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.
120 - 128GB M.2 SSDs
| # | M.2 SSD Model | Max Seq. Read/Write |
IOPS 4K Read/Write |
Latency Read/Write |
Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
LiteOn CV1-8B128
|
0.56 / 0.18 GBps | - / - | 0.086 / - ms | Check Price |
| 2 |
Intel SSD Pro 5450s / SSDSCKKF128G8 (SATA)
|
0.55 / 0.15 GBps | 7872 / 17239 | 0.088 / 0.061 ms | Check Price |
| 3 |
Samsung CM871
|
0.51 / 0.13 GBps | 4375 / 7724 | 0.096 / 0.129 ms | Check Price |
240 - 256GB M.2 SSDs
| # | M.2 SSD Model | Max Seq. Read/Write |
IOPS 4K Read/Write |
Latency Read/Write |
Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
SK hynix SC300 HFS256GD9MNE-6200A (NVMe)
|
3.19 / 0.92 GBps | 11000 / 26180 | 0.060 / 0.053 ms | Check Price |
| 2 |
Samsung PM961 (NVMe)
|
3.16 / 1.21 GBps | 13944 / 34826 | 0.042 / 0.027 ms | $63.95 |
| 3 |
SK Hynix PC401 (NVMe)
|
2.63 / 0.82 GBps | 9363 / 20733 | 0.037 / 0.050 ms | Check Price |
| 4 |
Toshiba XG3 THNSN5256GPU7 TO (NVMe)
|
2.58 / 1.21 GBps | 9521 / 27646 | 0.050 / 0.037 ms | $99.95 |
| 5 |
LiteOn CA1 8D256 (NVMe)
|
2.48 / 0.98 GBps | 9666 / 18057 | 0.051 / 0.061 ms | Check Price |
| 6 |
Intel SSD 760p / PEKKW256G8L (NVMe)
|
2.35 / 1.03 GBps | 13340 / 24671 | 0.047 / 0.048 ms | $57.99 |
| 7 |
Samsung SM951 (NVMe)
|
2.24 / 1.29 GBps | 11320 / 28450 | 0.057 / 0.034 ms | $219.98 |
| 8 |
Samsung PM951 MZVLV2560 (NVMe)
|
1.58 / 0.31 GBps | - / - | 0.121 / 0.035 ms | Check Price |
| 9 |
Samsung CM871a (SATA III)
|
0.53 / 0.50 GBps | 10881 / 31265 | 0.033 / 0.043 ms | Check Price |
| 10 |
Samsung 850 EVO (SATA)
|
0.51 / 0.47 GBps | 11600 / 30683 | 0.033 / 0.028 ms | Check Price |
480 - 512GB M.2 SSDs
| # | M.2 SSD Model | Max Seq. Read/Write |
IOPS 4K Read/Write |
Latency Read/Write |
Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Lite-On CA3 8D512-Q11
|
3.18 / 1.66 GBps | 9864 / 25136 | 0.171 / 0.041 ms | Check Price |
| 2 |
Toshiba XG5 KXG50ZNV512G (NVMe)
|
3.13 / 0.46 GBps | 8425 / 29661 | 0.055 / 0.046 ms | Check Price |
| 3 |
Intel Pro 6000p
|
1.83 / 0.59 GBps | 7792 / 28266 | 0.075 / 0.033 ms | Check Price |
| 4 |
Intel 600p (NVMe)
|
1.63 / 0.55 GBps | 8480 / 34960 | 0.050 / 0.027 ms | $79.99 |
| 5 |
SK Hynix SC308 (SATA)
|
0.50 / 0.45 GBps | 5468 / 18852 | 0.053 / 0.199 ms | $124.98 |
