Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 1x16GB vs Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6800 1x16GB
Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 1x16GB and Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6800 1x16GB arrive at the same true latency, 10.00 ns apiece. At least one of the two has no tracked price right now, so what follows compares specifications rather than cost.
| Specification | KingstonFURY Beast DDR5-6400 1x16GB | KingstonFURY Beast DDR5-6800 1x16GB |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity (GB) | 16 | 16 |
| Speed (MT/s) | 6400 | 6800better |
| 32 | 34 | |
| True latency (ns) | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Current best price | — | — |
| 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.
Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 1x16GB vs Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6800 1x16GB in detail
True latency
Both kits land on 10.00 ns. Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 1x16GB gets there at 6400 MT/s at CL32, Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6800 1x16GB at 6800 MT/s at CL34. CAS latency counts clock cycles rather than time, so a higher clock paired with a looser CAS number arrives at the same place — which is why these two spec sheets look different and the memory does not.
Transfer rate
Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6800 1x16GB carries the higher rating, 6800 MT/s to 6400 MT/s for Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 1x16GB — 54400 MB/s per module against 51200 MB/s. That is peak transfer rate, not access time: a higher clock is reached by counting more cycles for each access, which is why the CAS numbers differ too and why the true latency above is the directly comparable figure.
Kit layout
Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 1x16GB ships as 2 × 8GB and Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6800 1x16GB ships as 2 × 8GB — the same number of sticks on both sides, so they populate a board's slots the same way.
Lighting, timings and ECC
On lighting: Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 1x16GB is published with no RGB lighting, and Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6800 1x16GB is published with no RGB lighting. On the full timing tuple — the numbers after CAS — Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 1x16GB is 32-39-39, and Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6800 1x16GB publishes none. On error correction: Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 1x16GB is published without ECC, and the catalog does not state whether Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6800 1x16GB has it. ECC is a board and CPU feature as much as a module one, so it is worth having only where the platform can use it.
Which to buy
The site holds no current price for at least one of these, so there is no buying answer here; the specifications do not settle it either, since both reconcile to 10.00 ns of true latency. The sections above are what is left to choose on.
Common questions about this pair
- Is Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 1x16GB faster than Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6800 1x16GB?
- Neither is. Both work out at 10.00 ns of true latency — Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 1x16GB runs 6400 MT/s at CL32, Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6800 1x16GB runs 6800 MT/s at CL34, and those two land in the same place.
- Which of these two should I buy?
- The site holds no current price for at least one of these, so there is no buying answer here; the specifications do not settle it either, since both reconcile to 10.00 ns of true latency. The sections above are what is left to choose on.