DDR4 vs DDR5 Intel Core i9-12900K Testing

1. DDR5 Has Arrived2. Testing Methodology3. Memory Benchmarks4. Compute and Productivity Tests5. 3DMark Tests6. Gaming Tests7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

Gaming Tests

F1 2020 does not care much for the heaps of bandwidth offered up by high-speed DDR5. There is no major difference between most of the DDR4 kits and DDR5. Though Kingston’s premium-specced Fury Renegade set does offer a measurable frame rate boost.

Far Cry 6 defaults to the performance hierarchy we saw in a few other tests; Kingston’s fast DDR4 sits above the G.SKILL set – which in turn matches the Corsair DDR5 numbers.

Once again, we see a game that doesn’t really care all too much for the sizeable bandwidth offered up by fast DDR5.

The Division 2 does seem to change that precedence a little. This time, Corsair’s DDR5 takes second-place on our chart, only being roughly matched by the high-speed and tight-latency Kingston DDR4 kit.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is a game that we can always rely on for showing differences in memory performance.

Corsair’s DDR5 takes second spot on our chart and positions itself just below some very high-end DDR4 memory in terms of performance. The FPS boost versus even G.SKILL’s tight 3600MHz DDR4 kit is measurable in favour of DDR5 here.

And Watch Dogs Legion shows similar behaviour to Shadow of the Tomb Raider. But this time, DDR5 roughly matches the top spot on our chart.

At a little over a hundred FPS average, a performance uplift of a few FPS by opting for DDR5 is potentially worth it, especially to those with high refresh rate monitors who want every last frame from their system.

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