7 November 2023

What is GDDR5x

GDDR5X

In 2016, a new version of GDDR5 was released. The GDDR5X was the name of this. But in the early going, it was limited to usage with certain Pascal-based GPUs from Nvidia. But as more and more people became aware of how it differed from the GDDR5, sales of it began to rise.

The memory capacity and transfer speed of the GDDR5X were different from those of the GDDR5. The memory was raised to 16GB, and the transfer speed has been enhanced to 80-112 GB/s. The GDDR5X was the name of this. But in the early going, it was limited to usage with certain Pascal-based GPUs from Nvidia. But as more and more people became aware of how it differed from the GDDR5, sales of it began to rise. However, it features chips with 4,6 and 8 megabytes of memory.

The features of GDDR5X

  • The maximum capacity of GDDR5X is 16 GB.
  • Bus width is 8 GB per chip.
  • I/O configuration is x16/x32.
  • Access granularity is 64B/32B(PC mode).
  • Maximum speed is 10 to 14 Gbps.
  • The density is 8 GB.
  • Only 1 channel Count.