G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 vs Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB
On true latency G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 comes out ahead: 9.33 ns, where Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB takes 10.00 ns. The lower tracked price belongs to Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB, which leaves each kit ahead on one axis and neither ahead on both.
| Specification | G.SKILLTrident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 | KingstonFURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity (GB) | 96 | 96 |
| Speed (MT/s) | 6000 | 6400better |
| 28 | 32 | |
| True latency (ns) | 9.33better | 10.00 |
| Current best price | 2051,36 €at Amazon.es · captured 2026-09-02 | 1803,00 €betterat Amazon.es · captured 2026-09-15 |
| Price per GB | 21,37 € | 18,78 €better |
G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 vs Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB in detail
True latency
G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 is the lower-latency kit at 9.33 ns against 10.00 ns for Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB, 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. G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 runs 6000 MT/s at CL28; Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB runs 6400 MT/s at CL32.
Transfer rate
Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB carries the higher rating, 6400 MT/s to 6000 MT/s for G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 — 51200 MB/s per module against 48000 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.
Price and tracked history
G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 is tracked at 2051,36 €, or 21,37 € per gigabyte; Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB at 1803,00 €, or 18,78 €. At the same 96GB, that puts Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB 248,36 € less than G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28. G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28's 2051,36 € sits 1% under its own 90-day median. Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB's 1803,00 € sits 0% under its own 90-day median.
Kit layout
G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 ships as 2 × 48GB and Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB ships as 2 × 48GB — the same number of sticks on both sides, so they populate a board's slots the same way.
Lighting, timings and ECC
On lighting: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 has RGB lighting, and Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB has RGB lighting. On the full timing tuple — the numbers after CAS — G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 is 28-36-36-96, and Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB publishes none. On error correction: G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 is published without ECC, and the catalog does not state whether Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB 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 two split the axes this page measures, so no one kit is the answer. The lower tracked price belongs to Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB; the lower true latency to G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28, 9.33 ns against 10.00 ns. Weighing money against latency is a decision about the machine, and it stays with the reader.
Common questions about this pair
- Is G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 faster than Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB?
- Yes, on true latency: 9.33 ns for G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 against 10.00 ns for Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB. G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28 runs 6000 MT/s at CL28 and Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB runs 6400 MT/s at CL32, and the CAS numbers alone will not settle it — they count clock cycles, not time.
- Which one costs less?
- Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB, tracked at 1803,00 € against 2051,36 €: 248,36 € between them at the same 96GB.
- Which of these two should I buy?
- The two split the axes this page measures, so no one kit is the answer. The lower tracked price belongs to Kingston FURY Renegade RGB DDR5-6400 2x48GB; the lower true latency to G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 2x48GB CL28, 9.33 ns against 10.00 ns. Weighing money against latency is a decision about the machine, and it stays with the reader.