Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 2x8GB vs Corsair Vengeance RGB RS DDR5-5600 2x8GB

CorsairVengeance RGB DDR5-5600 2x8GB16 GB · 5600 MT/s · 40 CL · 14.29 ns
CorsairVengeance RGB RS DDR5-5600 2x8GB16 GB · 5600 MT/s · 40 CL · 14.29 ns
In short

Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 2x8GB and Corsair Vengeance RGB RS DDR5-5600 2x8GB arrive at the same true latency, 14.29 ns apiece. No current price is tracked for at least one of the two, so the comparison below is of specifications rather than cost.

SpecificationCorsairVengeance RGB DDR5-5600 2x8GBCorsairVengeance RGB RS DDR5-5600 2x8GB
Capacity (GB)1616
Speed (MT/s)56005600
4040
True latency (ns)14.2914.29
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Price per GB

Neither kit has a tracked price at the moment. Nothing has been captured that this page will stand behind, so the price rows stay empty rather than carrying a stale figure.

Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 2x8GB vs Corsair Vengeance RGB RS DDR5-5600 2x8GB in detail

True latency

Both kits land on 14.29 ns. Neither spec sheet differs from the other on the two figures that decide it — 5600 MT/s at CL40 on each side — so the reconciled result is identical rather than merely close.

Transfer rate

Both kits are rated 5600 MT/s, which is 44800 MB/s per module, and both are published at CL40. Those are the two figures the true latency above is computed from, so it comes out the same for each.

Kit layout

Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 2x8GB ships as 2 × 8GB and Corsair Vengeance RGB RS DDR5-5600 2x8GB ships as 2 × 8GB — the same number of sticks on both sides, so they populate a board's slots the same way.

Lighting and timings

On lighting: Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 2x8GB has RGB lighting, and Corsair Vengeance RGB RS DDR5-5600 2x8GB has RGB lighting. On the full timing tuple — the numbers after CAS — Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 2x8GB is 40-40-40-77, and Corsair Vengeance RGB RS DDR5-5600 2x8GB is 40-40-40-77.

Which to buy

At least one of these kits has no tracked price right now, so this page has no buying answer to give — and the specifications do not break the tie either: both arrive at 14.29 ns of true latency. What is left to choose on is above.

Common questions about this pair

Is Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 2x8GB faster than Corsair Vengeance RGB RS DDR5-5600 2x8GB?
Neither is. Both work out at 14.29 ns of true latency — Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 2x8GB runs 5600 MT/s at CL40, Corsair Vengeance RGB RS DDR5-5600 2x8GB runs 5600 MT/s at CL40, and those two land in the same place.
Which of these two should I buy?
At least one of these kits has no tracked price right now, so this page has no buying answer to give — and the specifications do not break the tie either: both arrive at 14.29 ns of true latency. What is left to choose on is above.
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