Lexar 512GB SSD SATA III 2.5"

Lexar 512GB SSD SATA III 2.5"

Lexar
24 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
94 Overall Score

Scores

Console
Lexar
8
Western Digital
95
Gaming
Lexar
17
Western Digital
95
Workstation
Lexar
21
Western Digital
94
Budget
Lexar
66
Western Digital
81
Laptop
Lexar
25
Western Digital
81
Portable
Lexar
7
Western Digital
25

Specifications

Lexar 512GB SSDWestern Digital WD_BLACK SN850X
Drive
Capacity
512
4,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
550
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)No data
6,600
Random Read (IOPS)No data
1,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
1,100,000
Hardware
NAND—TLC★
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,400
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)—3★
Features
Heatsink—✓★

Pros & Cons

Lexar 512GB SSD SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong affordability (77th percentile)
  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average feature (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average speed (20th percentile)20th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average affordability (9th percentile)9th %ile

Pricing

Lexar 512GB SSD SATA III 2.5" is $560 cheaper (7.2x less).

Lexar 512GB SSD SATA III 2.5"0.271score per dollar
vs
Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.145score per dollar

Lexar 512GB SSD SATA III 2.5" offers 1.9x better value for money

Lexar 512GB SSD SATA III 2.5"

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X

Scores 94 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 12 of 16 specs.

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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