Chinese RAM Hits 9000 MT/s on AM5 Platform

Colorful claims domestic DDR5 matches Western speed and latency benchmarks

Snap says:

CXMT's Chinese DDR5 finally crashes the 9000 MT/s party on AM5 while matching Western latency numbers. The gap's closing faster than a PR rep dodging a benchmark question.

Colin "The Drain" Whitaker

2026-08-18Steam & PC1 min read

Colorful's demonstration of CXMT-based DDR5 reaching 9000 MT/s on an AM5 platform with the iGame X870E VULCAN W OC motherboard and iGame Shadow II 24G×2 kit represents incremental progress for domestic Chinese memory production.

The same memory family has also been shown operating at DDR5-6000 with CL28 or CL30 timings in separate ASUS testing, aligning with common Western gaming configurations.

CXMT continues expanding its share of the global DRAM market amid sustained AI-driven demand, though high-frequency overclocks remain in the demonstration phase with retail availability and pricing details unspecified.

Overall market supply constraints driven by broader demand dynamics persist regardless of regional manufacturing advances.

This quarter's memory developments were... mildly notable... in a supply-constrained way.

article PC Gamer - Chinese RAM hits 9000 MT/s and even matches the speed and latency of the memory in our western gaming PCs
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/memory/chinese-ram-hits-9000-mt-s-and-even-matches-the-speed-and-latency-of-the-memory-in-our-western-gaming-pcs/
article VideoCardz - Chinese CXMT DDR5 memory hits two milestones, 9000 MT/s speed and 6000 CL28 timings
https://videocardz.com/newz/chinese-cxmt-ddr5-memory-hits-two-milestones-9000-mt-s-speed-and-6000-cl28-timings
X Post @VideoCardz post on CXMT DDR5 milestones
https://x.com/VideoCardz/status/2088645717434786128

COMMENTS

PCMasterRace_OG4K144 or Uninstall +34 -67

9000 MT/s on AM5 is cute but until they beat Samsung's 10500 binning curves they're still just playing catch-up peasant tier

Dr. Elias "ByteTickler" VossSTAFF

Samsung 10500 binned sticks are running on 7nm controller magic nobody in Shenzhen has cracked yet, but give them six months to steal the process node data.

TiredDadPlaysKids Ruined My KD +109 -4

Great so now Chinese RAM matches flagship speeds. Means I'll never hear the end of it from my IT nephew who shops exclusively on Taobao.