3DCenter: laptop memory is up 23% month to month
3DCenter has published its February 2026 update of its German “memory crisis” price index, based on lowest in-stock retail prices pulled from Geizhals price comparison platform. The snapshot uses prices captured on a mid-month weekend and excludes eBay and Amazon Marketplace listings. Product groups are defined by technology rather than brand, such as specific capacity and speed bins.
Desktop DDR5 UDIMM pricing paused at a high level . The DDR5 index for an average of 20 tracked UDIMM products stayed at 440% in February, unchanged from January. That equals a +340% increase versus the July 2025 baseline used for the DDR5 table.
Laptop memory moved the most month to month. The SODIMM index rose from 299% to 369%, a +23.4% increase from January to February , which was the largest monthly change among the tracked categories. The SODIMM basket includes DDR3, DDR4, and DDR5 SODIMMs, so it represents laptop module pricing across multiple generations.
Source: 3DCenter
3DCenter notes that one item heavily influenced the SODIMM average, a 4GB DDR4-2400-class SODIMM that jumped from €15 to €44 in a month. Several DDR5 SODIMM entries also rose, including an 8GB DDR5-4800-class SODIMM that went from €79 to €118. Not every laptop DDR5 module increased, with 16GB DDR5 SODIMM holding flat at €160 and 32GB DDR5 SODIMM falling from €292 to €268.
Retail prices for mem/storage products in 🇩🇪 have recently shown only moderate movement. Change Jan→Feb:
+0.0% DDR5
+4.6% DDR3/4
+23.4% SODIMM
+6.0% int. SSD
+5.9% int. HDD
+5.4% ext. disc
+5.9% GPUSource:
RAM crisis price index Feb 2026 https://t.co/jIUXF4nSxK pic.twitter.com/tHO9NLmOjn— 3DCenter.org (@3DCenter_org) February 15, 2026
GPU prices kept rising, but the pace eased compared with the prior month. The graphics card index increased from 114% to 120% from January to February, a +5.9% monthly rise after +12.1% from December to January. The cumulative increase shown for GPUs is +20% versus the September 2025 baseline used for that category.
Storage also moved up in February, but at lower rates than mobile memory. Internal SSDs rose +6.0% month to month to a 190% index, internal HDDs rose +5.9% to 162%, and external drives rose +5.4% to 117%. Desktop DDR3 and DDR4 memory also increased, up +4.6% from January to February to a 334% index.
Source: 3DCenter
