Hardware giant AMD recently announced its new generation Ryzen 7000 series processors with Zen 4 architecture. The company also discussed the AMD Expo standard it designed for DDR5 memory. With the AM5 platform and DDR5 compatibility, the Ryzen 7000 family can make next-generation memory cheaper.
AMD: DDR5 price and stock could hit DDR4 by 2023
Intel offers DDR4 and DDR5 support in 12th Gen Alder Lake processors, while AMD’s Ryzen 7000 models can only be used with DDR5 memory. However, the company believes the Ryzen 7000 series will accelerate the next-gen transition. He stated that DDR5 memory will become cheaper by the first half of 2023.
AMD also said it will continue to work on its own Expo memory standard rather than Intel XMP technology. Developed with memory manufacturers, this standard will contribute to the performance and overclocking of the AM5 platform.
AMD has made AM5 and DDR5 compatibility mandatory with the Ryzen 7000 family. The company stated that thanks to this decision, it will not waste resources “for backward compatibility”. He also said that pricing and stocks will improve by mid-2023.
AMD Ryzen 7000 series specifications
| Processor Model | Price | Number of Cores / Threads | Standard clock speed | Max clock speed | cache | TDP |
| Ryzen 9 7950X | 699 dollars | 16 cores | 32 threads | 4.5GHz | 5.7GHz | 80MB | 170W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | $549 | 12 cores | 24 threads | 4.7GHz | 5.6GHz | 76MB | 170W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | $399 | 8 cores | 16 threads | 4.5GHz | 5.4GHz | 40MB | 105W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | $299 | 6 cores | 12 threads | 4.7GHz | 5.3GHz | 38MB | 105W |
It should also be noted that motherboards on the AM5 platform will continue to support the Intel XMP standard, similar to AM4. However, AMD said that memory designed with the Expo standard will provide up to 11 percent FPS increase in games.
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