Western Digital Black SN850X 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital Black SN850X 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
86 Overall Score
vs
ADATA SU650 256GB SATA III 2.5"

ADATA SU650 256GB SATA III 2.5"

ADATA
33 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Western Digital
89
ADATA
31
Workstation
Western Digital
86
ADATA
29
Budget
Western Digital
85
ADATA
40
Gaming
Western Digital
84
ADATA
20
Console
Western Digital
80
ADATA
10
Portable
Western Digital
22
ADATA
8

Specifications

Western Digital Black SN850XADATA SU650
Drive
Capacity
1,000
256
Form FactorM.2 22802.5"
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4SATA III
ProtocolNVMeSATA
PCIe Generation4★—
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,300
520
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,300
450
Random Read (IOPS)
800,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
1,100,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★✗
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
600
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
2,000,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink✗—
Hardware Encryption✗—

Pros & Cons

Western Digital Black SN850X 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong random (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong feature (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong endurance (88th percentile)88th %ile

ADATA SU650 256GB SATA III 2.5"

  • Below average speed (17th percentile)17th %ile
  • Below average capacity (18th percentile)18th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)

Pricing

ADATA SU650 256GB SATA III 2.5" is $48 cheaper (1.4x less).

Western Digital Black SN850X 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.463score per dollar
vs
ADATA SU650 256GB SATA III 2.5"0.239score per dollar

Western Digital Black SN850X 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 offers 1.9x better value for money

Western Digital Black SN850X 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

ADATA SU650 256GB SATA III 2.5"

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital Black SN850X

Scores 86 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 17 specs.

Western Digital Black SN850X Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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