available applications in GCC may vary by motherboard model. Supported functions of each application may also vary depending on motherboard specifications.

Support for Q-Flash

Support for Q-Flash Plus

Support for Smart Backup

Bundled Software

Norton® Internet Security (OEM version)

LAN bandwidth management software

Operating System

Support for Windows 11 64-bit

Form Factor

E-ATX Form Factor; 30.5cm x 28.5cm

Warranty

3 Years

Note*

Price, feature and specifications are subject to change without notice

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What processors are supported by this motherboard?

A: The Gigabyte Z890 AORUS MASTER AI TOP Motherboard supports Intel® Core™ Ultra processors (Series 2).

Q: What advanced connectivity options are available?

A: It offers Dual Thunderbolt™ 4 Type-C with DP-Alt, Dual 10GbE LAN, Wi-Fi 7, and a directional Ultra-high gain antenna.

Q: What are the key AI-related features?

A: This motherboard enables training your own AI on your desk, and includes AORUS AI SNATCH auto-overclocking software and AI Perfdrive for customized BIOS preset profiles.

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