One of the challenges Intel faced when it launched Alder Lake was the high introductory cost of DDR5 memory modules. Perhaps for that reason, Intel opted to also support DDR4 memory with Alder Lake. AMD is taking a different path—it’s going all-in with DDR5 when Zen 4 arrives later this year, which is a potentially risky move if memory pricing

Source: Hot Hardware – DDR5 Memory Prices Are Freefalling Just In Time For AMD’s Zen 4 CPU Launch