According to new predictions, prices for DRAM and VRAM are expected to fall again in 2025. This could start right at the beginning of the year. The price drop is said to be in the double-digit percentage range and is likely to continue for some time.
Storage prices continue to decline
RAM has been getting cheaper and cheaper for about two years. Already at the beginning of 2023 there had been significant price drops of up to 20 percent. At that time, low demand and full warehouses were the cause. The slow spread of newer memory technologies such as DDR5 was also responsible for the oversupply. The entire development continued in a somewhat weaker form in 2024.
As the new forecasts from the leading Taiwanese market research company Trendforce, which specializes in the IT sector, show, which are published on the website of DRAMeXchange were published, prices are expected to continue to fall in the first quarter of 2025. There is talk of up to 15 percent in some areas.
Cheaper prices in all areas
According to the forecast, PC DRAM is likely to be between eight and 13 percent cheaper overall. For DDR5, the price should fall between five and ten percent. With DDR4 the development is even more pronounced at ten to 15 percent. Chinese manufacturers in particular are causing market oversaturation and corresponding price pressure.
For VRAM, prices remained stable towards the end of 2024. But here too there is expected to be a small downturn at the beginning of next year. The experts at Trendforce expect a price reduction of between eight and 13 percent for GDDR6 and up to five percent for GDDR7. DRAM for servers and mobile devices is also becoming cheaper.
Supply higher than demand
Across all different categories, prices for conventional DRAM are expected to fall between eight and 13 percent overall. As was the case last year, relatively low demand and large supply are again responsible for the price decline at the beginning of 2025. It could take some time before anything changes. The trend is expected to continue at least until the end of the year. Consumers will benefit from cheaper RAM for a little longer.
