Lexar NM790 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Lexar NM790 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Lexar
82 Overall Score
vs
Silicon Power A55

Silicon Power A55

Silicon Power
39 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Lexar
86
Silicon Power
44
Budget
Lexar
83
Silicon Power
45
Gaming
Lexar
78
Silicon Power
26
Console
Lexar
75
Silicon Power
14
Workstation
Lexar
75
Silicon Power
34
Portable
Lexar
21
Silicon Power
11

Specifications

Lexar NM790Silicon Power A55
Drive
Capacity
1,000
512
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4SATA III
ProtocolNVMeSATA
PCIe Generation4★—
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,400
560
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,500
530
Random Read (IOPS)
1,000,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
900,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✗
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
1,000
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
No data
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink✗✗
Hardware Encryption✗—

Pros & Cons

Lexar NM790 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong endurance (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong random (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong speed (89th percentile)89th %ile

Silicon Power A55

  • Strong social proof (70th percentile)
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average capacity (34th percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Lexar NM790

Scores 82 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 17 specs.

Lexar NM790 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation