All Types Of PCIe Slots Explained & Compared

PCIe slots come in different physical configurations: x1, x4, x8, x16, x32 The number after the x tells you how many lanes (how data travels to

PCIe x1 slots are the smallest PCI Express slots with the lowest throughput compared to bigger PCIe slots like the PCIe x16 slots However, PCIe

pcie slot length 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, supporting PCIe and running at x16 * The PCIEX16 slot shares bandwidth with the M2C_CPU connector

pci e x16 slot A x8 card will work in an x1 slot, but will be limited to x1 speeds A x8 card will also work fine in a x4 slot It will be limited to x4 speeds