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Patriot P320 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,000 MB/s
Endurance 240 TBW
56 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong endurance (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong social proof (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 2200 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 240 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Patriot P320 | Crucial T500 | Samsung 990 PRO | MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO | Western Digital Black SN850X | Corsair MP700 Elite CSSD-F1000GBMP700ENH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | 240 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 3000 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot P320 | 56.9 | 61.4 | 14.5 | 34.2 | 79 | 68.3 | 83.1 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.9 | 96.3 | 98.9 | 54.9 | 82.8 | 95.2 | 57.6 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97.1 | 98.9 | 54.9 | 85.9 | 99.6 | 40.6 |
| MSI SPATIUM M480 PRO Compare | 93.8 | 80.8 | 93.5 | 54.9 | 98.7 | 95.2 | 44.5 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 85.3 | 92.9 | 89 | 54.9 | 88 | 95.2 | 50.2 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite CSSD-F1000GBMP700ENH Compare | 94.9 | 96.6 | 85.7 | 54.9 | 87.3 | 95.2 | 44.7 |
Price
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