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Patriot P300
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 1,700 MB/s
43 Overall Score
Price $81
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong social proof (80th percentile) 80th
Cons
- Below average feature (14th percentile)
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 1700 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1100 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 260000 |
Hardware
| Controller | SMI 2263XT |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Patriot P300 | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 | Corsair MP700 Elite | Western Digital BLACK SN850X | SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 | 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 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 1,700 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 10,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | false | false | false |
| Endurance | - | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 600 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patriot P300 | 44.2 | 44.8 | 14.1 | 33.9 | 56.9 | 79.6 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 54.7 | 85.8 | 99.6 |
| Crucial T500 CT1000T500SSD5 Compare | 90.7 | 96.2 | 99 | 54.7 | 82.9 | 95.6 |
| Corsair MP700 Elite Compare | 94.8 | 96.5 | 85.6 | 54.7 | 87.1 | 95.6 |
| Western Digital BLACK SN850X Compare | 85.1 | 92.5 | 93.8 | 54.7 | 87.7 | 95.6 |
| SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850X Compare | 88.2 | 95.8 | 78.4 | 54.7 | 99.2 | 35.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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