ADATA Ultimate SU650

ADATA Ultimate SU650

ADATA
41 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital BLACK SN850X

Western Digital BLACK SN850X

Western Digital
86 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
ADATA
35
Western Digital
86
Budget
ADATA
57
Western Digital
86
Gaming
ADATA
26
Western Digital
84
Console
ADATA
14
Western Digital
84
Laptop
ADATA
42
Western Digital
77
Portable
ADATA
11
Western Digital
22

Specifications

ADATA Ultimate SU650Western Digital BLACK SN850X
Drive
Capacity
512
1,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
520
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
450
6,350
Random Read (IOPS)No data
800,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,100,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✗
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
600
MTBF (hours)
2,000,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)35★
Features
Heatsink—✗
Hardware Encryption—✗

Pros & Cons

ADATA Ultimate SU650

  • Strong social proof (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Below average speed (17th percentile)17th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average capacity (34th percentile)

Western Digital BLACK SN850X

  • Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong random (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong endurance (88th percentile)88th %ile

Pricing

ADATA Ultimate SU650 is $107 cheaper (2.4x less).

ADATA Ultimate SU650

Western Digital BLACK SN850X

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital BLACK SN850X

Scores 86 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 17 specs.

Western Digital BLACK SN850X Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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