As I’m on the market for a new SSD, I tried to find if there’s a good tier list or comparison of SSD on the web.
You can easily find recommended SSDs on a single search but there are a lot of choices, I mean a lot of it.
After hours of searching, I need something that can easily make my decision faster. You can see below what I found which can also help on your search.
End of the day, SSD will boost your system may it be for gaming or productivity.
NVMe
Tier A (Ultra High-end)
- ADATA – S50 (Phison E16), S70
- Addlink – S90 (Phison E16), S92 (Phison E16)
- Apacer – AS2280Q4 (Phison E16)
- Corsair – MP600 PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16)
- Essencore – ECT455 (Phison E16)
- Galax – HOF 4.0 (Phison E16), HOF 4.0 Extreme (Phison E18)
- Gigabyte – AORUS PCIe 4.0 (Phison E16)
- Goodram – IRDM Ultimate X (Phison E16)
- Inland – Performance (Phison E16)
- KingMax – PX4480 (Phison E16)
- MSI – Lightning (Phison E16)
- Patriot – Viper VP4100 (Phison E16)
- PNY – CS4040 (Phison E16)
- Sabrent – Rocket 4.0 (Phison E16), Rocket 4 Plus (Phison E18), Rocket Q4 (Phison E16)
- Samsung – 970 Pro (Samsung Phoenix), 980 Pro (Samsung Elpis)
- Seagate – FireCuda 520 (Phison E16)
- Silicon Power – US70 (Phison E16)
- Team Group – Cardea Zero Z440 (Phison E16), Cadea Ceramic C440 (Phison E16), Cardea Zero (Phison E16)
- Western Digital – Black SN850 (WD Proprietary), AN 1500 (WD Proprietary)
Tier B (High-end)
- ADATA – SX8200 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), Gammix S11 Pro (SMI SM2262EN), S50 Lite (SMI SM2267), SX8800 Pro (Realtek RTS5762), Spectrix S40G / RGB (Realtek RTS5762), SX8100 (Realtek RTS5762), Gammix S7 (Realtek RTS5762)
- Addlink – S70 (Phison E12), X70 (Phison E12)
- Asgard – AN3 (SMI SM2262EN), AN3+ (Starblaze STAR1000P)
- Asura – Genesis Xtreme (Phison E12)
- Corsair – MP510 (Phison E12)
- Digifast – Ace (Phison E12)
- Galax – HOF (Phison E12)
- Gigabyte – AUROS RGB AIC (Phison E12)
- Hikvision – C2000 (Phison E12)
- HP – EX950 (SMI SM2262EN)
- Inland – Premium (Phison E12)
- KingMax – PX3480 (Phison E12)
- Kingston – KC2000 (SMI SM2262EN), KC2500 (SMI SM2262EN)
- LiteOn – MU X1 (Phison E12)
- Mushkin – Pilot-E (SMI SM2262EN)
- MyDigitalSSD – BPX Pro (Phison E12)
- Patriot – Viper VPN100 (Phison E12), Viper VPR100 (Phison E12)
- Pioneer – APS-SE20G (Phison E12)
- Plextor – M9Pe (Marvell 88SS1093)
- PNY – CS3030 (Phison E12), CS2130 (Phison E12S)
- Toshiba / Kioxia – RD500 (Phison E12S), Exercia Plus (Phison E12S)
- Sabrent – Rocket (Phison E12)
- Samsung – 970 EVO Plus (Samsung Phoenix), 970 EVO (Samsung Phoenix), 960 EVO (Samsung Polaris), 960 Pro (Samsung Polaris)
- SanDisk – Extreme Pro NVMe (WD Proprietary)
- Seagate – BarraCuda 510 (Phison E12), FireCuda 510 (Phison E12)
- Silicon Power – P34A80 (Phison E12)
- SK Hynix – Gold P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus), Platinum P31 (SK Hynix Cepheus)
- Team Group – Cardea II (Phison E12), Cardea Liquid (Phison E12), MP34 (Phison E12), Z340 (SMI SM2262EN)
- Transcend – SSD 220S (SMI SM2262EN)
- Western Digital – Black / SN750 (WD Proprietary)
- Zadak – Spark (Phison E12)
Tier C (Mid-end)
- ADATA – SX8200 (SMI SM2262), Gammix S11 (SMI SM2262), Falcon* (Realtek RTS5762DL) [1]
