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Samsung 256GB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 5,600 MB/s
NAND TLC
42 Overall Score
Price $65
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong affordability (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong speed (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (18th percentile)
- Below average social proof (26th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 5600 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 6000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung 256GB SSD | Crucial T500 | Western Digital Black SN850X | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | Kingston KC3000 SKC3000S/512G | SanDisk Optimus 5100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 1TB | 2TB | 512GB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 5,600 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 7,100 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | QLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | false | - |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 400 TBW | 1200 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung 256GB SSD | 77.5 | 61.4 | 53.6 | 17.5 | 14.7 | 25.6 | 79.3 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.9 | 96.3 | 98.9 | 54.9 | 82.8 | 95.2 | 57.6 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 85.3 | 92.9 | 89 | 54.9 | 88 | 95.2 | 50.2 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 83.5 | 96.6 | 93.5 | 78.3 | 85.9 | 46.5 | 60.2 |
| Kingston KC3000 SKC3000S/512G Compare | 77.5 | 89 | 78.8 | 34.2 | 92.6 | 86.9 | 55 |
| SanDisk Optimus 5100 Compare | 86.5 | 95.2 | 14.5 | 54.9 | 95.3 | 86.9 | 53.8 |
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