The DDR5 RAM The new generation has been with us for a year now, since it was released together with the previous generation of Intel Core processors. However, it was not until very recently that AMD released its new AM5 platform which, for the first time, allows the use of DDR5 with its processors. So, and in case you have doubts, in this article we are going to tell you what the both Intel and AMD processors that you can use with DDR5 RAM.
With Intel processors, DDR5 RAM is able to work at its maximum performance thanks to the integrated XMP profile, while for its part, AMD released the AMD EXPO profile that does exactly the same, but with its own processors. Now, we tell you this because when choosing DDR5 RAM for your platform you must choose the one that is optimized for your platform, because those that have amd expo they do not have XMP and vice versa.
These are the processors compatible with DDR5 RAM
In general, all Intel Core 12 processors with Alder Lake architecture and later are compatible with this generation of RAM, and in the same way, all AMD Ryzen 7000 processors for the AM5 platform are also compatible. This leaves us with two generations of processors from Intel and one from AMD, but we must bear in mind that the red team recently launched their new platform, and that means that there are very few compatible processors.
Let’s start with AMD, who currently have the shortest list since at the moment there are only 4 AMD processors on their AM5 platform and therefore compatible with DDR5 (we are going to limit the list to AMD processors). desktop, omitting server and laptop).
| Processor | Cores / Threads | base speed | Maximum speed | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryzen 9 7950X | 16/32 | 4.5GHz | 5.7GHz | 170W |
| Ryzen 9 7900X | 12/24 | 4.7GHz | 5.6GHz | 170W |
| Ryzen 7 7700X | 8/16 | 4.5GHz | 5.4GHz | 105W |
| Ryzen 5 7600X | 6/12 | 4.7GHz | 5.3GHz | 105W |
For its part, the list of Intel processors compatible with DDR5 RAM is much more extensive since, as we mentioned at the beginning, they have been using it for a little over a year and two of its generations of processors are compatible: the entire Alder Lake range -S, and also the new Intel Core 13 that they have recently presented.
Also, you should keep in mind that these last two generations of Intel processors are from «transition«, which implies that they are compatible with both DDR4 and DDR5, and it depends on the motherboard that we use, we will use one type of memory or the other. Next, we leave you the list of compatible Intel processors, a little more summarized than that of AMD because otherwise the table would be too extensive. Also, as we have done with AMD, we are going to list only desktop processors and not laptop or server processors.
| Processor | Cores / Threads | maximum frequency | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|
| Core i3-12300 | 4/8 | 4.4GHz | 60W |
| Core i3-12300T | 4/8 | 4.2GHz | 35W |
| Core i3-12100 | 4/8 | 4.1GHz | 35W |
| Core i3-12100 | 4/8 | 4.3GHz | 60W |
| Core i3-12100F | 4/8 | 4.3GHz | 58W |
| Core i5-12400F | 6/12 | 4.4GHz | 65W |
| Core i5-12400 | 6/12 | 4.4GHz | 65W |
| Core i5-12400T | 6/12 | 4.2GHz | 35W |
| Core i5-12500T | 6/12 | 4.4GHz | 35W |
| Core i5-12500 | 6/12 | 4.6GHz | 65W |
| Core i5-12600 | 6/12 | 4.8GHz | 65W |
| Core i5-12600T | 6/12 | 4.6GHz | 35W |
| Core i5-12600KF | 6+4/16 | 4.9GHz | 125W |
| Core i5-12600K | 6+4/16 | 4.9GHz | 125W |
| Core i7-12700T | 8+4/20 | 4.7GHz | 35W |
| Core i7-12700 | 8+4/20 | 4.9GHz | 65W |
| Core i7-12700F | 8+4/20 | 4.9GHz | 65W |
| Core i7-12700K | 8+4/20 | 5GHz | 125W |
| Core i7-12700KF | 8+4/20 | 5GHz | 125W |
| Core i9-12900KS | 8+8/24 | 5.5GHz | 150W |
| Core i9-12900 | 8+8/24 | 5.1GHz | 65W |
| Core i9-12900F | 8+8/24 | 5.1GHz | 65W |
| Core i9-12900T | 8+8/24 | 4.9GHz | 35W |
| Core i9-12900K | 8+8/24 | 5.2GHz | 125W |
| Core i9-12900KF | 8+8/24 | 5.2GHz | 125W |
| Core i5-13600K | 6+8/20 | 5.1GHz | 125W |
| Core i5-13600KF | 6+8/20 | 5.1GHz | 125W |
| Core i7-13700K | 8+8/24 | 5.3GHz | 125W |
| Core i7-13700KF | 8+8/24 | 5.3GHz | 125W |
| Core i9-13900K | 8+16/32 | 5.8GHz | 125W |
| Core i9-13900KF | 8+16/32 | 5.8GHz | 125W |
Throughout this 2022 this list will be expanding, since as we have already mentioned, the Intel Core 13 have been announced very recently with only six members, so throughout the year the complete list of processors will be expanded according to New models are coming onto the market.
