10 1 TB NVMe SSDs compared by price per TB, sustained speed, and endurance. Best value picks for gaming, content creation, and PS5. Prices verified July 27, 2026.
This page ranks every 1 TB NVMe SSD we track — Gen 4 and Gen 5 combined — by price per terabyte. All 10 drives are M.2 2280 form factor with Amazon US prices last verified July 27, 2026.
At 1 TB, you're in the sweet spot for both value and capacity. 1 TB drives offer better $/TB ratios than 1 TB options (controller and packaging costs spread over more storage) and better availability than the 4-8 TB range during the 2026 NAND shortage.
The cheapest 1 TB option on this list is the Crucial P510 1TB at $172 ($172.00/TB). The fastest is the Crucial T710 1TB at 14,900 MB/s sequential read.
| Product | Price | $/TB | Read | Write | TBW | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crucial P510 1TB★ Best | $172 | $172.00/TB | 11,000 MB/s | 9,500 MB/s | 600 TBW | ★ 4.4 | Buy → |
| WD Blue SN5100 1TB | $182 | $182.00/TB | 6,600 MB/s | 5,400 MB/s | 600 TBW | ★ 4.5 | Buy → |
| WD_BLACK SN850X 1TB | $220 | $220.00/TB | 7,300 MB/s | 6,300 MB/s | 600 TBW | ★ 4.7 | Buy → |
| Crucial T710 1TB | $227 | $227.00/TB | 14,900 MB/s | 12,000 MB/s | 600 TBW | ★ 4.6 | Buy → |
| Samsung 990 PRO 1TB | $239 | $239.00/TB | 7,450 MB/s | 6,900 MB/s | 600 TBW | ★ 4.7 | Buy → |
| Samsung 990 EVO Plus 1TB | $244 | $244.00/TB | 7,250 MB/s | 6,300 MB/s | 600 TBW | ★ 4.5 | Buy → |
| Samsung 9100 PRO 1TB | $249 | $249.00/TB | 14,700 MB/s | 13,400 MB/s | 600 TBW | ★ 4.6 | Buy → |
| Sabrent Rocket 5 1TB | $259 | $259.00/TB | 14,000 MB/s | 11,600 MB/s | 700 TBW | ★ 4.5 | Buy → |
| Crucial T500 1TB | $275 | $275.00/TB | 7,300 MB/s | 6,800 MB/s | 600 TBW | ★ 4.6 | Buy → |
| TeamGroup Z540 1TB | $290 | $290.00/TB | 12,400 MB/s | 11,800 MB/s | 700 TBW | ★ 4.4 | Buy → |
Beyond capacity, the key specs are: sequential read/write speed (matters for large file transfers, less for gaming), TBW endurance (warranty terabytes written), and whether the drive has DRAM cache or uses HMB (Host Memory Buffer).
For gaming and general productivity, DRAM-less drives perform within 5-10% of DRAM equivalents in real-world tests. The price savings ($20-40) make them worthwhile. For sustained random writes — database operations, professional video editing of multi-GB project files — DRAM matters.