Gigabyte showcases DDR5-8333 using Intel XMP 3.0 and demonstrates DDR5-9300 through overclocking, while also setting several new world records in the Cinebench R23 benchmarks. An as yet unreleased Z790 mainboard from the manufacturer and an Intel Core i9-13900K (test) served as the basis.
While Gigabyte with the one that was presented in September but is not yet available Z790 Aorus Extreme and the Z790 Aorus Master could operate the first memory modules with up to 8,000 MT/s, the manufacturer now presented DDR5-8333 with the help of Intel XMP 3.0 on its Z790 Aorus Tachyon mainboard, which has not yet been officially presented. Two new world records were set in Cinebench R23 with DDR5-8300. The records were verified via HWBOT.
Gigabyte achieves new world records with an Intel Core i9-13900K and DDR5-8300 (Fig : gigabytes)
DDR5-8000 to DDR5-9300 without LN2
Aside from the successful world record attempts, the manufacturer demonstrated even higher DDR5 speeds in some cases, both with Intel XMP 3.0 and with manual overclocking could be achieved.
- DDR5-8000 CL36-45-45-75-120 2T*
- DDR5-8333 CL36- 45-45-75-120 2T*
- DDR5-9300 CL46-58-58-62-120 2T**
*) with Intel XMP 3.0 **) with manual overclocking
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Gigabyte demonstrates DDR5-8000, DDR5-8333 and DDR5-9333 (Image: Gigabyte)
According to the manufacturer, all results could be achieved on the three Z790 main boards Aorus Master, Aorus Extreme and Aorus Tachyon with “ordinary air cooling” and without the use of liquid nitrogen (LN2), which usually cools the memory down to minus 196 degrees Celsius for record attempts , to be reached. According to Gigabyte, they wanted to demonstrate the OC capability of their mainboards in practical scenarios and therefore did without extreme cooling solutions.
DDR5 is far from reaching the limit
Provided that the appropriate memory kits with fast ICs are used, it is already today there is enough leeway for RAM OC, because with the JESD79-5 standard, JEDEC has already officially specified memory with up to DDR5-8400.
DDR5-12600 appears on the horizon
Manufacturers such as ADATA have already promised DDR5 with up to 12,600 MT/s at up to 1.6 volts when the new memory generation is introduced. However, such fast storage is unlikely to be available before 2023.
ADATA promises memory kits with DDR5-12600t-DDR5-12600 (Image: ADATA)DDR5- 11130 is currently the benchmark
The current world record for DDR5 memory is DDR5-11130 CL60-127-127-127-127-2 and was set with 16 gigabyte modules achieved with SK Hynix memory ICs. DDR5-9350 56-124-124-127-127-2 are currently at the top of the rankings when using air cooling.
For more information, see the official Gigabyte press release.