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Patriot 256GB SSD PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 2,200 MB/s
40 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong social proof (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 2200 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1200 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Patriot 256GB SSD | Crucial T500 | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | Lexar NM790 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 2,200 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | false | false | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot 256GB SSD | 46.8 | 61.7 | 14.7 | 17.8 | 14.7 | 68.2 | 91.9 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.3 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.4 | 83 | 95.3 | 56.3 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.6 | 90.5 | 79 | 78.5 | 83 | 95.3 | 55 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 87.1 | 95.6 | 79 | 55.4 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 54.3 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 84.1 | 97 | 93.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 45.8 | 59.2 |
| Lexar NM790 Compare | 89.7 | 93.2 | 53.7 | 55.4 | 93.9 | 95.3 | 49.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
We started tracking prices for this product on Nov 11, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall39.5
- Budget84.8
- Gaming33.1
- Laptop44.5
- Console16.1
- Portable9.8
- Workstation34.3
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