DDR4 RAM prices continue to surge ahead of DDR5, now averaging $25 per DDR4

Thanks to the memory demands of AI and key manufacturers reducing production, DDR4 RAM prices have been steadily rising over the past few months. However, this rapid rise has now turned into an overwhelming surge, and in the space of just one week, DDR4 modules have almost doubled in price.

We were shocked to see spot prices for DDR4 modules reach $13 when we reported on it last week. So you can imagine my surprise when I saw the spot price for a 2 GB DDR4-3200 module averaged $25 yesterday (via semiconductor analyst Ray Wang , on X).

To put that into context, you would need to spend $200 to get the eight modules required for a single 16 GB RAM stick, and that's before you include the PCB, heatsink, packaging, etc. Of course, memory vendors that don't make their own DRAM chips (e.g. Team