Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Crucial
76 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
89 Overall Score

Scores

Budget
Crucial
87
SanDisk
72
Console
Crucial
56
SanDisk
86
Workstation
Crucial
58
SanDisk
85
Gaming
Crucial
70
SanDisk
85
Laptop
Crucial
84
SanDisk
66
Portable
Crucial
20
SanDisk
24

Specifications

Crucial P3 PlusSanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100
Drive
Capacity
2,000
8,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
5,000
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
4,200
13,200
Random Read (IOPS)
680,000
2,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)
850,000
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDQLCTLC★
DRAM Cache✗✗
ControllerPhison E31TnCache 4.0
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
440
4,800
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✗✓★
Hardware Encryption✗✓★

Pros & Cons

Crucial P3 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong random (91st percentile)91st %ile
  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)
  • Strong speed (72nd percentile)
  • Below average feature (14th percentile)14th %ile

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong feature (89th percentile)89th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100

Scores 89 overall, wins 4 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 18 specs.

Crucial P3 Plus Better at:

BudgetLaptop

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 Better at:

GamingConsolePortableWorkstation