New Price drop 13%
Team Group 256GB SSD SATA III
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 520 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 80 TBW
42 Overall Score
Price €55
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong affordability (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong endurance (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average speed (16th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has held steady over time
Based on 6 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 520 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 430 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 80 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1000000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Team Group 256GB SSD | Crucial T500 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 | KingSpec ONEBOOM X400-1TB 2280 | PNY XLR8 M280CS3150XHS-1TB-RB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 | M.2 | M.2 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 520 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 11,500 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | - | true | true |
| Endurance | 80 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 640 TBW | 600 TBW | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Group 256GB SSD | 16.3 | 22.9 | 52.7 | 17.9 | 68 | 95.3 | 89.4 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.3 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.3 | 82.9 | 95.3 | 53 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 83.9 | 97.1 | 93.9 | 78.4 | 85.8 | 46.7 | 58.5 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 77.5 | 61.8 | 52.7 | 78.4 | 69.5 | 87.2 | 23.3 |
| KingSpec ONEBOOM X400-1TB 2280 Compare | 90.8 | 88.8 | 89.2 | 55.3 | 79.8 | 58.3 | 47.3 |
| PNY XLR8 M280CS3150XHS-1TB-RB Compare | 95.8 | 80.9 | 97.5 | 55.3 | 63.8 | 43.8 | 53.8 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From €55
Amazon 1 offer From €55
Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall42.3
- Budget89.6
- Gaming25.7
- Laptop39.4
- Console12.7
- Portable9.7
- Workstation36.3
A full written review is coming soon. The specs, scores, prices and charts above are always up to date.
