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ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ vs Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B: Comparison
ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ vs Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B: the capacity per module difference
The gap that matters here is capacity per module: ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ 16 GB against Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B 8 GB, which puts ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ 50% ahead. True latency runs the same way, 13.8 ns on the ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ versus 8.9 ns on the Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B, another win for Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B. Cas latency runs the same way, 22 on the ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ versus 16 on the Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B, another win for Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B. Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B also leads on peak bandwidth, 25.6 GB/s on the ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ versus 57.6 GB/s on the Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B. Module count is not the same on both, 1 on the ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ versus 2 on the Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B. They differ on ram segment too, Industrial/Embedded on the ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ versus Desktop DDR4 on the Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B. There is a split on form factor as well, DIMM on the ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ versus Desktop DIMM on the Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B.
Which should you buy, ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ or Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B?
The Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B is the one to take for gaming PCs and content creation, though it is not built for laptops (wrong form factor) and ECC/server workloads.
Where the two are identical
The common ground is wider than the gap: ddr generation are identical here.
Specs and benchmarks
Speed Score
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- –
- Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B
- 9.3/10
DDR4 and DDR5 kits are scored on separate scales, so these two scores can't be compared directly. Your motherboard supports only one of the two.
DDR Generation
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- DDR4
- Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B
- DDR4
Brand
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- ADATA
- Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B
- Crucial
Part Number
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B
- BL2K8G36C16U4B
Series
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- ADATA Industrial
- Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B
- Ballistix
CAS Latency
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- 22-37%
- Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B
- 16Best
Module Count
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- 1
- Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B
- 2
RAM Segment
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- Industrial/Embedded
- Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B
- Desktop DDR4
Form Factor
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- DIMM
- Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B
- Desktop DIMM
Capacity Per Module
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- 16 GBBest
- Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B
- 8 GB-50%
True Latency
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- 13.8 ns-55%
- Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B
- 8.9 nsBest
Peak Bandwidth
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- 25.6 GB/s-56%
- Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B
- 57.6 GB/sBest
Which one should you pick?
Choose ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ if you want the higher capacity per module (16 GB vs 8 GB).
Choose Crucial Ballistix BL2K8G36C16U4B if you want the lower CAS latency (16 vs 22), the lower true latency (8.9 ns vs 13.8 ns) and the higher peak bandwidth (57.6 GB/s vs 25.6 GB/s).