A CompArAtive Study on ex-Situ & in-Situ Formed metAl mAtrix CompoSiteS an attempt has been made to synthesize the aluminium based ex-situ (al-siC) and in-situ (al-TiB 2 ) formed metal matrix composites with varying weight percentage of reinforcement contents such as 4wt.%, 6wt.% and 8wt.%. synthesized composites were subjected to a cold extrusion process followed by heat treatment according to the asTm B 918-01 standards. The mechanical properties of in-situ composites were evaluated as per the asTm guidelines and compared with ex-situ formed composites and base metal properties. superior properties were noticed in the in-situ formed composites and the mechanical properties such as yield strength, Ultimate tensile strength (UTs) and hardness for both ex-situ and in-situ composites were found to increase with increasing the reinforcement addition. Cold extruded al-8 wt.% siC composite properties such as hardness, yield strength and UTs are 87 r B , 152 mPa, 216 mPa respectively. Whereas, for al-8 wt.% TiB 2 composite, the corresponding properties are 94 r B , 192 mPa, 293 mPa. The morphology of the composites is analysed by optical and scanning Electron microscopic (sEm) whereas presence of reinforcement particles such siC and TiB 2 along with intermetallic phases mg 2 si and al 5 Fesi are confirmed by EdX, Xrd and Element mapping analyses.