Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 2x16GB vs Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB
Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 2x16GB and Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB arrive at the same true latency, 10.00 ns apiece. Neither is quicker than the other; Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB is simply tracked at the lower price, and that is the whole of it.
| Specification | KingstonFURY Beast DDR5-6400 2x16GB | PatriotViper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity (GB) | 32 | 32 |
| Speed (MT/s) | 6400 | 6400 |
| 32 | 32 | |
| True latency (ns) | 10.00 | 10.00 |
| Current best price | $774.99at Amazon.ca · captured 2026-09-13 | $619.99betterat Newegg Canada · captured 2026-09-09 |
| Price per GB | $24.22 | $19.37better |
Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 2x16GB vs Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB in detail
True latency
Both kits land on 10.00 ns. Neither spec sheet differs from the other on the two figures that decide it — 6400 MT/s at CL32 on each side — so the reconciled result is identical rather than merely close.
Transfer rate
Both kits are rated 6400 MT/s, which is 51200 MB/s per module, and both are published at CL32. Those are the two figures the true latency above is computed from, so it comes out the same for each.
Price and tracked history
Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 2x16GB is tracked at $774.99, or $24.22 per gigabyte; Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB at $619.99, or $19.37. At the same 32GB, that puts Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB $155.00 less than Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 2x16GB. Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 2x16GB's $774.99 sits 5% under its own 90-day median. Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB's $619.99 sits 42% under its own 90-day median.
Kit layout
Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 2x16GB ships as 2 × 16GB and Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB ships as 2 × 16GB — 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 2x16GB is published with no RGB lighting, and Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB is published with no RGB lighting. On the full timing tuple — the numbers after CAS — Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 2x16GB is 32-39-39, and Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB is 32-40-40-84. On error correction: Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 2x16GB is published without ECC, and the catalog does not state whether Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB 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
Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB leads on price alone. The two reconcile to the same 10.00 ns of true latency, so what separates them is only what this site has tracked them at. Cheaper, then, and not faster; this page claims nothing more.
Common questions about this pair
- Is Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 2x16GB faster than Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB?
- Neither is. Both work out at 10.00 ns of true latency — Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6400 2x16GB runs 6400 MT/s at CL32, Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB runs 6400 MT/s at CL32, and those two land in the same place.
- Which one costs less?
- Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB, tracked at $619.99 against $774.99: $155.00 between them at the same 32GB.
- Which of these two should I buy?
- Patriot Viper Venom DDR5-6400 2x16GB leads on price alone. The two reconcile to the same 10.00 ns of true latency, so what separates them is only what this site has tracked them at. Cheaper, then, and not faster; this page claims nothing more.