Kioxia XG6 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Kioxia XG6 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Kioxia
35 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
92 Overall Score

Scores

Console
Kioxia
14
SanDisk
93
Gaming
Kioxia
30
SanDisk
92
Workstation
Kioxia
34
SanDisk
92
Laptop
Kioxia
38
SanDisk
80
Budget
Kioxia
62
SanDisk
79
Portable
Kioxia
9
SanDisk
25

Specifications

Kioxia XG6SanDisk 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
512
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4PCIe 4.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation34★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
3,100
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
2,800
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,100,000
Hardware
NAND—TLC★
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)—3★
Features
Heatsink—✓★

Pros & Cons

Kioxia XG6 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong affordability (75th percentile)
  • Below average social proof (1st percentile)1st %ile
  • Below average feature (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average capacity (34th percentile)

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average affordability (9th percentile)9th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 4TB SSD

Scores 92 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 12 of 16 specs.

SanDisk 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation