64GB DDR5 memory modules shown to work on ODROID-H4 Alder Lake-N SBC

The ODROID-H4 SBC powered by an Intel Processor N97 or Core i3-N305 Alder Lake-N CPU has been shown to work with up to 64GB DDR5 since Crucial/Micron released such modules earlier this year.

There’s always been a lot of confusion about the maximum memory supported by Alder Lake-N CPU, mostly due to Intel Ark, which should be a trusted official source, but that will often wrongly report a maximum of 16GB RAM:

Intel Ark Intel Processor N100 16GB RAM Max — Memory specifications for the Intel Processor N100 on Intel Ark

But people quickly found out that 32GB RAM would work just fine, and the guys at Hardkernel even tested several 48GB RAM modules successfully when they launched the ODROID-H4/H4+/H4 Ultra single board computers last year.

But domih noted that 64GB DDR5 SO-DIMM modules were now available, and several members of the odroid forums purchased 64GB CT64G56C46S5 DDR5 memory modules to give it a try. It worked for them.

Intel Core i3-N305 Alder Lake-N SBC with 64GB DDR5 memory — Memory test with 64GB DDR5 memory module on ODROID-H4 Ultra

Pugglewuggle further added that IBECC worked too, and with faster memory bandwidth than the 48GB module:

14.8 GB/s with IBECC on with the 64GB module vs 12.2 GB/s with IBECC on with the 48GB module.

If you’d like to reproduce this setup, you can find Crucial 64GB DDR5-5600 SODIMM memory (SKU: CT64G56C46S5) for about $157/168 Euros on Amazon, Newegg, or B&H. It looks harder to find outside the US and Europe, as it’s not listed on AliExpress, and I could not find it on popular online shops in Thailand.

Note that you’d have to check where your Alder Lake-N mini PC or SBC supports DDR5 SO-DIMM memory, since some ship with soldered-on LPDDR5 memory and others only support DDR4 modules, so the Crucial 64GB DDR5 memory stick would not be supported on those platforms.

Thanks to freeware2 for the tip.

Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.