Intel Nova Lake (16th gen) on next gen platform/socket (LGA-XXXX)

[Grim5]

After the recent post NDA reviews/benchmarks probably best to stay unless you need the performance now. Seems like next-next gen + DDR6 is the logical step as Arrow Lake seems to gain significantly from memory latency.

Ddr6 latency will be higher than ddr5

That's the problem with computer memory, as you increase the speed, latency increases with it. So you are better off building an architecture that is not sensitive to system memory performance, like X3D

 

[JollyJamma]

but I don't do AMD, maybe I should.

you can go Intel if you want, it’s your money.

…It’s a waste of your money but it’s still yours.

 

[JollyJamma]

Ddr6 latency will be higher than ddr5

That's the problem with computer memory, as you increase the speed, latency increases with it. So you are better off building an architecture that is not sensitive to system memory performance, like X3D

Do you mean latency or timings or what exactly because it’s not that simple.

Latency in nano seconds is a combination of CAS latency and bandwidth so you could have a relatively high CAS latency value but a very high speed which would result in the same or maybe better latency in nano seconds yielding better performance.

You can work out the latency using a calculator like this one

RAM Latency Calculator

With this RAM latency calculator, you can determine the latency for memory accesses of SRAM to DDR5 generations from the data rate and CAS latency.

www.omnicalculator.com

Taken from the above site:

A 2133CL18-RAM-Kit would have a RAM latency of 17 ns — 18 × 2000 / 2133 = 17 — which is ok, while a 4400CL18-RAM-Kit would have a much lower RAM-Latency of 8 ns — 18 × 2000 / 4400 = 8 — which is pretty good. The lower the RAM latency, the better.

Agree tho that DDR6 wouldn’t be a magic bullet for Intel at this point tho.

Edit: Also agree that X3D architecture isn’t as CAS timing as regular CPUs are tho.