Kingston FURY Beast 16GB DDR5-5600

Kingston FURY Beast 16GB DDR5-5600

Kingston
65 Overall Score
vs
Samsung M471A5244CB0 8GB DDR4-3200

Samsung M471A5244CB0 8GB DDR4-3200

Samsung
44 Overall Score

What Buyers Say

Kingston FURY Beast 16GB DDR5-5600

85 out of 100 medium confidence 13 reviews

The Kingston Fury Beast DDR5 memory is widely praised for its excellent price-to-performance ratio, especially as a budget-friendly high-speed option for new DDR5 boards. Users find it easy to install and reliable, with several noting the need to enable XMP in BIOS to reach full speeds. A few mention the price is still high for 32GB kits, but overall sentiment is very positive.

Pros
  • Great price-to-performance ratio
  • Easy installation
  • Reliable and stable
  • High-speed DDR5 performance
  • Low-profile design for large coolers
Cons
  • XMP must be enabled in BIOS for full speed
  • Price still high for 32GB kits
  • Limited to DDR5-compatible systems
👍 Price to performance 5
👍 Ease of installation 4
👍 Reliability 3
👎 Xmp requirement 2
👍 Value for money 4
👍 Speed performance 3

Samsung M471A5244CB0 8GB DDR4-3200

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Scores

Budget
Kingston
84
Samsung
77
Gaming
Kingston
67
Samsung
38
Workstation
Kingston
64
Samsung
35
Laptop
Kingston
46
Samsung
52
Server
Kingston
29
Samsung
17

Specifications

Kingston FURY BeastSamsung M471A5244CB0
Memory
TypeDDR5★DDR4
Form FactorUDIMMSODIMM
Total Capacity
16,384
8,192
Modules12★
Per Module
16,384
4,096
Pins288260
Rank—1RX16
Performance
Speed
5,600
3,200
CAS Latency4022★
Timings40-40-40—
Voltage1.251.2000000476837158★
Class
ECC✗✗
Registered✗✗
OC ProfileIntel XMP 3.0—
Features
RGB✗✗
Heat Spreader✓★✗

Pros & Cons

Kingston FURY Beast 16GB DDR5-5600

  • Strong social proof (86th percentile)86th %ile
  • Strong speed (78th percentile)
  • Below average latency (32nd percentile)

Samsung M471A5244CB0 8GB DDR4-3200

  • Strong affordability (84th percentile)84th %ile
  • Strong social proof (73rd percentile)
  • Below average capacity (23rd percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Kingston FURY Beast

Scores 65 overall, wins 4 of 5 usage categories and 5 of 16 specs.

Kingston FURY Beast Better at:

BudgetGamingServerWorkstation

Samsung M471A5244CB0 Better at:

Laptop