The latest pricing trend shows desktop DDR5 memory modules in Germany haven't budged this month, while laptop memory has seen a sharp rise.
DRAM Retail Price Trend Shows No Increase in Prices for Desktop DDR5 Modules in Germany and Japan; DDR3 and DDR4 Saw Minimal Increase, but SO-DIMM Saw a 23.4% Hike
The current RAM prices are at an all-time high, but we may have hit a plateau for some memory types. In most parts of the world, DDR5 desktop RAM remains the most expensive RAM type, reaching 4-5 times higher prices than they were in the pre-RAMpocalypse era. DDR3 and DDR4 prices have also reached new heights, but since DDR5 remains the most popular for mainstream PCs, they were the most affected modules.
While we don't have the exact picture of the current price trends for the memory modules, we have been seeing the prices stabilizing in a lot of regions. That said, there is still a slow and steady rise in RAM prices, forcing vendors to adjust PC hardware prices almost every month. Thankfully, the DDR5 desktop RAM isn't rising anymore, at least for now, when we take a look at the data collected by 3D Center. The publication has revealed the price trends for various memory types in the last eight months, revealing how much the RAM prices fluctuated in Germany.
Keep in mind that these price trends don't represent the retail pricing change worldwide, but it does give us an idea of how much of an increase we have seen in the past few months. DDR5 Desktop RAM has been the most impacted since July 2025, increasing by as much as by 440% as of January 2026. 3D Center's data that involves 8-20 products for each memory type shows that the DDR5 desktop RAM hasn't changed a bit this month vs January.
As for the DDR3 and DDR4 RAM, represented with orange-colored bars, they saw nearly 4.6% price increase month over month (Jan vs Feb 2026). Compared to July 2025, the prices for DDR3/DDR4 RAM modules still grew by a whoping 334%, considering a lot of users were forced to adopt previous-generation platforms. On the other hand, the laptop memory (SO-DIMM) keeps rising in price and has seen nearly 23.4% price hike this month vs the last. It's now at a whopping 369% vs July 2025.
The sudden change in the price comes largely from the 4 GB DDR4-2400 SO-DIMM modules that saw a sharp 193% rise this month. 8 GB DDR5-4800 SO-DIMM is the next with nearly 49% price hike this month. It appears that laptop memory won't likely stabilize this month, which can be brutal for the laptop market.
In Japan, the DDR5 32 GB and 64 GB kits have started to stabilize in prices, but 128 GB DDR5 kits are still rising. One of the popular DDR5 32 GB kit has reached 90,000 Yen, but we can see a small decline in prices this month. DDR4, on the other hand isn't stopping, and we are seeing a sharp price hike this month.
News Source: 3D Center
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