Kingston Fury Renegade
Kingston
93 Overall Score
vs
Samsung 990 PRO
Samsung
95 Overall Score
Scores
Budget
Console
Gaming
Workstation
Laptop
Portable
Specifications
| Kingston Fury Renegade | Samsung 990 PRO | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 | 4 |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | ||
| Random Write (IOPS) | ||
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✓ | ✓ |
| Controller | Phison E18 | Samsung |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | ||
| MTBF (hours) | ||
| Warranty (years) | 5★ | 1 |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hardware Encryption | ✗ | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
Kingston Fury Renegade
- Strong social proof (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong random (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
Samsung 990 PRO
- Strong feature (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong random (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong speed (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
Pricing
Kingston Fury Renegade0.093score per dollar
vs
Samsung 990 PRO0.120score per dollar
Samsung 990 PRO offers 1.3x better value for money
Verdict
Tie
Both products are closely matched - Kingston Fury Renegade wins 4 specs while Samsung 990 PRO wins 4.
