Devices · 1h ago
Single DDR5 DIMM gaming performance loss under 3% on AMD 3D V-Cache
Tom's Hardware tested single-channel DDR5 against dual-channel DDR4 and dual-channel DDR5 on AMD's 3D V-Cache chips. A single DDR5 module caused less than 3% average performance drop in gaming, and it still beat dual-channel DDR4. The results suggest budget builders can save on RAM costs without major gaming impact.
Meridian48 take
The modest performance penalty makes single-DIMM DDR5 a viable budget option, but the test focuses on AMD's cache-heavy chips, so results may differ on other CPUs.
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Single-DIMM DDR5 gaming works better than you probably think — AMD's 3D V-Cache chips drop less than 3%, one DDR5 DIMM beats dual-channel DDR4 RAM →
Tom's Hardware
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