PC Games Hardware had a peek at prices and on average DDR4 memory is about 50 percent more expensive than DDR3 memory when comparing modules with the same capacity and frequency. The price level varies from almost 30 percent to nearly 80%, hey it's new memory.
The higher prices obviously are related to low volume sales. This is a new product series, once demand picks up then prices will go down. And actually that is expected in 2015 when Intel Skylake as a platform will be launched, these will have mainstream DDR4 memory support.
| Model | DDR3 | DDR4 | Price increase |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 × 4 GiByte, 1.067 MHz | 8,61/GiB | 11,13/GiB | 29,27% |
| 2 × 4 GiByte, 1.200 MHz | 8,49/GiB | 13,62/GiB | 60,42% |
| 2 × 4 GiByte, 1.333 MHz | 10,61/GiB | - | - |
| 2 × 4 GiByte, 1.400 MHz | 16,24/GiB | 29,11/GiB | 79,25% |
| 2 × 4 GiByte, 1.500 MHz | 37,49/GiB | - | - |
| 2 × 8 GiByte, 1.067 MHz | 8,43/GiB | 11,03/GiB | 30,84% |
| 2 × 8 GiByte, 1.200 MHz | 8,69/GiB | 13,12/GiB | 50,98% |
| 2 × 8 GiByte, 1.333 MHz | 9,93/GiB | - | - |
| 2 × 8 GiByte, 1.400 MHz | 18,74/GiB | 28,38/GiB | 51,44% |
| 2 × 8 GiByte, 1.500 MHz | 67,44/GiB | - | - |
| 4 × 8 GiByte, 1.067 MHz | 7,71/GiB | 10,78/GiB | 39,82% |
| 4 × 8 GiByte, 1.200 MHz | 8,73/GiB | 11,84/GiB | 35,62% |
| 4 × 8 GiByte, 1.333 MHz | 9,71/GiB | 15,28/GiB | 57,36% |
| 4 × 8 GiByte, 1.400 MHz | - | 29,03/GiB | - |
DDR4 memory roughly 50 percent more expensive than DDR3
