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 |
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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 | - | $99.99 |
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 | $89.55 |
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 |
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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 | $45.99 |
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 | $44.99 |
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 | $57.95 |
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 | - | $57.95 |
Micron 2450 512GB MTFDKCD512TFK | Gen 4 / 2242 | 3.2 / 3.1 GBps | 22211 / 71379 | 0.033 / 0.167 ms | 53.00 | $74.90 |
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 | - | $49.00 |
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 |
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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 | - | $74.00 |
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 | - | $79.99 |
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 |
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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 |