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Kioxia XG6
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,050 MB/s
38 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (83rd percentile) 83rd
Cons
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
- Below average endurance (30th percentile)
- Below average feature (32nd percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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78/100Our AI sentiment read
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) | 3050 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1550 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 355000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 365000 |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kioxia XG6 | Samsung 9100 PRO | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 8TB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB |
| 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 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,050 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 4800 TBW | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kioxia XG6 | 55 | 83.4 | 32.3 | 17 | 44.3 | 29.9 | 44.9 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 98.1 | 0 | 85.8 | 95.6 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 88.2 | 95 | 93.8 | 92.6 | 94.9 | 80.9 | 95.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.2 | 79 | 82.9 | 95.6 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 93.7 | 93.8 | 78.2 | 66.7 | 93.8 | 95.6 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.5 | 96.3 | 52.9 | 92.6 | 64.9 | 95.4 | 88.5 |
Usage Scores
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