AMD's Ryzen 7000 & Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs that will be part of the Raphael AM5 platform are now rumored to support higher DDR5 memory specs.

AMD Raphael 'Ryzen 7000' & Raphael-X 'Ryzen 7000X3D' Desktop CPUs Rumored To Support DDR5-5600 Memory Natively

The latest rumor comes from KittyYuko who has tweeted out after a long hiatus of six months. As per his latest tweet, the leaker has managed to land some information regarding the upcoming Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs such as Raphael, Raphael-X, and also the recently announced & also Zen 4 powered, Dragon Range APUs for laptops.

Raphael = DDR5-5600

Raphael-X = 3D + DDR5-5600

Dragon Range＝Raphael + FCBGA-FL1

FCLK ~ 1600~1800MHz

— Yuko Yoshida (@KittyYYuko) May 5, 2022

It is stated that AMD Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs will include both Raphael and Raphael-X lineups. The first will be the standard Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs launching this year while Raphael-X will come equipped with 3D V-Cache next year and be branded as the Ryzen 7000X3D series. This is something that recent rumors have also pointed out but the more interesting info is the memory spec.

Our first DDR5 platform for gaming is our Raphael platform and one of the awesome things about Raphael is that we are really gonna try to make a big splash with overclocking and I'll just kinda leave it there but speeds that you maybe thought couldn't be possible, maybe possible with this overclocking spec.

Joseph Tao, Memory Enabling Manager at AMD

Currently, this is how the DDR5 platforms for 2022 are shaping up to look:

Intel Alder Lake - DDR5-4800 (Native - Confirmed)Intel Raptor Lake - DDR5-5600 (Native - Expected)AMD Ryzen 7000 - DDR5-5600 (Native - Expected)

The rumor states that both Ryzen 7000 and Ryzen 7000X3D will feature support for DDR5-5600 memory natively. This is a faster memory spec than the one that's been listed by memory manufacturer, APACER, in its presentation slide that we reported here. Going from DDR5-5200 to DDR5-5600 is a 7.5% increase in clock rate and a 16.5% increase over the native DDR5-4800 spec. This will be a huge improvement over Intel's 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs which feature DDR5-4800 native support while Raptor Lake is expected to bring in DDR5-5600 support. So AMD is likely to have parity with Intel's latest platform on their first DDR5 platform which is something they have already pointed out here.

AMD Mainstream Desktop CPU Generations Comparison: