New Price drop 16%
Kingston Dual 512GB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor External
Interface USB 3.2 Gen 2
Read Speed 1,050 MB/s
31 Overall Score
Price €137
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average random (4th percentile)
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (35th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | External |
| Interface | USB 3.2 Gen 2 |
| External | Yes |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 1050 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 950 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kingston Dual | Crucial T700 | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 | Samsung 990 EVO Plus | Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU | Western Digital BLACK SN850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | External | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | USB 3.2 Gen 2 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 1,050 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1400 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Dual | 42.8 | 3.5 | 14.4 | 34.8 | 14.5 | 64.3 |
| Crucial T700 Compare | 96.7 | 97.6 | 97.6 | 78.3 | 82.9 | 26.9 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.4 | 99.1 | 97.6 | 55.2 | 94.8 | 34.9 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Plus Compare | 85.3 | 96.2 | 77.8 | 78.3 | 85.9 | 24.6 |
| Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO LNM109P002T-RNNNU Compare | 98.1 | 98.5 | 97.6 | 78.3 | 90.9 | 27.1 |
| Western Digital BLACK SN850X Compare | 89 | 95.7 | 52.4 | 78.3 | 82.9 | 23.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall31
- Budget70.1
- Gaming16.7
- Laptop15.4
- Console11.4
- Portable51.8
- Workstation25.7
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