Silicon Power A55 1TB SATA III M.2 2280

Silicon Power A55 1TB SATA III M.2 2280

Silicon Power
44 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
88 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Silicon Power
52
SanDisk
92
Workstation
Silicon Power
35
SanDisk
90
Gaming
Silicon Power
33
SanDisk
88
Console
Silicon Power
17
SanDisk
83
Budget
Silicon Power
82
SanDisk
78
Portable
Silicon Power
11
SanDisk
23

Specifications

Silicon Power A55SanDisk 2TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
1,000
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)No data
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
560
14,000
Random Read (IOPS)No data
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
1,200
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)33
Features
Heatsink✗✗
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Silicon Power A55 1TB SATA III M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (77th percentile)
  • Strong affordability (68th percentile)
  • Below average speed (18th percentile)18th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)

SanDisk 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong speed (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong feature (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong endurance (81st percentile)81st %ile
  • Below average affordability (22nd percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 2TB SSD

Scores 88 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 17 specs.

Silicon Power A55 Better at:

Budget

SanDisk 2TB SSD Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation