Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x32GB CL30 vs Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB
9.33 ns of true latency for Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB against 10.00 ns for Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x32GB CL30, so the first of those is the quicker to respond. The site holds no current price for at least one of these, so what follows compares specifications alone.
| Specification | KingstonFURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x32GB CL30 | PatriotViper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity (GB) | 32 | 32 |
| Speed (MT/s) | 6000 | 6000 |
| 30 | 28 | |
| True latency (ns) | 10.00 | 9.33better |
| Current best price | $947.56at Amazon.ca · captured 2026-09-13 | — |
| Price per GB | $29.61 | — |
No tracked price for Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB 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.
Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x32GB CL30 vs Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB in detail
True latency
Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB is the lower-latency kit at 9.33 ns against 10.00 ns for Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x32GB CL30, 0.67 ns between them. That is the figure that reconciles the two spec sheets: a CAS number counts cycles, and cycles mean nothing apart from the rate they are counted at. Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x32GB CL30 runs 6000 MT/s at CL30; Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB runs 6000 MT/s at CL28.
Transfer rate
Both kits are rated 6000 MT/s, or 48000 MB/s per module. They part company on CAS latency instead of on clock, so the true-latency figures above are what tells them apart.
Kit layout
Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x32GB CL30 ships as 2 × 16GB and Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB ships as 2 × 16GB — the same number of sticks on both sides, so they populate a board's slots the same way.
Lighting and timings
On lighting: Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x32GB CL30 is published with no RGB lighting, and Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB is published with no RGB lighting. On the full timing tuple — the numbers after CAS — Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x32GB CL30 is 30-36-36, and Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB is 28-40-40-100.
Which to buy
Without a tracked price for both, this page cannot say which to buy — the answer depends on cost, and cost is what is absent. What the specifications do say is that Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB has the lower true latency, 9.33 ns.
Common questions about this pair
- Is Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x32GB CL30 faster than Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB?
- Yes, on true latency: 9.33 ns for Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB against 10.00 ns for Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x32GB CL30. Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x32GB CL30 runs 6000 MT/s at CL30 and Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB runs 6000 MT/s at CL28, and the CAS numbers alone will not settle it — they count clock cycles, not time.
- Which of these two should I buy?
- Without a tracked price for both, this page cannot say which to buy — the answer depends on cost, and cost is what is absent. What the specifications do say is that Patriot Viper Elite 5 Ultra DDR5-6000 2x16GB has the lower true latency, 9.33 ns.