Samsung T7 4TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2

Samsung T7 4TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2

Samsung
70 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe

SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe

SanDisk
97 Overall Score

Scores

Portable
Samsung
100
SanDisk
26
Workstation
Samsung
68
SanDisk
97
Gaming
Samsung
50
SanDisk
94
Console
Samsung
31
SanDisk
94
Laptop
Samsung
36
SanDisk
73
Budget
Samsung
71
SanDisk
71

Specifications

Samsung T7SanDisk 8TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
4,000
8,000
Form FactorExternalM.2 2280
InterfaceUSB 3.2 Gen 2PCIe 4.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✓✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
1,050
7,200
Sequential Write (MB/s)
1,000
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Hardware
NANDMLC★TLC
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
4,800
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)35★
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Samsung T7 4TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong feature (86th percentile)86th %ile
  • Below average affordability (7th percentile)7th %ile

SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe

  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Below average affordability (4th percentile)4th %ile

Pricing

Samsung T7 4TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2

No current pricing available

SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 8TB SSD

Scores 97 overall, wins 4 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 17 specs.

Samsung T7 Better at:

Portable

SanDisk 8TB SSD Better at:

GamingLaptopConsoleWorkstation