Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

Western Digital
95 Overall Score
vs
Lexar NM620

Lexar NM620

Lexar
49 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Western Digital
99
Lexar
51
Budget
Western Digital
98
Lexar
44
Gaming
Western Digital
95
Lexar
40
Workstation
Western Digital
95
Lexar
49
Console
Western Digital
91
Lexar
19
Portable
Western Digital
26
Lexar
12

Specifications

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850XLexar NM620
Drive
Capacity
4,000
256
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 3.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation4★3
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,300
3,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,600
3,000
Random Read (IOPS)
1,200,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
1,100,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★—
ControllerWD 20-82-20035-B1—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
2,400
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
No data
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✗—
Hardware Encryption✗—

Pros & Cons

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

  • Strong social proof (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong feature (89th percentile)89th %ile

Lexar NM620

  • Strong social proof (70th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (18th percentile)18th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

Scores 95 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 18 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation