Crucial 4TB SSD SATA III
SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
Scores
Specifications
| Crucial 4TB SSD | SanDisk 8TB SSD | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | SATA | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | — | 4★ |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | No data | |
| Random Write (IOPS) | No data | |
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✗ | ✓★ |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | ||
| MTBF (hours) | ||
| Warranty (years) | 3 | 5★ |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✗ | ✓★ |
| Hardware Encryption | ✗ | — |
Pros & Cons
Crucial 4TB SSD SATA III
- Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile)
- Strong social proof (68th percentile)
- Strong endurance (67th percentile)
- Below average affordability (15th percentile)15th %ile
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average speed (25th percentile)
SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
- 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
Crucial 4TB SSD SATA III offers 1.4x better value for money
Crucial 4TB SSD SATA III
SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
Verdict
Scores 97 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 17 specs.