AMD Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ Desktop & EPYC 7004 ‘Genoa’ Server CPUs Confirmed To Support DDR5-5200 Native Memory Speeds

AMD’s Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ desktop and EPYC 7004 ‘Genoa’ server CPUs will be featuring support for DDR5-5200 native memory speeds. The confirmation comes from widely-known DRAM maker, Apacer, in its latest blog.

AMD To Boost Its Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ Desktop & EPYC 7004 ‘Genoa’ Server CPU Platforms With DDR5-5200 Native Memory Speeds

It was leaked within Gigabyte’s documents a while back but can now be confirmed that both AMD platforms featuring the Zen 4 core architecture, Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ for desktops, and EPYC 7004 ‘Genoa’ for servers, will be rocking native memory speeds of DDR5-5200. Apacer industrial posted this within the specs sheet for its upcoming DDR5 memory solutions that will be powering these next-gen platforms.

From what we have been able to gather, AMD’s Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ Desktop CPUs will feature support for DDR5-5200 in a dual-channel (2 DIMMs per channel) solution while the EPYC 7004 ‘Genoa’ server platform will feature support for DDR5-5200 in a 12-channel (2 DIMMs per channel) solution.

Compared to the competition, AMD’s Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ Desktop CPUs will offer a good bump in memory specs versus the existing Intel Alder Lake lineup which supports up to DDR5-4800 native speeds. The platform will be competing against Intel’s Raptor Lake lineup which is expected to offer boosted memory specs up to DDR5-5600 (native).

AMD Mainstream Desktop CPU Generations Comparison:

AMD CPU Family	Codename	Processor Process	Processors Cores/Threads (Max)	TDPs	Platform	Platform Chipset	Memory Support	PCIe Support	Launch
Ryzen 1000	Summit Ridge	14nm (Zen 1)	8/16	95W	AM4	300-Series	DDR4-2677	Gen 3.0	2017
Ryzen 2000	Pinnacle Ridge	12nm (Zen +)	8/16	105W	AM4	400-Series	DDR4-2933	Gen 3.0	2018
Ryzen 3000	Matisse	7nm (Zen 2)	16/32	105W	AM4	500-Series	DDR4-3200	Gen 4.0	2019
Ryzen 5000	Vermeer	7nm (Zen 3)	16/32	105W	AM4	500-Series	DDR4-3200	Gen 4.0	2020
Ryzen 5000 3D	Warhol?	7nm (Zen 3D)	8/16	105W	AM4	500-Series	DDR4-3200	Gen 4.0	2022
Ryzen 7000	Raphael	5nm (Zen 4)	16/32?	105-170W	AM5	600-Series	DDR5-5200	Gen 5.0	2022
Ryzen 7000 3D	Raphael	5nm (Zen 4)	16/32?	105-170W	AM5	600-Series	DDR5-5200	Gen 5.0	2023
Ryzen 8000	Granite Ridge	3nm (Zen 5)?	TBA	TBA	AM5	700-Series?	DDR5-5600?	Gen 5.0	2023

As for the server platform, AMD will have a huge lead over Intel’s 8-channel DDR5-4800 Sapphire Rapids-SP platform. Here, AMD isn’t just offering higher speeds but also offering more channels allowing for denser memory solutions. While Intel will allow up to 32 DIMMs on a dual-socket solution, AMD’s EPYC platforms can technically go up to 48 DIMMs on a dual-socket solution which amounts to insane capacities. But that’s not all, the same leaked documents from Gigabyte also mention up to DDR5-6000 native speeds for future EPYC SOCs on the same AM5 socket.

AMD is also betting hard on its new memory overclocking features such as the recently reported EXPO (Extended Profiles For Overclocking) for Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ Desktop CPUs that will work in tandem with DDR5 memory. Along with a robust AM5 / SP5 solution for the respective segment, AMD is expected to disrupt both markets once again when they launch in the second half of 2022.

AMD EPYC Genoa vs Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids-SP Server CPU Platforms

Server Family	AMD EPYC Genoa	Intel Xeon Sapphire Rapids-SP
Process Node	5nm	Intel 7
CPU Architecture	Zen 4	Golden Cove
Cores	96	60
Threads	192	120
L3 Cache	384 MB	105 MB
Memory Support	DDR5-5200	DDR5-4800
Memory Capacity	12 TB	8 TB
Memory Channels	12-Channel	8-Channel
TDP Range (PL1)	320W	350W
TDP Range (Max)	700W	764W
Socket Support	LGA 6096 ‘SP5’	LGA 4677 ‘Socket P’
Launch	2H 2022	2H 2022

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