Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5600 CL40 2×16 GB vs Kingston FURY Impact DDR4-3200 CL20 2×16 GB SO-DIMM

Short answer: which is best?

Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5600 CL40 2×16 GB is 22.1 % stronger than Kingston FURY Impact DDR4-3200 CL20 2×16 GB SO-DIMM. Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5600 CL40 2×16 GB ranks #10 of 42 measured memory kits at WhatFPS (9,632 RAM score over 1 verified runs). Kingston FURY Impact DDR4-3200 CL20 2×16 GB SO-DIMM ranks #23 of 42 measured memory kits at WhatFPS (7,889 RAM score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 2 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricCorsair Vengeance DDR5-5600 CL40 2×16 GBKingston FURY Impact DDR4-3200 CL20 2×16 GB SO-DIMM
RAM score (the kit's own performance: bandwidth + latency)9,6327,889
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)11,5814,858
Bandwidth, one thread30,715 MB/s17,400 MB/s
RAM latency (lower is better)88.1 ns74.4 ns
Rated speed5,600 MT/s3,200 MT/s
Runs at (seen, avg)5,600 MT/s2,933 MT/s
Capacity32 GB32 GB

What the numbers mean

The RAM score is the kit's measured performance in the rigs it sat in — single-thread bandwidth and latency beyond L3. Platform, BIOS settings and whether XMP/EXPO was on all affect it. GAMING is the whole rig's score. We show both and never mix them.

All numbers come from our benchmark suite, the same test on every PC, written in Rust with no middleware. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

All measurements for Corsair Vengeance DDR5-5600 CL40 2×16 GB · All measurements for Kingston FURY Impact DDR4-3200 CL20 2×16 GB SO-DIMM