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CXMT DDR5 RAM shows performance and consistency issues vs. SK Hynix

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Early testing indicates that DDR5 RAM manufactured by China's CXMT (ChangXin Memory Technologies) exhibits lower performance and consistency compared to similar dies from SK Hynix. The CXMT modules reportedly do not scale well with voltage increases and are difficult to manually overclock, with significant performance variations observed between different batches. Despite these findings, CXMT is increasing its production capacity and is being adopted by various OEMs and PC hardware companies, with plans for an IPO suggesting future market expansion. AI

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CXMT DDR5 RAM shows performance and consistency issues vs. SK Hynix

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  1. Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Hassam Nasir ·

    CXMT's DDR5 RAM isn't as performant or as consistent as SK hynix dies, early testing shows — reveals resistance to voltage scaling and inferior manual overclocking capabilities

    Asus is claiming that CXMT-made DDR5 RAM performs worse than SK Hynix-made DDR5 at the same clock speeds, while being harder to manually overclock as well. It also allegedly doesn't scale with voltage or allow the subtimings to be tuned properly.

  2. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    CXMT's DDR5 RAM isn't as performant or as consistent as SK hynix dies, early testing shows — reveals resi… Early testing hints that CXMT-made DDR5 RAM performs

    CXMT's DDR5 RAM isn't as performant or as consistent as SK hynix dies, early testing shows — reveals resi… Early testing hints that CXMT-made DDR5 RAM performs worse than SK Hynix-made DDR5 at the same clock speeds, while being harder to manually overclock as well. It also allege…

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