New On sale 40%
Lexar SSD 2.5"
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor 2.5"
Interface SATA III
Read Speed 520 MB/s
NAND MLC
Endurance 128 TBW
38 Overall Score
Price $60
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (86th percentile) 86th
- Strong endurance (74th percentile) 74th
- Strong feature (72nd percentile) 72nd
Cons
- Below average speed (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average social proof (35th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Protocol | SATA |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 520 |
Hardware
| NAND | MLC |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 128 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Lexar SSD | Crucial T500 | Samsung 990 EVO | Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 2TB | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5" | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | SATA III | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 520 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 5,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | MLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | false | false | true | - |
| Endurance | 128 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 640 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexar SSD | 14.4 | 22.4 | 72.1 | 17.8 | 74.3 | 34.9 | 85.7 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 91.4 | 96.7 | 98.9 | 55.4 | 83 | 95.3 | 56.2 |
| Samsung 990 EVO Compare | 72.6 | 90.5 | 79 | 78.5 | 83 | 95.3 | 55.4 |
| Western Digital WD Blue SN5100 Compare | 87.1 | 95.6 | 79 | 55.4 | 88.1 | 95.3 | 54.4 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 84.1 | 97 | 93.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 45.8 | 59.1 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 77.7 | 61.7 | 53.7 | 78.5 | 69.8 | 87.1 | 22.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Price History
Usage Scores
- Overall37.6
- Budget73.7
- Gaming22.1
- Laptop32.6
- Console10.3
- Portable7.5
- Workstation38
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