Lexar SL500 1TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2x2

Lexar SL500 1TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2x2

Lexar
43 Overall Score
vs
Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Team Group
90 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Lexar
20
Team Group
92
Gaming
Lexar
28
Team Group
88
Console
Lexar
18
Team Group
87
Budget
Lexar
64
Team Group
82
Workstation
Lexar
41
Team Group
81
Portable
Lexar
63
Team Group
24

Specifications

Lexar SL500Team Group 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
1,000
4,000
Form FactorExternalM.2 2280
InterfaceUSB 3.2 Gen 2x2PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol—NVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✓✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
2,000
7,400
Sequential Write (MB/s)
1,800
6,900
Random Read (IOPS)No data
650,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
660,000
Hardware
NAND—SLC★
DRAM Cache—✗
Controller—Maxio
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,000
MTBF (hours)No data
1,600,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink✗✗
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Lexar SL500 1TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2x2

  • Below average random (4th percentile)4th %ile
  • Below average feature (34th percentile)

Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong speed (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong random (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Below average affordability (16th percentile)16th %ile

Pricing

Lexar SL500 1TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2x2

No current pricing available

Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Team Group 4TB SSD

Scores 90 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 18 specs.

Lexar SL500 Better at:

Portable

Team Group 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsoleWorkstation

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