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

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

Lexar
75 Overall Score
vs
Silicon Power A55 512GB SATA III 2.5"

Silicon Power A55 512GB SATA III 2.5"

Silicon Power
34 Overall Score

Scores

Budget
Lexar
78
Silicon Power
76
Laptop
Lexar
75
Silicon Power
35
Workstation
Lexar
70
Silicon Power
29
Gaming
Lexar
69
Silicon Power
22
Console
Lexar
66
Silicon Power
11
Portable
Lexar
18
Silicon Power
9

Specifications

Lexar NM790Silicon Power A55
Drive
Capacity
1,000
512
Form FactorM.2 22802.5"
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4SATA III
ProtocolNVMeSATA
PCIe Generation4★—
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,400
500
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,500
450
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★1
Features
Heatsink✗✗
Hardware Encryption✗—

Pros & Cons

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

  • Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong random (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong speed (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Below average social proof (27th percentile)

Silicon Power A55 512GB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong affordability (80th percentile)80th %ile
  • Below average speed (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average endurance (34th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (34th percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Lexar NM790

Scores 75 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 17 specs.

Lexar NM790 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation