DDR4 vs DDR3 with Linus

A motherboard with DDR4 slots cannot use DDR3, and you can't put DDR4 into a DDR3 slot But let's dig into the differences a bit more 4

For most consumers the choice will be simple because DDR4 is not backward compatible If your motherboard was designed for DDR3, then that's what you can choose

ddr3 in ddr4 slot DDR4 DDR4 3200 DDR4 2933 DDR4 2667 DDR4 2666 DDR4 2400 DDR4 2133 DDR3 DDR3 2133 slot line_back ALL FILTERS SATA 6Gbs RESET 10 x SATA 6Gb

ddr3 vs ddr4 slot DDR3 has a maximum of 16 GB memory While DDR4 has no maximum limit or capability 7 The clock speed of DDR3 vary from 800 MHz to 2133 MHz