Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280
Kingston
96 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 2TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
SanDisk
83 Overall Score
Scores
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Gaming
Console
Budget
Portable
Specifications
| Kingston 4TB SSD | SanDisk 2TB SSD | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5★ | 4 |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | ||
| Random Write (IOPS) | ||
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✓★ | ✗ |
| Controller | SM2508 | — |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | ||
| Warranty (years) | 5 | 5 |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✗ | — |
| Hardware Encryption | — | ✓★ |
Pros & Cons
Kingston 4TB SSD PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong endurance (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Below average affordability (7th percentile)7th %ile
- Below average user sentiment (29th percentile)
SanDisk 2TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong endurance (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong speed (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Strong feature (79th percentile)
- Below average affordability (16th percentile)16th %ile
Verdict
Winner: Kingston 4TB SSD
Scores 96 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 7 of 17 specs.