New On sale 13%
Patriot P300
Capacity 256GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 1,700 MB/s
Endurance 80 TBW
48 Overall Score
Price $54
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (84th percentile) 84th
- Strong random (82nd percentile) 82nd
- Strong endurance (66th percentile) 66th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (27th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has held steady over time
72/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 8 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
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) | 1700 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1100 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 290000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 260000 |
Hardware
| DRAM Cache | No |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 80 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Patriot P300 | Crucial T500 | SK Hynix Platinum P41 | SanDisk Optimus GX 7100 | Corsair MP600 Elite | Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 256GB | 1TB | 2TB | 500GB | 1TB | 2TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2230 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 1,700 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | false | true | true | false | false | - |
| Endurance | 80 TBW | 600 TBW | 1200 TBW | 300 TBW | 1200 TBW | 640 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot P300 | 43.3 | 81.5 | 14.1 | 17.2 | 27.3 | 65.9 | 83.8 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 90.2 | 95.9 | 98.9 | 54.6 | 94.3 | 83 | 96.6 |
| SK Hynix Platinum P41 Compare | 82 | 96.3 | 93.6 | 78.5 | 0 | 86 | 58.8 |
| 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 |
| Kingston NV3 SNV3SM3/2T0 Compare | 75.6 | 60.3 | 53.1 | 78.5 | 77.6 | 68.7 | 33.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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