PCIe vs : What's the Difference and Which Is Better

x16 PCIe slot supporting x8 PCIe Gen4 Key M slot with x4 PCIe Gen4 x4 + 3 x1 USB*, USB Type-C connector

For PCIe , the bandwidth for a x1 slot is GBs; the x4 slot, x8 slot, x16 slot GBs, GBs, GBs, GB

pcie 3 slot 2 slot on the motherboard is that it uses a direct link connection to the CPU, whereas the PCIe x16 NVMe adapter utilizes the motherboard

pcie x1 in x16 slot Note, the 9207's are PCI-E x4 cards The issue you are going to have is that desktop CPUs have a limit amount of PCI-E lanes to go around