Western Digital 480GB SSD SATA III 2.5"

Western Digital 480GB SSD SATA III 2.5"

Western Digital
41 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe

SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe

SanDisk
95 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Western Digital
34
SanDisk
95
Console
Western Digital
14
SanDisk
92
Gaming
Western Digital
26
SanDisk
92
Budget
Western Digital
75
SanDisk
70
Laptop
Western Digital
40
SanDisk
72
Portable
Western Digital
11
SanDisk
26

Specifications

Western Digital 480GB SSDSanDisk 8TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
480
8,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 4.0
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
545
7,200
Sequential Write (MB/s)
480
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
4,800
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)35★
Features
Heatsink—✓★

Pros & Cons

Western Digital 480GB SSD SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average capacity (23rd percentile)
  • Below average speed (24th percentile)

SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe

  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Below average affordability (4th percentile)4th %ile

Pricing

Western Digital 480GB SSD SATA III 2.5"

No current pricing available

SanDisk 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 8TB SSD

Scores 95 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 16 specs.

Western Digital 480GB SSD Better at:

Budget

SanDisk 8TB SSD Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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