G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-8000 2x24GB CL40 vs Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x24GB
G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-8000 2x24GB CL40 and Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x24GB 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 | G.SKILLTrident Z5 RGB DDR5-8000 2x24GB CL40 | KingstonFURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x24GB |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity (GB) | 48 | 48 |
| Speed (MT/s) | 8000better | 6400 |
| 40 | 32 | |
| True latency (ns) | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Current best price | $1,898.96at Amazon.ca · captured 2026-09-13 | — |
| Price per GB | $39.56 | — |
No tracked price for Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x24GB at the moment. Nothing has been captured for it that this page will stand behind, so its price cells stay empty rather than carrying a stale figure.
G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-8000 2x24GB CL40 vs Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x24GB in detail
True latency
Both kits land on 10.00 ns by different routes: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-8000 2x24GB CL40 at 8000 MT/s at CL40, Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x24GB at 6400 MT/s at CL32. A CAS number counts cycles rather than time, so a higher clock absorbs a looser one and the two arrive together — which is why these spec sheets look different and the memory does not.
Transfer rate
G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-8000 2x24GB CL40 is rated 8000 MT/s against 6400 MT/s for Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x24GB — 64000 MB/s per module, against 51200 MB/s. That is peak transfer rate, not access time: reaching a higher clock costs more cycles on each access, which is why the CAS numbers differ too, and why the true latency above is the figure that compares directly.
Kit layout
G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-8000 2x24GB CL40 ships as 2 × 24GB and Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x24GB ships as 2 × 24GB — the same number of sticks either way, so both populate a board's slots identically.
Lighting, timings and ECC
On the lighting question: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-8000 2x24GB CL40 is published with RGB lighting, and Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x24GB is published with RGB lighting. On the full timing tuple, the numbers that follow CAS: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-8000 2x24GB CL40 runs 38-48-48-128, and Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x24GB does not publish one. On error correction: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-8000 2x24GB CL40 is published with no ECC, and the catalog does not state whether Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x24GB supports it. Whether ECC is worth having depends on the platform as much as the modules — the board and the CPU have to support it too.
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 10.00 ns of true latency. What is left to choose on is above.
Common questions about this pair
- Is G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-8000 2x24GB CL40 faster than Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x24GB?
- Neither. Both come out at 10.00 ns of true latency: G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB DDR5-8000 2x24GB CL40 runs 8000 MT/s at CL40 and Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x24GB runs 6400 MT/s at CL32, and the two reconcile to one figure.
- 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 10.00 ns of true latency. What is left to choose on is above.