AMD warns that the price of DDR5 memory will remain stressed until 2028

AMD has warned that the memory market DDR5 won’t return to normal until 2028according to statements attributed to David McAfee, vice president and general director of the company’s Client Channel business, in an interview collected by 4Gamers. The message points to a prolonged scenario of high prices for consumer PC main memory, in line with several reports that were already anticipating sustained tension during 2026 and 2027.

According to this information, McAfee places around two years the necessary period so that DDR5 memory recovers more stable price levels. The explanation that accompanies this forecast is linked to the rise of artificial intelligence, which has increased pressure on production capacity and has pushed many manufacturers to reinforce their most advanced memory lines to meet much greater industrial and infrastructure demand.

The direct consequence is that several manufacturers are expanding their factories to increase DDR5 production, while the market has shifted from DDR4 to newest and most in-demand technologies. That change has reduced the priority of some DDR4 modules within the supply chain, something that has been cutting available capacity in that segment in recent years.

The tension on DDR5 also disrupts the DDR4 market

The rising cost of DDR5 not only affects those who want to build new platforms. According to the information collected, the situation has pushed many users towards DDR4 based devicesconsidering that the jump to DDR5 is too expensive in certain configurations. That has kept the demand alive for an older platform that, despite its age, still has a commercial outlet in many markets.

The source also points out that, even with prices 2 or 3 times higher in some cases, DDR4 continues to sell strongly. That has led several manufacturers to increase production of DDR4 compatible motherboardswhile some chipmakers have reinforced their offer on veteran platforms. In the case of AMD, the return of well-known processors within that ecosystem, such as the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, is mentioned as part of that context.

The underlying problem is that DDR5 memory continues to register very high price levels, with markets where, according to this information, some modules reach figures of 4 to 5 times more than in previous stages. Although the exact evolution may vary by region, the general message is that relief will not be immediate and that relative shortages will continue to affect the mainstream market for quite some time.

With this forecast, AMD assumes that the pressure derived from the rise of AI and the change in production between generations of memory will continue to determine the cost of assembling or updating a PC. In the short term, that means that DDR5 will continue to be a particularly sensitive part of the budget in new configurations, while DDR4 will continue to retain commercial weight as a more acceptable alternative in certain segments.