- Corsair – MP400 (Phison E12S)
- Crucial – P5 (Micron DMO1B2)
- Drevo – D1 Xtreme (SMI SM2262)
- HP– EX920 (SMI SM2262)
- Inland – Platinum (Phison E12S)
- Intel – 760p (SMI SM2262)
- Lexar – NM700 (Marvell 88SS1092)
- Mushkin – Pilot (SMI SM2262)
- Pioneer – APS-SE20Q (Phison E12)
- Plextor – M9P+ (Marvell 88SS1092), M9PeY/G/GN (Marvell 88SS1093)
- Sabrent – Rocket Q (Phison E12S)
- Western Digital – Black 2018 (WD Proprietary)
Tier D (Budget)
- ADATA – SX6000 Pro* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Gammix S5* (Realtek RTS5763DL), SX6000 Lite* (Realtek RTS5763DL), Swordfish* (Realtek RTS5763DL) [1]
- Addlink – S68* (Phison E13T) [1]
- Asgard – AN1/AN2* (SMI SM2263XT) [1]
- Biostar – M700* (SMI SM2263XT) [1]
- Colorful – CN600* (SMI SM2263XT) [1]
- Corsair – MP500 (Phison E7)
- Crucial – P1 (SMI SM2263), P2* (Phison E13T) [1]
- Gigabyte – NVMe v2* (Phison E13T) [1]
- Greenliant – ArmourDrive* (Phison E13T) [1]
- Goodram – PX500* (SMI SM2263XT) [1]
- HP – EX900* (SMI SM2263XT)
- Inland – Pro QLC* (Phison E13T) [1]
- Intel – 660p (SMI SM2263), 665p (SMI SM2263)
- Kingston – A2000 (SMI SM2263)
- KLEVV – KRAS C700 / RGB (SMI SM2263), KRAS C710* (SMI SM2263XT) [1]
- Lexar – NM600* (SMI SM2263XT), NM610* (SMI SM2263XT)
- Mushkin – Enhanced Helix-L* (SMI 2263XT)
- MyDigitalSSD – BPX (Phison E7), SBXe 2nd Gen* (Phison E13T)
- Orico – V500* (SMI SM2263XT) [1]
- Patriot – P300* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T) [1]
- SanDisk – Ultra* (WD Proprietary) [1]
- Silicon Power – P34A60* (SMI SM2263XT)
- TC SUNBOW – NVMe* (SMI SM2263XT)
- Team Group – MP33* (SMI SM2263XT or Phison E13T), Z330* (Phison E13T) [1]
- Toshiba / Kioxia – RC500 (Phison E12S), Exercia (Phison E12C)
- Transcend – SSD 110S* (SMI SM2263XT)
- Verbatim – Vi3000* (Phison E13T)
- Western Digital – SN500* (WD Proprietary), SN550* (WD Proprietary)
Tier E (OKAYish)
- ADATA – SX6000 (Realtek RTS5760), Gammix S10* (SMI SM2260)
- Apacer – AS2290P2 Pro* (Phison E8T) [1]
- Corsair – MP300 (Phison E8)
- Gigabyte – NVMe* (Phison E8T) [1]
- Inland – Basic* (Phison 8T) [1], Professional (Phison E8)
- Kingston – A1000 (Phison E8)
- Lexar – NM500* (Marvell 88NV1160), Lexar NM520 (Phison E8)
- MyDigitalSSD – SBX (Phison E8), SBXe* (Phison 8T)
- Patriot – Scorch (Phison E8)
- Silicon Power – P32A80* (Phison 8T)
- Team Group – MP32 (Phison E8)
SATA
Tier A (High-end)
- Samsung – 850 PRO (Samsung MEX), 860 PRO (Samsung MJX)
- Seagate – Ironwolf 110 (Seagate 500021768)
Tier B (Mid-end)
- ADATA – SX950U (SMI SM2258), SU800 (SMI SM2258), SX850 (SMI SM2258), SU750* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ), SU760* (Realtek RTS5733DMQ)
- Addlink – S20 (Phison S10)
- Corsair – Neutron XTi (Phison S10)
- Crucial – MX500 (SMI SM2258), BX300 (SMI SM2258), MX300 (Marvell 88SS1074), MX200 (Marvell 88SS9189)
- Gigabyte – UD Pro (Phison S10)
- HP – S700 Pro (SMI SM2258)
- Intel – 545s (SMI SM2259), 540s (SMI SM2258)
- Kingston – KC600 (SMI SM2259)
- KLEVV – NX500 (SMI SM2258)
- Lexar – NS200 (SMI SM2258), NM210 (SMI SM2258)
- Micron – 1100 (Marvell 88SS1074), 1300 (Marvell 88SS1074)
- Mushkin – Triactor 3DX (SMI SM2258)
- MyDigitalSSD – BP5e Slim 7 (Phison S10)
- Neo Forza – NFS06 (SMI SM2258)
- PNY – CS1311 (Phison S10)
