12 4 TB NVMe SSDs compared by price per TB, sustained speed, and endurance. Live Amazon prices. Best value picks for gaming, content creation, and PS5.
This page ranks every 4 TB NVMe SSD we track — Gen 4 and Gen 5 combined — by price per terabyte. All 12 drives are M.2 2280 form factor with prices verified weekly from Amazon US.
At 4 TB, you're in the sweet spot for both value and capacity. 4 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 4 TB option on this list is the Lexar NM790 4TB at $269 ($67.25/TB). The fastest is the WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB at 14,900 MB/s sequential read.
| Product | Price | $/TB | Read | Write | TBW | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexar NM790 4TB★ Best | $269 | $67.25/TB | 7,400 MB/s | 6,500 MB/s | 3,000 TBW | ★ 4.4 | Buy → |
| TeamGroup MP44 4TB | $279 | $69.75/TB | 7,400 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s | 3,000 TBW | ★ 4.4 | Buy → |
| Crucial P310 4TB | $299 | $74.75/TB | 7,100 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s | 1,760 TBW | ★ 4.4 | Buy → |
| WD_BLACK SN7100 4TB | $319 | $79.75/TB | 7,000 MB/s | 6,700 MB/s | 2,400 TBW | ★ 4.6 | Buy → |
| WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB | $359 | $89.75/TB | 7,300 MB/s | 6,600 MB/s | 2,400 TBW | ★ 4.7 | Buy → |
| Samsung 990 PRO 4TB | $389 | $97.25/TB | 7,450 MB/s | 6,900 MB/s | 2,400 TBW | ★ 4.7 | Buy → |
| Samsung 990 EVO Plus 4TB | $419 | $104.75/TB | 7,250 MB/s | 6,300 MB/s | 2,400 TBW | ★ 4.6 | Buy → |
| Sabrent Rocket 5 4TB | $739 | $184.75/TB | 14,000 MB/s | 11,600 MB/s | 2,800 TBW | ★ 4.4 | Buy → |
| Crucial T705 4TB | $749 | $187.25/TB | 14,500 MB/s | 12,700 MB/s | 2,400 TBW | ★ 4.5 | Buy → |
| Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB | $769 | $192.25/TB | 14,800 MB/s | 13,400 MB/s | 2,400 TBW | ★ 4.7 | Buy → |
| Samsung 9100 PRO w/ Heatsink 4TB | $799 | $199.75/TB | 14,800 MB/s | 13,400 MB/s | 2,400 TBW | ★ 4.7 | Buy → |
| WD_BLACK SN8100 4TB | $829 | $207.25/TB | 14,900 MB/s | 11,000 MB/s | 2,400 TBW | ★ 4.6 | 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.