Kingston FURY Renegade G5
The Silicon Motion SM2508 controller drives 14,800 MB/s reads and 14,000 MB/s writes, making this 4TB PCIe 5.0 drive one of the fastest M.2 2280 SSDs available. Its DRAM-less TLC design keeps power draw low, which suits laptops and consoles, though portability is its weakest area. Best for gamers and hardware enthusiasts upgrading to Gen 5 who need massive capacity and top-tier sequential speeds for load times.
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong random (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong endurance (93rd percentile) 93rd
- Strong capacity (93rd percentile) 93rd
Cons
- Below average user sentiment (28th percentile)
What owners think
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The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 4000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 14800 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 14000 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 2200000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 2200000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | Silicon Motion SM2508 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 4000 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 | Samsung 9100 PRO MZ-VAP4T0CW | Western Digital Black SN850X | Crucial T710 | Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 | SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1XHM-00CMT0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 4TB | 4TB | 8TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | 4000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW | 2400 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 | 99.3 | 98.4 | 90.1 | 92.7 | 27.6 | 92.8 | 39.6 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO MZ-VAP4T0CW Compare | 98.9 | 99.7 | 99.6 | 92.7 | 0 | 83.2 | 96.3 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 85.6 | 95.3 | 93.4 | 98.1 | 0 | 87.9 | 96.3 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.2 | 98.5 | 97.3 | 78.2 | 0 | 83.2 | 83.9 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 Compare | 91.7 | 95.8 | 93.4 | 92.7 | 0 | 95.3 | 90.7 |
| SanDisk Western Digital WDS400T1XHM-00CMT0 Compare | 99.6 | 99.2 | 99.6 | 92.7 | 0 | 81.3 | 39.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
Amazon 1 offer From $1,227
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Usage Scores
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