ADATA SSD

ADATA SSD

ADATA
39 Overall Score
vs
Crucial SSD

Crucial SSD

Crucial
88 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
ADATA
34
Crucial
88
Gaming
ADATA
25
Crucial
87
Budget
ADATA
53
Crucial
86
Console
ADATA
13
Crucial
86
Laptop
ADATA
40
Crucial
79
Portable
ADATA
10
Crucial
23

Specifications

ADATA SSDCrucial SSD
Drive
Capacity
512
1,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 4.0
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
520
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
450
6,800
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,150,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,440,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Controller—Phison E25
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
600
MTBF (hours)
2,000,000
No data
Warranty (years)35★
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

ADATA SSD

  • Strong social proof (80th percentile)80th %ile
  • Below average speed (16th percentile)16th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average capacity (34th percentile)

Crucial SSD

  • Strong feature (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong speed (91st percentile)91st %ile

Pricing

ADATA SSD is CA$270 cheaper (3.5x less).

ADATA SSD0.356score per dollar
vs
Crucial SSD0.230score per dollar

ADATA SSD offers 1.5x better value for money

Verdict

★ Winner: Crucial SSD

Scores 88 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 18 specs.

Crucial SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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