Best price per GB

Computer memory ranked by dollars per gigabyte — cheapest first — from live retailer prices. Each row divides a kit's lowest current price by its total capacity.

Wondering why RAM costs what it does today? See the live DDR5/DDR4 price trend chart →

DDR5 RAM — median $/GB over time
$17.00/GB$17.50/GB
Low $16.62/GBHigh $17.95/GBCurrent $16.62/GB
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DatePrice
Sep 9$16.62/GB
Sep 8$16.87/GB
Sep 5$17.95/GB
Sep 4$17.95/GB
Sep 3$17.95/GB

No priced memory kits with a listed capacity yet.

DDR4 RAM — median $/GB over time
$8.50/GB$9.00/GB$9.50/GB
Low $8.12/GBHigh $9.85/GBCurrent $8.12/GB
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DatePrice
Sep 9$8.12/GB
Sep 8$9.69/GB
Sep 5$9.85/GB
Sep 4$9.85/GB
Sep 3$9.85/GB

No priced memory kits with a listed capacity yet.

No memory prices are available yet. Check back once the memory catalog is populated.

How we calculate price per gigabyte

Price per gigabyte ($/GB) takes a memory kit's lowest current price and divides it by its total capacity, so kits of different sizes line up on one scale — a $75 32 GB kit at $2.34/GB is better value than a $45 16 GB kit at $2.81/GB despite the higher sticker price.

We keep DDR4 and DDR5 in separate tables because they are not interchangeable — your motherboard and CPU accept only one — and their $/GB curves move independently as each generation ages. Prices refresh automatically from live retailer listings. Treat $/GB as a value guide once you have settled on the generation, capacity and speed your build needs: buying more total capacity in a single kit almost always lowers your $/GB.