Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 CL36 2×16 GB vs Crucial DDR5-4800 CL40 2×32 GB SO-DIMM

Short answer: which is best?

Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 CL36 2×16 GB is 65.8 % stronger than Crucial DDR5-4800 CL40 2×32 GB SO-DIMM. Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 CL36 2×16 GB ranks #6 of 124 measured memory kits at WhatFPS (12,610 RAM score in its best run — 1 rig, 1 verified run). Crucial DDR5-4800 CL40 2×32 GB SO-DIMM ranks #76 of 124 measured memory kits at WhatFPS (7,604 RAM score in its best run — 1 rig, 1 verified run). Each part is shown at its best run, picked from 2 verified WhatFPS runs — measured, not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricCorsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-5600 CL36 2×16 GBCrucial DDR5-4800 CL40 2×32 GB SO-DIMM
RAM score, best run (the kit's own performance: bandwidth + latency)12,6107,604
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)8,8066,652
Bandwidth, one thread44,895 MB/s24,496 MB/s
RAM latency (lower is better)75.1 ns112.7 ns
Rated speed5,600 MT/s4,800 MT/s
Runs at (best run)5,600 MT/s4,800 MT/s
Capacity32 GB64 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 RGB DDR5-5600 CL36 2×16 GB · All measurements for Crucial DDR5-4800 CL40 2×32 GB SO-DIMM