SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
92 Overall Score
vs
Lexar NM990 2TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Lexar NM990 2TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Lexar
82 Overall Score

Scores

Console
SanDisk
93
Lexar
77
Gaming
SanDisk
93
Lexar
80
Workstation
SanDisk
92
Lexar
77
Laptop
SanDisk
80
Lexar
85
Budget
SanDisk
79
Lexar
73
Portable
SanDisk
25
Lexar
21

Specifications

SanDisk 4TB SSDLexar NM990
Drive
Capacity
4,000
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0PCIe 5.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,300
14,000
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,600
10,000
Random Read (IOPS)
1,200,000
2,000,000
Random Write (IOPS)
1,100,000
1,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★✗
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
2,400
1,500
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
1,500,000
Warranty (years)3★—
Features
Heatsink✓★—

Pros & Cons

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (95th percentile)95th %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

Lexar NM990 2TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong speed (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)
  • Strong endurance (77th percentile)
  • Below average affordability (23rd percentile)

Pricing

Lexar NM990 2TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280 is $147 cheaper (1.3x less).

SanDisk 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Lexar NM990 2TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 4TB SSD

Scores 92 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 6 of 16 specs.

SanDisk 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingConsolePortableWorkstation

Lexar NM990 Better at:

Laptop

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