Crucial SSD
Crucial
88 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital Black SN850X
Western Digital
94 Overall Score
Scores
Laptop
Budget
Gaming
Workstation
Console
Portable
Specifications
| Crucial SSD | Western Digital Black SN850X | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5★ | 4 |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | ||
| Random Write (IOPS) | ||
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✓ | ✓ |
| Controller | Phison E26 | WD 20-82-20035-B1 |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | ||
| MTBF (hours) | No data | |
| Warranty (years) | 5 | 5 |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✓★ | ✗ |
| Hardware Encryption | — | ✗ |
Pros & Cons
Crucial SSD
- Strong feature (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong random (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong speed (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
Western Digital Black SN850X
- Strong social proof (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong random (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong feature (89th percentile)89th %ile
Pricing
Crucial SSD0.359score per dollar
vs
Western Digital Black SN850X0.144score per dollar
Crucial SSD offers 2.5x better value for money
Verdict
Winner: Western Digital Black SN850X
Scores 94 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 3 of 18 specs.
