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Crucial 480GB SSD SATA III
Capacity 480GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 540 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 120 TBW
36 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong endurance (67th percentile) 67th
Cons
- Below average social proof (6th percentile)
- Below average random (23rd percentile)
- Below average capacity (23rd percentile)
- Below average speed (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 480 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 540 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 500 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 120 |
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Crucial 480GB SSD | Samsung 990 PRO | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDBBYV0040BNC-WRSN | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU | XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 480GB | 2TB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 540 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | - | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 120 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2000 TBW | 1400 TBW | 1480 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial 480GB SSD | 25.3 | 22.8 | 52.9 | 23.2 | 66.7 | 5.5 | 61.5 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.7 | 97.4 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 85.7 | 95.3 | 23.6 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDBBYV0040BNC-WRSN Compare | 89 | 95.8 | 84.3 | 92.5 | 87.9 | 99.6 | 9.4 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 93.2 | 94.2 | 94 | 78.5 | 93.8 | 95.3 | 16.4 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.6 | 78.5 | 90.9 | 52.3 | 26.3 |
| XPG GAMMIX S70 Blade AGAMMIXS70B-2T-CS Compare | 92.7 | 90.4 | 94 | 78.5 | 77.3 | 77.5 | 29.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
We started tracking prices for this product on Nov 15, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall36.2
- Budget59.3
- Gaming20.7
- Laptop31.1
- Console9.8
- Portable7.4
- Workstation33.8
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