Top M.2 SSDs Performance Rankings

LaptopMedia.com Top M.2 SSDs Performance Rankings

Welcome to our M.2 SSDs Performance Rankings! Here, we’ll add every M.2 SSD we test in our reviews so you can easily choose the best one when upgrading your computer. The SSDs are divided according to their capacity and sorted by Max sequential read speed.

You can buy the SSDs by clicking on their price.

You can check what type of M.2 SSD is supported by your laptop in our Laptop M.2 (NGFF) SSD Compatibility List page.

960 - 1024GB M.2 SSDs

M.2 SSD Model	Gen / Size	Max Seq. Read/Write	IOPS 4K Read/Write	Latency Read/Write	Max Temp	Price
SK Hynix HFS001TEJ9X115N NVMe	Gen 4 / 2280	7.1 / 6.1 GBps	19860 / 52793	0.016 / 0.017 ms	44.00	Check Price
SKHynix HFS001TEJ9X162N NVMe	Gen 4 / 2280	7.1 / 6.3 GBps	19025 / 64889	0.020 / 0.017 ms	46.00	Check Price
KIOXIA XG8 (KXG8AZNV1T02) NVMe	Gen 4 / 2280	7.0 / 5.7 GBps	16943 / 64326	0.038 / 0.016 ms	45.00	Check Price
Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR (NVMe)	Gen 4 / 2280	6.7 / 4.9 GBps	16602 / 38652	0.030 / 0.027 ms	-	Check Price
SKHynix_HFS001TEJ4X112 NVMe	Gen 4 / 2242	5.0 / 4.7 GBps	15182 / 59720	0.028 / 0.101 ms	40.00	Check Price
Micron 2400 MTFDKBA1T0QFM NVMe	Gen 4 / 2280	4.7 / 3.6 GBps	- / -	0.029 / 0.092 ms	50.00	Check Price
Micron 2450 MTFDKBA1T0TFK	Gen 4 / 2280	3.6 / 3.4 GBps	24190 / 90797	0.021 / 0.171 ms	34.00	Check Price
KIOXIA BG5 (SKBG5AZNT1T02) NVMe	Gen 4 / 2280	3.5 / 2.9 GBps	17278 / 54594	0.092 / 0.020 ms	50.00	Check Price
Toshiba XG5 (KXG50ZNV1T02)	Gen 3 / 2280	3.2 / 2.1 GBps	10975 / 30978	0.048 / 0.034 ms	-	Check Price

480 - 512GB M.2 SSDs

M.2 SSD Model	Gen / Size	Max Seq. Read/Write	IOPS 4K Read/Write	Latency Read/Write	Max Temp	Price
KIOXIA (XG8) KXG8AZNV512G NVMe	Gen 4 / 2280	7.0 / 5.0 GBps	15844 / 57512	0.053 / 0.018 ms	52.00	Check Price
WD PC SN810 SDCQNRY-512G-1201 NVMe	Gen 4 / 2280	6.9 / 4.4 GBps	18635 / 62084	0.046 / 0.015 ms	36.00	Check Price
Western Digital PC SN810	Gen 4 / 2280	6.9 / 4.5 GBps	18635 / 62084	0.046 / 0.015 ms	36.00	Check Price
Micron 3400 MTFDKBA512TFH NVMe	Gen 4 / 2280	6.7 / 4.4 GBps	15247 / 52793	0.031 / 0.020 ms	34.00	Check Price
WD PC SN740 SDDQNQD-512G-1201 NVMe	Gen 4 / 2280	5.1 / 4.0 GBps	18006 / 61142	0.042 / 0.016 ms	39.00	Check Price
WD PC SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-1006 (NVMe)	Gen 4 / 2280	5.1 / 4.0 GBps	18773 / 76892	0.033 / 0.016 ms	56.00	Check Price
SK Hynix BC901 512GB NVMe	Gen 4 / 2230	4.9 / 4.6 GBps	15884 / 67703	0.036 / 0.095 ms	37.00	Check Price
Micron 2400 MTFDKBA512QFM	Gen 4 / 2280	4.3 / 1.8 GBps	15552 / 77610	0.040 / 0.092 ms	47.00	Check Price
Samsung PM9B1 MZVL4512HBLU (NVMe)	Gen 4 / 2280	3.6 / 2.5 GBps	18504 / 39927	0.036 / 0.029 ms	43.00	Check Price
Micron 2450 MTFDKCD512QFM-1BD1AABLA (NVMe)	Gen 4 / 2230	3.4 / 1.8 GBps	- / -	0.041 / 0.119 ms	-	Check Price
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKCD512TFK	Gen 4 / 2242	3.2 / 3.1 GBps	22211 / 71379	0.033 / 0.167 ms	53.00	Check Price
Lite-On CA3 8D512-Q11	Gen 3 / 2280	3.18 / 1.66 GBps	9864 / 25136	0.171 / 0.041 ms	-	Check Price
Toshiba XG5 KXG50ZNV512G (NVMe)	Gen 3 / 2280	3.13 / 0.46 GBps	8425 / 29661	0.055 / 0.046 ms	-	Check Price
Intel Pro 6000p (NVMe)	Gen 3 / 2280	1.83 / 0.59 GBps	7792 / 28266	0.075 / 0.033 ms	-	Check Price
Intel 600p (NVMe)	Gen 3 / 2280	1.63 / 0.55 GBps	8480 / 34960	0.050 / 0.027 ms	-	Check Price
SK Hynix SC308 (SATA)	2280	0.50 / 0.45 GBps	5468 / 18852	0.053 / 0.199 ms	-	Check Price

