Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO

Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO

Lexar
87 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital Black SN850X

Western Digital Black SN850X

Western Digital
86 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Lexar
89
Western Digital
86
Gaming
Lexar
88
Western Digital
86
Budget
Lexar
84
Western Digital
88
Console
Lexar
87
Western Digital
85
Laptop
Lexar
78
Western Digital
78
Portable
Lexar
23
Western Digital
22

Specifications

Lexar Professional NM1090 PROWestern Digital Black SN850X
Drive
Capacity
2,000
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation5★4
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,400
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
6,300
Random Read (IOPS)
2,100,000
800,000
Random Write (IOPS)
1,800,000
1,100,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
1,400
600
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓✓
Hardware Encryption—✗

Pros & Cons

Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO

  • Strong random (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong speed (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong feature (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong endurance (89th percentile)89th %ile

Western Digital Black SN850X

  • Strong social proof (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong random (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
  • Strong endurance (88th percentile)88th %ile

Pricing

Western Digital Black SN850X is $185 cheaper (2.0x less).

Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO0.234score per dollar
vs
Western Digital Black SN850X0.461score per dollar

Western Digital Black SN850X offers 2.0x better value for money

Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO

Western Digital Black SN850X

Verdict

★ Winner: Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO

Scores 87 overall, wins 1 of 6 usage categories and 7 of 17 specs.

Lexar Professional NM1090 PRO Better at:

Workstation

Western Digital Black SN850X Better at:

Budget

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