Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-5600 1x8GB CL36 vs Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30

KingstonFURY Beast DDR5-5600 1x8GB CL368 GB · 5600 MT/s · 36 CL · 12.86 ns
KingstonFURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL308 GB · 6000 MT/s · 30 CL · 10.00 nsLeads on Speed
In short

Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30 has the lower true latency of the two at 10.00 ns, against 12.86 ns for Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-5600 1x8GB CL36. At least one of the two has no tracked price right now, so what follows compares specifications rather than cost.

SpecificationKingstonFURY Beast DDR5-5600 1x8GB CL36KingstonFURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30
Capacity (GB)88
Speed (MT/s)56006000better
3630
True latency (ns)12.8610.00better
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Price per GB

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Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-5600 1x8GB CL36 vs Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30 in detail

True latency

Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30 is the lower-latency kit at 10.00 ns, against 12.86 ns for Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-5600 1x8GB CL36 — a difference of 2.86 ns. That figure is what reconciles the two spec sheets: CAS latency counts clock cycles, so it only means something next to the clock it counts. Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-5600 1x8GB CL36 runs 5600 MT/s at CL36; Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30 runs 6000 MT/s at CL30.

Transfer rate

Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30 is rated 6000 MT/s against 5600 MT/s for Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-5600 1x8GB CL36 — 48000 MB/s per module, against 44800 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

Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-5600 1x8GB CL36 ships as 2 × 4GB and Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30 ships as 2 × 4GB — the same number of sticks either way, so both populate a board's slots identically.

Voltage

Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-5600 1x8GB CL36 is specified at 1.25 V and Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30 at 1.4 V. That is the supply each kit's published profile asks the board for.

Lighting and timings

On the lighting question: Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-5600 1x8GB CL36 does not have RGB lighting, and Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30 does not have RGB lighting. On the full timing tuple, the numbers that follow CAS: Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-5600 1x8GB CL36 runs 40-40-40, and Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30 runs 30-36-36.

Which to buy

The site holds no current price for at least one of these, so no buying answer follows: which is worth more turns on what each costs, and that figure is the one missing. On the specifications alone, Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30 is the quicker at 10.00 ns of true latency.

Common questions about this pair

Is Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-5600 1x8GB CL36 faster than Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30?
Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30 is, on true latency: 10.00 ns against 12.86 ns. Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-5600 1x8GB CL36 runs 5600 MT/s at CL36 and Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30 runs 6000 MT/s at CL30; the CAS numbers alone do not settle it, because they count clock cycles rather than time.
Which of these two should I buy?
The site holds no current price for at least one of these, so no buying answer follows: which is worth more turns on what each costs, and that figure is the one missing. On the specifications alone, Kingston FURY Beast DDR5-6000 1x8GB CL30 is the quicker at 10.00 ns of true latency.
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