Without any flash or pomp, Kingston’s PCIe 5.0-ready Renegade G5 SSDs are nowavailable for purchase, starting at $200.ComputerBasefirst reported on the listings.The new flagship drive boasts read speeds of up to 14.8 GB/s, rivaling Samsung’s fastest 9100 Pro offering, but edges it out in sequential writes. The SSD is officially listed on Kingston’s website, along with a detailed datasheet, and you may snag one for yourself directly through their store or other resellers.
This year, the PCIe 5.0 arena has been crowded with new contenders all vying for the speed crown. High-end PCIe 5.0 SSDs were ruled by predominantly ruled by Phison’s E26 controller, untilSilicon Motion’s SM2508arrived last year to challenge its reign.
Kingston’s latest Renegade G5 appears to be among the first few implementations of the Silicon Motion controller, and on-paper specifications are certainly promising. It is somewhat peculiar that Kingston opted for a low-key announcement of its flagship SSD, superseding the in-vogueKC3000andFury Renegade PCIe 4.0.
Kingston has equipped the Renegade G5 with TLC NAND flash, which we presume is based on Micron’s 232-layer technology. It comes loaded with DRAM cache, but the exact capacity has not been specified.
The G5 can hit sequential read and write speeds of up to 14.8 GB/s and 14 GB/s, surpassing the best fromSamsungandCrucial. However, in random write IOPS, the strength of Samsung’s Presto controller is evident with the 9100 Pro achieving 2,600K IOPS, which is higher than the G5’s 2,200K IOPS.
TLC (Likely 232-Layer NAND flash from Micron)
TBW (for 4TB variant)
4,000TB
2,400TB
14.8 GB/s
14.5 GB/s
14.0 GB/s
13.4 GB/s
12.7 GB/s
2,600K
1,800K
When it comes to TBW, which indicates the amount of data that’s guaranteed to be written on a drive, the Renegade G5 stands out with a 4,000TB endurance rating (4TB variant), significantly higher than the 2,400TB offered by its competitors.
The maximum rated power consumption ranges from 6.6W (1TB) to 9.5W (4TB), slightly better thansome implementationsof the Phison E26. Either way, we’ll have to double-check these numbers in independent testing.
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The Renegade G5 is available in 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB capacities at $200, $329, and $629, respectively. Sadly, unlike the 9100 Pro, there isn’t a fully decked-out 8TB variant available yet.FollowTom’s Hardware on Google Newsto get our up-to-date news, analysis, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button.
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