New On sale 27%
Lexar NM790
Capacity 2TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
Read Speed 6,500 MB/s
NAND TLC
Endurance 1500 TBW
80 Overall Score
Price $330
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong endurance (91st percentile) 91st
- Strong speed (83rd percentile) 83rd
- Strong capacity (79th percentile) 79th
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 2000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 6500 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 7400 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 1000000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 900000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 1500 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Lexar NM790 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Western Digital Black SN850X | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| 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 | 6,500 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 1500 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexar NM790 | 83.3 | 91.9 | 53.1 | 78.5 | 90.6 | 51.3 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.1 | 96.8 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 86 | 96.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.5 | 96.2 | 98.9 | 78.5 | 83 | 99.7 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.5 | 93.2 | 93.6 | 78.5 | 92.8 | 96.6 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 87.8 | 94.6 | 88.6 | 92.9 | 88 | 96.6 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.8 | 94.6 | 93.6 | 92.9 | 95.2 | 96.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From $330
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