DDR5 / DDR6

Guest2 · 10 Nov 2020 at 16:58

I was under the impression that DDR4 is the current / new standard in PCs and DDR5 is coming next year or 2022.

However I never noticed that the PS5 and Xbox series X consoles are shipping with DDR6.
PS5 16GB GDDR6/256-bit, Xbox-X 10 GB GDDR6.

Is this the RAM or GPU memory. Are consoles ahead of PC components for the first time ever?

Stoner81 · 10 Nov 2020 at 17:22

Most likely it's the GPU memory. I'm not well versed in the next gen consoles so take that with a pinch of salt.

Stoner81.

DarkBahamut · 10 Nov 2020 at 17:34

It's the same memory as is used on GPU's. Nothing stops you using a GDDR memory controller on a CPU so they do in the consoles. The Xbox one X and PS4 both used GDDR5 for the whole memory pool too, so it's not even really a new development on that front.

Guest2 · 10 Nov 2020 at 19:21

OK, so it's 16GB pooled system RAM and the GPU uses what it needs from this.
But still 16GB of GDDR6 memory from what im seeing online everywhere (not GDDR5)