Crucial 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Crucial 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Crucial
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
Crucial
47
SanDisk
93
Gaming
Crucial
42
SanDisk
93
Workstation
Crucial
43
SanDisk
92
Budget
Crucial
85
SanDisk
79
Laptop
Crucial
58
SanDisk
80
Portable
Crucial
16
SanDisk
25

Specifications

Crucial 500GB SSDSanDisk 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
500
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0PCIe 4.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
6,600
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
3,500
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)
6,600
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)
3,500
1,100,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)33
Features
Heatsink✗✓★

Pros & Cons

Crucial 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong speed (76th percentile)
  • Strong affordability (68th percentile)
  • Below average random (7th percentile)7th %ile
  • Below average capacity (26th percentile)

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 9 of 16 specs.

Crucial 500GB SSD Better at:

Budget

SanDisk 4TB SSD Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation