Can you predict Intel's IMC bin?

[wildgg]

Would it be possible to roughly estimate the DDR5 speed I could run on my CPU based on my current DDR4 kit?

(let's assume in this example the motherboard would be able to run DDR5 8000mhz)

info/example: I'm running a 14700KF with DDR4 4000mhz cl18 in Gear 1.

Based on this info could you roughly say what DDR5 speed this CPU can handle?

 

or is comparing ddr4 vs ddr5 not possible because the IMC runs way different between the two ddr generations?

 

I'm probably explaining this badly.. but I hope I explained it well enough lol

[will0hlep]

10 minutes ago, wildgg said:

Based on this info could you roughly say what DDR5 speed this CPU can handle?

I can't answer this question, but I can tell you that buying DDR5 ram faster than about 6000Mhz cl36 will have such a minimal effect on performance that you would get almost equal value by flushing money down the toilet.

[YoungBlade]

There's not going to be a strong correlation between the two. DDR4 and DDR5 have fundamental differences in how they work, which means they aren't going to be using the same parts of the memory controller.

 

If you go to DDR5, you'll be starting from scratch to find out what's stable. But I wouldn't recommend it anyway, unless your application or game is particularly memory bandwidth sensitive.

 

What are you doing that makes you want to buy a whole new board and RAM for what is likely to be a 5-10% performance boost in most day-to-day tasks and games, if you see an improvement at all?

[wildgg]

5 minutes ago, will0hlep said:

I can't answer this question, but I can tell you that buying DDR5 ram faster than about 6000Mhz cl36 will have such a minimal effect on performance that you would get almost equal value by flushing money down the toilet.

 

1 minute ago, YoungBlade said:

There's not going to be a strong correlation between the two. DDR4 and DDR5 have fundamental differences in how they work, which means they aren't going to be using the same parts of the memory controller.

 

If you go to DDR5, you'll be starting from scratch to find out what's stable. But I wouldn't recommend it anyway, unless your application or game is particularly memory bandwidth sensitive.

 

What are you doing that makes you want to buy a whole new board and RAM for what is likely to be a 5-10% performance boost in most day-to-day tasks and games, if you see an improvement at all?

Thank you guys for the fast reponse!
I thought the same that you need to start over to find out what ddr5 speeds it can run but I was wondering if there was a link between the 2 generations.

2 real reasons I'm thinking about switching to DDR5.
1. I mainly play a game called Escape from Tarkov, it's extremely CPU/RAM intensive and even 10% will go a long way, yes the game is badly optimized as well..
2. As a hobby I'm making videos such as gameplay/benchmarks and comparisons for Escape from Tarkov and I'm some what interested in making content around DDR4 vs DDR5.

[Gat Pelsinger]

@will0hlep It's all upon your needs. Your system seems to be pretty high end so it should be doing fine, but if you have the money and desire for more performance luxury, then DDR5 will be faster, period (except that one time where DDR5 is slower in CSGO, but hey, CS2 is here). 

[will0hlep]

9 minutes ago, Gat Pelsinger said:

@will0hlep It's all upon your needs. Your system seems to be pretty high end so it should be doing fine, but if you have the money and desire for more performance luxury, then DDR5 will be faster, period (except that one time where DDR5 is slower in CSGO, but hey, CS2 is here). 

Did you mean to ping me or were you trying to ping the OP?

[Gat Pelsinger]

1 hour ago, will0hlep said:

Did you mean to ping me or were you trying to ping the OP?

Oh sorry, yeah I tried to ping the OP.

[will0hlep]

11 minutes ago, Gat Pelsinger said:

Oh sorry, yeah I tried to ping the OP.

No problem