Western Digital 8TB SSD vs SanDisk PRO-G40

Western Digital 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
98 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk PRO-G40 2TB Portable Thunderbolt 3

SanDisk PRO-G40 2TB Portable Thunderbolt 3

SanDisk
50 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Western Digital
97
SanDisk
46
Gaming
Western Digital
94
SanDisk
33
Console
Western Digital
94
SanDisk
22
Portable
Western Digital
25
SanDisk
76
Laptop
Western Digital
73
SanDisk
25
Budget
Western Digital
72
SanDisk
60

Specifications

Western Digital 8TB SSDSanDisk PRO-G40
Drive
Capacity
8,000
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280External
InterfacePCIe 4.0Thunderbolt 3
ProtocolNVMe—
PCIe Generation4★—
External✗✓
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,200
2,700
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,600
1,900
Random Read (IOPS)
1,200,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
1,200,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLC★—
DRAM Cache✓★—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
No data
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓★✗
Hardware Encryption—✗

Pros & Cons

Western Digital 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Below average affordability (4th percentile)4th %ile

SanDisk PRO-G40 2TB Portable Thunderbolt 3

  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)
  • Below average random (4th percentile)4th %ile
  • Below average affordability (14th percentile)14th %ile
  • Below average feature (15th percentile)15th %ile

Pricing

Western Digital 8TB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk PRO-G40 2TB Portable Thunderbolt 3

No current pricing available

Verdict

★ Winner: Western Digital 8TB SSD

Scores 98 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 17 specs.

Western Digital 8TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsoleWorkstation

SanDisk PRO-G40 Better at:

Portable

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