Intel’s 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs and Z790 motherboards will push the latest memory standards even further, with support for up to DDR5-7600 memory at launch. Existing Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs and matching Z790 motherboard platforms are rated to support DDR5-5600 native (JEDEC). This is a 17% improvement over the DDR5-4800 speed currently supported by 12th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs and Z690 motherboards, and a 7.5% improvement over the DDR5-5200 (JEDEC) native speed of AMD Ryzen 7000. But these are native speeds, and different memory manufacturers are already gearing up to launch their next iterations of the DDR5 family this quarter.
In the Intel XMP 3.0 certification list obtained by Videocardz, we can see that the Intel Raptor Lake CPU will provide up to DDR5-7600 support, and the memory kit specification exceeds 7.0Gbps speed, which is quite amazing.
Corresponding to this standard, G.Skill currently provides the fastest memory kits. The specifications of its three Trident Z5 kits are as follows:
G-Skill DDR5-7466 CL36 – F5-7466J3648G16GX2-TZ5RK
G-Skill DDR5-7466 CL36 – F5-7466J3648G16GX2-TZ5RK
G-Skill DDR5-7600 CL36 – F5-7600J3648G16GX2-TZ5RK
Not only are these the fastest we’ve seen, but they also run at a lower 1.4V, while other kits run at 1.45-1.50V. G.Skill has already certified their upcoming Trident Z5 DDR5 memory on the Asus Z790 ROG Maximus HERO, but this is just the beginning, and the memory speeds are expected to increase further and approach or even exceed DDR5-8000 as we head into 2023.
Intel itself is already touting a new era of overclocking with their 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPU and Z790 motherboard platform, with multiple overclocks exceeding 8GHz and DDR5 speeds breaking the 10Gbps barrier. We’ve seen this with Alder Lake, but more extreme records are coming. The company also highlighted that DDR5-6600 will become the standard for 13th-gen CPU platforms, and we can expect a performance boost on the way from DDR5-4800 to DDR5-7600. Meanwhile, while the price of DDR5 memory has dropped significantly over the past few months, these new high-speed packages come at a premium, so expect them to cost upwards of $250-$300.
