SanDisk PRO-BLADE 4TB Portable PCIe NVMe

SanDisk PRO-BLADE 4TB Portable PCIe NVMe

SanDisk
52 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
92 Overall Score

Scores

Console
SanDisk
23
SanDisk
93
Gaming
SanDisk
38
SanDisk
93
Workstation
SanDisk
49
SanDisk
92
Portable
SanDisk
80
SanDisk
25
Laptop
SanDisk
27
SanDisk
80
Budget
SanDisk
54
SanDisk
79

Specifications

SanDisk PRO-BLADESanDisk 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
4,000
4,000
Form FactorExternalM.2 2280
InterfacePCIePCIe 4.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✓✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
3,000
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,100,000
Hardware
NAND—TLC★
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)—3★
Features
Heatsink—✓★

Pros & Cons

SanDisk PRO-BLADE 4TB Portable PCIe NVMe

  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average affordability (10th percentile)10th %ile
  • Below average feature (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average affordability (9th percentile)9th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 4TB SSD

Scores 92 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 16 specs.

SanDisk PRO-BLADE Better at:

Portable

SanDisk 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsoleWorkstation