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ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ vs Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B: Comparison
ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ vs Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B: the capacity per module difference
Capacity per module is where these two genuinely part company, ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ 16 GB against Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B 8 GB, a 50% lead for ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ. Add true latency to that, 13.8 ns on the ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ versus 9.0 ns on the Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B, and the pattern holds. Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B also leads on cas latency, 22 on the ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ versus 18 on the Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B. Peak bandwidth runs the same way, 25.6 GB/s on the ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ versus 64.0 GB/s on the Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B, another win for Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B. There is a split on module count as well, 1 on the ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ versus 2 on the Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B. They differ on ram segment too, Industrial/Embedded on the ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ versus Desktop DDR4 on the Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B. They differ on form factor too, DIMM on the ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ versus Desktop DIMM on the Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B.
Who each one is for
Buy the Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B for gaming PCs and content creation, though it is not built for laptops (wrong form factor) and ECC/server workloads.
What ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ and Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B have in common
Where they agree, they agree completely, ddr generation included, so the decision does not turn on any of those.
Specs and benchmarks
Speed Score
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- –
- Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B
- 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 MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B
- DDR4
Brand
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- ADATA
- Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B
- Crucial
Part Number
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B
- BLM2K8G40C18U4B
Series
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- ADATA Industrial
- Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B
- Ballistix MAX
CAS Latency
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- 22-22%
- Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B
- 18Best
Module Count
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- 1
- Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B
- 2
RAM Segment
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- Industrial/Embedded
- Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B
- Desktop DDR4
Form Factor
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- DIMM
- Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B
- Desktop DIMM
Capacity Per Module
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- 16 GBBest
- Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B
- 8 GB-50%
True Latency
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- 13.8 ns-53%
- Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B
- 9.0 nsBest
Peak Bandwidth
- ADATA AD4U3200716G22-BADZ
- 25.6 GB/s-60%
- Crucial Ballistix MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B
- 64.0 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 MAX BLM2K8G40C18U4B if you want the lower CAS latency (18 vs 22), the lower true latency (9.0 ns vs 13.8 ns) and the higher peak bandwidth (64.0 GB/s vs 25.6 GB/s).