New On sale 48%
Kioxia XG6
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,050 MB/s
45 Overall Score
Price $47
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (83rd percentile) 83rd
Cons
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
- Below average endurance (30th percentile)
- Below average feature (32nd percentile)
What owners think
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78/100Our AI sentiment read
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 256 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3050 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1550 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 355000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 365000 |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Kioxia XG6 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 | Corsair MP600 Elite | MSI SPATIUM M560 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 500GB | 1TB | 1TB | 500GB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,050 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 10,300 MB/s | 6,800 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | - | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | false | false | - | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 3000 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kioxia XG6 | 53.5 | 82.5 | 32.3 | 17.2 | 43 | 30 | 54.3 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.2 | 95.9 | 98.9 | 54.6 | 94.3 | 83 | 96.6 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 Compare | 90.8 | 95.5 | 53.1 | 25.8 | 77.6 | 88 | 54.1 |
| Corsair MP600 Elite Compare | 82 | 60.3 | 53.1 | 54.6 | 0 | 94.4 | 96.6 |
| MSI SPATIUM M560 Compare | 94.9 | 60.3 | 35.6 | 54.6 | 77.6 | 94.4 | 56.1 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 Compare | 78.5 | 92.6 | 53.1 | 25.8 | 0 | 99.6 | 17.9 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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