DDR4 vs DDR5: What's the Difference, and Should You Upgrade?

Each DIMM now has two channels instead of just one, improving efficiency by allowing the CPU to simultaneously access the same stick of RAM more

DDR4 and DDR5 RAM sticks are installed in pretty much the same way, but they're not cross compatible Even though some CPUs might work with both

ddr4 in ddr5 slot Physically, a DDR4 module, looks very similar to a DDR3 Refer to your motherboard documentation to make sure that it has the correct DDR4 slot

ddr4 and ddr5 same slot Short answer: DDR5's latency is virtually the same as DDR4 The key takeaway is that users can adopt DDR5 memory technology without worrying about latency