Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL30 2×16 GB vs Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 CL40 2×16 GB

Short answer: which is best?

Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL30 2×16 GB is 47.2 % stronger than Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 CL40 2×16 GB. Corsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL30 2×16 GB ranks #1 of 122 measured memory kits at WhatFPS (13,588 RAM score in its best run — 1 rig, 18 verified runs). Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 CL40 2×16 GB ranks #38 of 122 measured memory kits at WhatFPS (9,228 RAM score in its best run — 1 rig, 1 verified run). Each part is shown at its best run, picked from 19 verified WhatFPS runs — measured, not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricCorsair Vengeance DDR5-6000 CL30 2×16 GBCorsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 CL40 2×16 GB
RAM score, best run (the kit's own performance: bandwidth + latency)13,5889,228
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)14,79713,170
Bandwidth, one thread49,462 MB/s28,475 MB/s
RAM latency (lower is better)71.3 ns89 ns
Rated speed6,000 MT/s5,600 MT/s
Runs at (best run)6,000 MT/s5,600 MT/s
Capacity32 GB32 GB

What the numbers mean

The headline score is the part's best measured run, and the measurements under it come from that same run. It shows what the part has been proven to do — not what an average rig gets out of it. 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 DDR5-6000 CL30 2×16 GB · All measurements for Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 CL40 2×16 GB