SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100

SanDisk
81 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital SSD

Western Digital SSD

Western Digital
55 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
SanDisk
85
Western Digital
57
Workstation
SanDisk
84
Western Digital
57
Gaming
SanDisk
83
Western Digital
44
Console
SanDisk
77
Western Digital
20
Budget
SanDisk
73
Western Digital
49
Portable
SanDisk
21
Western Digital
12

Specifications

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100Western Digital SSD
Drive
Capacity
1,000
256
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 3.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation5★3
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,900
3,150
Sequential Write (MB/s)
11,000
2,100
Random Read (IOPS)
1,600,000
270,000
Random Write (IOPS)
2,400,000
280,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
600
200
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★—
Features
Heatsink✗—
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100

  • Strong random (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong feature (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong speed (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong endurance (88th percentile)88th %ile

Western Digital SSD

  • Strong random (82nd percentile)82nd %ile
  • Strong endurance (79th percentile)
  • Below average capacity (17th percentile)17th %ile

Pricing

Western Digital SSD is $150 cheaper (2.5x less).

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 81000.326score per dollar
vs
Western Digital SSD0.552score per dollar

Western Digital SSD offers 1.7x better value for money

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100

Western Digital SSD

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100

Scores 81 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 17 specs.

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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