240 - 256GB M.2 SSDs

M.2 SSD Model	Gen / Size	Max Seq. Read/Write	IOPS 4K Read/Write	Latency Read/Write	Max Temp	Price
SK hynix SC300 HFS256GD9MNE-6200A (NVMe)	Gen 3 / 2280	3.19 / 0.92 GBps	11000 / 26180	0.060 / 0.053 ms	-	Check Price
Samsung PM961 (NVMe)	Gen 3 / 2280	3.16 / 1.21 GBps	13944 / 34826	0.042 / 0.027 ms	-	Check Price
SK Hynix PC401 (NVMe)	Gen 3 / 2280	2.63 / 0.82 GBps	9363 / 20733	0.037 / 0.050 ms	-	Check Price
Toshiba XG3 THNSN5256GPU7 TO (NVMe)	Gen 3 / 2280	2.58 / 1.21 GBps	9521 / 27646	0.050 / 0.037 ms	-	Check Price
LiteOn CA1 8D256 (NVMe)	Gen 3 / 2280	2.48 / 0.98 GBps	9666 / 18057	0.051 / 0.061 ms	-	Check Price
Intel SSD 760p / PEKKW256G8L (NVMe)	Gen 3 / 2280	2.35 / 1.03 GBps	13340 / 24671	0.047 / 0.048 ms	-	Check Price
Samsung SM951 (NVMe)	Gen 3 / 2280	2.24 / 1.29 GBps	11320 / 28450	0.057 / 0.034 ms	-	Check Price
Samsung PM951 MZVLV2560 (NVMe)	Gen 3 / 2280	1.58 / 0.31 GBps	- / -	0.121 / 0.035 ms	-	Check Price
Samsung CM871a (SATA)	2280	0.53 / 0.50 GBps	10881 / 31265	0.033 / 0.043 ms	-	Check Price
Samsung 850 EVO (SATA)	2	0.51 / 0.47 GBps	11600 / 30683	0.033 / 0.028 ms	-	Check Price

120 - 128GB M.2 SSDs

M.2 SSD Model	Gen / Size	Max Seq. Read/Write	IOPS 4K Read/Write	Latency Read/Write	Max Temp	Price
LiteOn CV1-8B128 (SATA)	2280	0.56 / 0.18 GBps	- / -	0.086 / - ms	-	Check Price
Intel SSD Pro 5450s / SSDSCKKF128G8 (SATA)	2280	0.55 / 0.15 GBps	7872 / 17239	0.088 / 0.061 ms	-	Check Price
Samsung CM871 (SATA)	2280	0.51 / 0.13 GBps	4375 / 7724	0.096 / 0.129 ms	-	Check Price