Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Lexar
88 Overall Score
vs
Micron 4TB SSD

Micron 4TB SSD

Micron
96 Overall Score

Scores

Console
Lexar
87
Micron
95
Gaming
Lexar
88
Micron
94
Workstation
Lexar
91
Micron
89
Laptop
Lexar
77
Micron
82
Budget
Lexar
79
Micron
82
Portable
Lexar
23
Micron
26

Specifications

Lexar Professional NM1090 PROMicron 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
2,000
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 5.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation55
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,000
14,500
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,000
13,800
Random Read (IOPS)
2,100,000
2,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)
1,800,000
2,300,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★✗
Controller6nm ControllerMicron
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
1,400
2,400
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,500,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓✓
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong speed (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong feature (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong endurance (91st percentile)91st %ile
  • Below average affordability (24th percentile)

Micron 4TB SSD

  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong feature (90th percentile)90th %ile
  • Below average affordability (12th percentile)12th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Micron 4TB SSD

Scores 96 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 7 of 18 specs.

Micron 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortable