SIX 11 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
The 14,356 MB/s read and 13,662 MB/s write speeds on this 2TB PCIe 5.0 x4 drive make it one of the fastest M.2 SSDs available, with 2,000K IOPS random performance for heavy multitasking. Its 6nm controller and 3D TLC NAND deliver passive cooling at 73°C and 1.7x better power efficiency than Gen4 rivals, plus a 5-year warranty. Best for gamers and content creators who need top-tier sequential and random speeds for 4K video editing, 8K streaming, or AAA game loading without throttling.
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong random (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong feature (86th percentile) 86th
- Strong user sentiment (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 14356 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 13662 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 2000000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 2000000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
| Controller | 6nm controller |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | SIX 11 | Western Digital Black SN850X | Samsung 9100 PRO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 14,356 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIX 11 | 98.4 | 98.3 | 85.6 | 78.3 | 78.8 | 57.1 | 48.4 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.5 | 95.2 | 89 | 92.5 | 94.6 | 88 | 95.2 |
| Samsung 9100 PRO Compare | 99.1 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 92.5 | 0 | 85.8 | 99.6 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.7 | 90.4 | 92.5 | 28.2 | 93.4 | 86.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 78.8 | 82.8 | 95.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 98.9 | 99.1 | 97.3 | 98.1 | 94.6 | 80.7 | 45.2 |
Usage Scores
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