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Silver, at normal temperatures. Superconductors are another matter - at very low temperatures many materials experience a great increase in conductivity.

With resistivity expressed in nano-ohm⋅metres:

Cu, copper = 16.78; Ag, silver = 15.87

So, Silver by a small margin - about 6% more conductive than copper.

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