Article ID: 000058859 Content Type: Product Information & Documentation Last Reviewed: 05/12/2023

What Is the Difference Between Gear 1 vs. Gear 2 DDR4 Memory Speeds?

Environment

11th Generation Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors & DDR4 Memory Speed 3200 & 2933 MHz Support.  

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Summary

Explains Gear 1 vs Gear 2 DDR4 Memory Speeds Support with 11th Generation Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors

Description

Need to understand the difference between Gear 1 vs Gear 2 DDR4 memory speed support for 11th Generation Intel® Core™ Desktop Processors

Resolution
  • Gear 1 means processor memory controller and memory speed are equal.
  • Gear 2 means processor memory controller operates at half the memory speed (such as CPU memory controller is at 1600MHz while memory speed is at 3200MHz when operating as Gear 2).
  • For DDR4-2933 (or lower speed) :
  • For DDR4-3200: