Super-fast DDR5 memory kits are being prepared by memory manufacturers for the Z790 motherboard platform and Intel’s 13th generation Raptor Lake processor. The Z790 motherboard platform and Intel’s 13th Generation Raptor Lake CPUs are both certified to natively support DDR5-5600 (JEDEC).
That alone represents a 17% increase over the DDR5-4800 speeds currently supported by the 12th Gen Alder Lake CPU and Z690 motherboards and a 7.5% improvement over the DDR5-5200 speeds of the AMD Ryzen 7000 that are built-in to the processor (JEDEC). However, these are native speeds, and a wide range of memory manufacturers are already preparing to introduce their newest DDR5 series models this quarter.
The Intel Raptor Lake CPUs will support DDR5-7600 up to the highest speed on the Intel XMP 3.0 certification list, which Videocardz was able to obtain. The list also includes memory kits with specifications over 7.0 Gbps, which is rather amazing.
These speeds are not only the fastest we have observed so far, but they are also operating at a lower voltage of 1.4V as opposed to the 1.45–1.50V of the other kits. Remember that this is just the beginning as G.Skill has certified their future Trident Z5 DDR5 RAM for the ASUS Z790 ROG Maximus HERO. As we move towards 2023, we anticipate that memory speeds will continue to increase and eventually approach or even surpass DDR5-8000.
The 13th Generation Raptor Lake CPU and Z790 motherboard platform from Intel have been hailed as the beginning of a new age in overclocking, with numerous overclocks exceeding 8 GHz and DDR5 speeds breaking the 10 Gbps barrier.
The company has also stated that DDR5-6600 will be standard on the 13th generation CPU platform and that switching from DDR5-4800 to DDR5-7600 will result in some noticeable performance improvements. Even if the cost of DDR5 memory has decreased dramatically over the previous few months, these new high-speed kits will still cost more than $250 to $300 US.
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