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Lexar NM790 8TB vs Western Digital Black SN850X 8TB

One of these solid state drives has left our live dataset, so this head-to-head can no longer be kept current — we've archived it rather than show you stale numbers. Build the comparison you want, with today's data, below.

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Lexar NM790 8TB +1% · Performance index

Capability by task

Lexar NM790 8TBWestern Digital Black SN850X 8TB
System DriveSS
Game & File StorageSS
Heavy Creative WorkSS

Key specifications

Lexar NM790 8TBWestern Digital Black SN850X 8TB
Read Speed7400 MB/s7300 MB/s
Sequential write6500 MB/s6600 MB/s
Host interfaceM.2 PCIe 4.0 x4M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4
Form factorM.2-2280M.2-2280

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