Product comparison · 2 internal solid state drives

Kingston Technology A2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D NAND vs Kingston Technology DC450R 480 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III 3D TLC

23specifications compared
14differ
9identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

SSD capacity
- A2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D NAND:250 GB
- DC450R 480 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III 3D TLC:480 GB
SSD form factor
- A2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D NAND:M.2
- DC450R 480 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III 3D TLC:2.5"
Interface
- A2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D NAND:PCI Express 3.0
- DC450R 480 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III 3D TLC:Serial ATA III
Memory type
- A2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D NAND:3D NAND
- DC450R 480 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III 3D TLC:3D TLC
Read speed
- A2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D NAND:2000 MB/s
- DC450R 480 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III 3D TLC:560 MB/s
Write speed
- A2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D NAND:1100 MB/s
- DC450R 480 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III 3D TLC:510 MB/s
Random read (4KB)
- A2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D NAND:150000 IOPS
- DC450R 480 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III 3D TLC:99000 IOPS
Random write (4KB)
- A2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D NAND:180000 IOPS
- DC450R 480 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III 3D TLC:17000 IOPS

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Comparison of A2000, DC450R
39 specifications	A Kingston Technology A2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D NAND Model A2000 View product	B Kingston Technology DC450R 480 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III 3D TLC Model DC450R View product
Features8 differ
SSD capacityDiffers	250 GB	480 GB
SSD form factorDiffers	M.2	2.5"
InterfaceDiffers	PCI Express 3.0	Serial ATA III
Memory typeDiffers	3D NAND	3D TLC
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
Read speedDiffers	2000 MB/s	560 MB/s
Write speedDiffers	1100 MB/s	510 MB/s
Random read (4KB)Differs	150000 IOPS	99000 IOPS
Random write (4KB)Differs	180000 IOPS	17000 IOPS
Read latencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	500 µs
Write latencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2000 µs
S.M.A.R.T. supportKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power loss protectionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
NVMeKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express interface data lanesKnown for one	x4	Unknown — not stated by the source
TBW ratingKnown for one	150	Unknown — not stated by the source
CertificationKnown for one	CE, FCC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power2 differ
Power consumption (read)Differs	1.7 W	1.25 W
Power consumption (max)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4 W
Average power consumption (read)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.25 W
Average power consumption (write)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3.03 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	0.032 W	1.05 W
Power consumption (write)Known for one	4.5 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (average)Known for one	0.08 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	80 mm	69.9 mm
DepthDiffers	22 mm	100 mm
HeightDiffers	3.5 mm	7 mm
WeightDiffers	6.6 g	92.34 g
Other featuresidentical
SSD endurance ratingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	285TB
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	RoHS	Unknown — not stated by the source

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