Fast memory yields limited gains on Intel systems, especially as you move above a 2666MHz, with 3000MHz or 3200MHz memory usually sitting in the sweet spot. Conversely, AMD’s high-speed data link, also known as Infinity Fabric, is linked to memory speed. In theory, the faster your memory, the faster your Ryzen CPU will perform in many tasks.
The trouble has been that achieving any memory frequency much over 3000MHz has been previously tricky with AMD Ryzen systems, due to a lack of optimisation and memory support. However, this situation has changed in recent months, with new motherboard EFI updates sporting code that better supports memory speeds above 3000MHz. In fact, clock speeds above 3200MHz are now widely supported on AMD systems, and not just with Samsung B-die modules.
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