| Product name | X79A-GD65 (8D) | X79A-GD65 | X79MA-GD45 |
| Platform | Intel 2011 | Intel 2011 | Intel 2011 |
| Form Factor | ATX | ATX | mATX |
| Chipset - NorthBridge | X79 | X79 | X79 |
| PWM MOSFET | DrMOS ll | DrMOS ll | DrMOS ll |
| PWM Capacitors | Hi-C CAP | Hi-C CAP | Solid caps |
| Cooling Type | HeatPipe | HeatPipe | Heatsink + PWM |
| Cooling Mounting | Metal Screws | Metal Screws | Metal Screws |
| Mem Type | DDR3 | DDR3 | DDR3 |
| Mem Dimm | 8x | 4x | 4x |
| Expansion PCI-E x16 | 3x (16/16/8) | 2 | 2 |
| Expansion PCI-E x1 | 3 | 1 | - |
| Multi-GPU Support | SLI / CFX | SLI / CFX | SLI / CFX |
| Storage SATA2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Storage SATA3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| LAN | 1x Gb LAN | 1x Gb LAN | 1x Gb LAN |
| FireWire (R/F) | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | - / - |
| USB2 (R/F) | 8 / 4 | 8 / 4 | 8 / 4 |
| USB3 (R/F) | 2 / 2 | 2 / 2 | 2 / 2 |
| Audio channels | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.1 |
| Audio codec | THX | THX | THX |
| SPDIF I/O (Optical/Coaxial) | Y / Y | Y / Y | Y / Y |
| Buttons | ClrCMOS / Power | ClrCMOS / Power | ClrCMOS / Power |
| UEFI | Y | Y | Y |
| BIOS Backup | 2x | 2x | - |