Kingston
Kingston FURY Renegade G5
$330Cheaper
Released 2025
Best Internal Ssds · head-to-head
Kingston FURY Renegade G5 vs Corsair MP700 PRO
A sourced, side-by-side comparison. Kingston FURY Renegade G5 is cheaper at $330. Every spec and price links to its source.
Corsair
Corsair MP700 PRO
$474.99
Released 2023-11
Which is better: the Kingston FURY Renegade G5 or Corsair MP700 PRO?
The Kingston FURY Renegade G5 wins 2 of the 2 specs we compare head to head; the other wins 0. The Kingston FURY Renegade G5 is the cheaper at $330. The Kingston FURY Renegade G5 both leads on specs and costs less — the straightforward pick.
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Key specs, head to head
The numbers that decide it, drawn to scale — longer bar wins, the accent bar is the stronger figure.
Full spec sheet
✓ marks the stronger figure where "more" — or "less", for price and weight — is unambiguously better.
| Spec | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 | Corsair MP700 PRO |
|---|---|---|
| US price | $330 | $474.99 |
| Brand | Kingston | Corsair |
| Released | 2025 | 2023-11 |
| Capacity options (TB) | 1, 2, 4 | 1, 2, 4 |
| Form factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe | PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe |
| Seq read (Mbps) | 14800 | 12400 |
| Seq write (Mbps) | 14000 | 11800 |
| Random read kiops | — | 1500 |
| Random write kiops | — | 1600 |
| Nand type | 3D TLC | 3D TLC |
| Has dram cache | Yes | Yes |
| Endurance tbw | 1000 | 700 |
| Warranty years | 5 | 5 |
Sources — Kingston FURY Renegade G5: storagereview.com (verified 2026-07-11). Corsair MP700 PRO: corsair.com (verified 2026-07-11).
What's the difference between the Kingston FURY Renegade G5 and Corsair MP700 PRO?
Where the two actually differ on the specs we track (3 of 11). Matching specs are omitted.
- Seq read (Mbps): Kingston FURY Renegade G5 14800 vs Corsair MP700 PRO 12400
- Seq write (Mbps): Kingston FURY Renegade G5 14000 vs Corsair MP700 PRO 11800
- Endurance tbw: Kingston FURY Renegade G5 1000 vs Corsair MP700 PRO 700
What reviewers say
Sourced tester consensus for each — the "what people who used it think" layer, not just specs.
Kingston FURY Renegade G5
Three whitelisted labs benchmarked this PCIe 5.0 drive - StorageReview and Tom's Hardware on the 2TB, Notebookcheck on the 8TB. All rate it among the fastest Gen5 SSDs, with StorageReview and Notebookcheck measuring chart-topping sequential throughput (~14,600-14,890 MB/s), and Tom's Hardware calling it a faithful followup 'bringing much higher performance.' Every surviving source flags premium pricing above competing Gen5 SSDs. (TechPowerUp was dropped in verification - its fetched page contained no confirmable quotes or measurements.) (3 sourced reviews, 3 lab-tested.)
Praised: Class-leading sequential read/write throughput (~14,600-14,890 MB/s measured); Power efficiency and low heat output from the 6nm SM2508 controller; Stable sustained performance with no throttling when adequately cooled.
Flagged: Premium pricing above competing Gen5 SSDs; Offers little to distinguish it from rival high-end SSDs on real-world speed/value; Ships with no cooler; needs at least a passive heatsink to sustain peak load.
Corsair MP700 PRO
One whitelisted lab (StorageReview) hands-on tested the 2TB MP700 PRO air-cooler model and ranks it among the better consumer PCIe Gen5 SSDs, measuring ~12.4 GB/s CrystalDiskMark reads and ~11.8 GB/s writes. Praised for chart-topping sequential speed and its active-cooling heatsink design. Flagged for write and random-IO throughput trailing top competitors — 3rd place in sequential writes and near the bottom of the boot-IOPS leaderboard (51,521 IOPS). The TechPowerUp review was dropped because its paginated content was not retrievable and none of its cited quotes or figures could be verified. (1 sourced review, 1 lab-tested.)
Praised: Chart-topping sequential transfer speeds (~12.4 GB/s read, ~11.8 GB/s write); Standout active-cooling heatsink design.
Flagged: Write and random-IO throughput trails top competitors (3rd in sequential writes; near bottom of boot-IOPS leaderboard).