DDR4 vs DDR5 RAM - Workloads explored

Unlike the DDR3 to DDR4 transition, the new DDR5 doesn't have a new or additional number of pins than the predecessor It retains the arrangement of 288 pins,

No, the slots are physically incompatible so you can't accidentally insert DDR4 into a DDR5 slot Upvote 5 Downvote Award 0 awards

ddr4 slot Instead, the only practical use case we can think of is to repurpose your existing DDR4 memory until DDR5 becomes a more attractive proposition,

ddr4 in ddr3 slot This prevents DDR4 RAM from fitting into a DDR5 motherboard slot and vice versa No Backwards Compatibility Unfortunately, there's no way to