SanDisk 4TB Portable SSD

SanDisk 4TB Portable SSD

SanDisk
66 Overall Score
vs
Micron 4TB SSD

Micron 4TB SSD

Micron
95 Overall Score

Scores

Console
SanDisk
27
Micron
95
Gaming
SanDisk
44
Micron
93
Portable
SanDisk
92
Micron
26
Workstation
SanDisk
58
Micron
88
Laptop
SanDisk
33
Micron
82
Budget
SanDisk
67
Micron
81

Specifications

SanDisk 4TB Portable SSDMicron 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
4,000
4,000
Form FactorExternalM.2 2280
InterfaceUSB4PCIe 5.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✓✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
2,000
14,500
Sequential Write (MB/s)
2,000
13,800
Random Read (IOPS)No data
2,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
2,300,000
Hardware
NAND—TLC★
DRAM Cache✗✗
Controller—Micron
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,500,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓✓
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

SanDisk 4TB Portable SSD

  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong social proof (68th percentile)
  • Below average affordability (12th percentile)12th %ile

Micron 4TB SSD

  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong feature (86th percentile)86th %ile
  • Below average affordability (12th percentile)12th %ile

Pricing

SanDisk 4TB Portable SSD is £295 cheaper (1.5x less).

SanDisk 4TB Portable SSD

Micron 4TB SSD

Verdict

★ Winner: Micron 4TB SSD

Scores 95 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 18 specs.

SanDisk 4TB Portable SSD Better at:

Portable

Micron 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsoleWorkstation

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