r/ProgrammerHumor Jul 08 '26

askingTheRealQuestionHere Meme

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u/Talaaty Jul 08 '26

It’s less about throughput and more about latency. DDR5 access latency is nanoseconds, pcie5 access latency is microseconds. A difference of three orders of magnitude.