According to 3DCenter, the price of GDDR6 memory has dropped significantly over the past few quarters, and the spot price of 8 GB GDDR6 VRAM is now about $25.
Source 3DCenter
In February 2022, an 8 Gb GDDR6 DRAM chip reportedly cost about $13 on the spot market, and is now as low as $3.05, with 8 pieces making up 8GB of capacity for less than $25.
The sharp drop in graphics memory prices is largely due to reduced GPU demand, according to the report. GPU sales have declined since the first quarter of 2022.
So why don’t graphics card makers launch cheap, large-memory graphics cards? Foreign media believe that companies like Nvidia cannot buy video memory at spot prices because they have long-term contracts with suppliers and the price is fixed regardless of market movements. In addition, to ensure compatibility with specific IC chips, graphics card manufacturers are not at liberty to purchase video memory.