- SK Hynix – SL308 (SK hynix SH87820BB)
- Samsung – 850 EVO (Samsung MGX), 860 EVO (Samsung MJX), 860 QVO (Samsung MJX), 870 QVO (Samsung MKX)
- Sandisk – Extreme Pro (Marvell 88SS9187), Ultra 3D (Marvell 88SS1074)
- Seagate – Barracuda (Phison S10)
- SK Hynix – Gold S31 ( Quartz SH87830CC)
- Team Group – L5 Lite 3D (SMI SM2258), Delta RGB (SMI SM2258), Vulcan (SMI SM2258)
- Toshiba – Vector 180 (OCZ Barefoot 3 M00)
- Transcend – SSD370* (Transcend TS6500), SSD370S* (Transcend TS6500), SSD430S ( SMI SM2258), SSD830S (SMI SM2258), SSD230S (SMI SM2258)
- Western Digital – Blue 3D (Marvell 88SS1074), Blue (Marvell 88SS1074)
Tier C (Budget)
- ADATA – SU650* (SMI SM2258XT), SU655* (SMI SM2258XT), SP900 (SandForce SF-2281)
- Colorful – SL500* (SMI SM2258XT)
- Crucial – BX500* (SMI SM2258XT), MX100 (Marvell 88SS9189)
- Drevo – X1 Pro* (SMI SM2258XT)
- Gigabyte – SSD* (Phison S11)
- HP – S700* (SMI SM2258XT), M700* (SMI SM2258XT), P600* (SMI SM2258XT)
- KingDian – S280 (SMI SM2258)
- KingSpec – P4* (Maxio MAS0902A)
- Kingston – UV400 (Marvell 88SS1074), KC300 (SandForce SF2281) , UV500 (Marvell 88SS1074)
- Lexar – NS100* (Marvell 88NV1120)
- Mushkin – Source* (SMI SM2258XT), Reactor (SMI SM2258EN), Reactor LT (SMI SM2258EN), Triactor 3DL* (SMI SM2258XT)
- Neo Forza – NFS01* (SMI SM2258XT)
- Patriot – Burst* (Phison S11), P200* (SMI SM2258XT)
- Pioneer – APS-SL3* (Phison S11)
- PNY – CS900* (Phison S11), CS2211* (Phison S11)
- Sandisk – Ultra II (Marvell 88SS9190), Ultra Plus (Marvell SS889175)
- Silicon Power – S55* (SMI SM2258XT), A55* (SMI SM2258XT), A58* (Phison S11)
- TC SUNBOW – X3 (SMI SM2258) [Although some units in USA and Canada ship with a DRAM-less SMI SM2258XT]
- Team Group – Elite GX1* (SMI SM2258XT), Elite GX2* (SMI SM2258XT), MS30* (SMI SM2258XT)
- Toshiba – TR200* (Phison S11)
- Transcend – SSD420S* (SMI SM2258XT), SSD820S* (SMI SM2258XT)
Tier D (OKAYish)
- ADATA – SU630* (Maxio MAS0902A), SU635* (Maxio MAS0902A)
- Addlink – S22* (Phison S11T)
- HP – S600* (Marvell 88NV1120)
- Hyundai – Sapphire* (Marvell 88NV1120)
- Inland – Professional* (Phison S11)
- KingDian – S400* (SMI SM2258XT)
- Kingston – A400* (Phison S11), SSDNow V300* (Sandisk SF-2281), HyperX RGB (Marvell 88SS1074), Q500* (Phison S11T/S13T)
- Sandisk – SSD Plus* (SMI SM2256S)
- Team Group – L5 Lite* (SMI SM2256S), Dark L3 (Phison S8), L3 EVO* (Phison S11)
- Western Digital – Green* (SMI SM2258XT)
EXTERNAL
Tier A (Ultra High-end)
- LaCie – Rugged SSD (Phison E12)
- Patriot – EVLVR 2 (Phison E12)
Tier B (High-end)
- HP – P800* (SMI SM2263) [1]
- LaCie – Rugged SSD (Phison E12)
- Sabrent – Rocket Pro (Phison E12)
- Western Digital – P50 (WD Proprietary)
Tier C (Mid-end)
- ADATA – SE760* (Realtek RTS5763DL) [1], SE800* (Innogrit IG5208) [1]
- HP – P700* (SMI SM2263) [1]
- Lexar – SL100 Pro* (Marvell 88NV1160) [1]
- Mushkin – CarbonX* (SMI SM2263XT)
- Orico – GV100* (SMI SM2263XT) [1]
- Patriot – PXD* (Phison E13T) [1]
- PNY – Pro Elite (Phison E8)
- Sabrent – Rocket Nano* (Phison E13T) [1]
- Samsung – T5 (Samsung MGX), T7* (Samsung Pablo)
- Sandisk – Extreme Portable (Marvell 88SS1074)
- Seagate – Fast SSD (Phison S10)
- Team Group – PD1000* (SMI SM2263XT)
- Transcend – ESD350C* (SMI SM2263XT)
- Western Digital – My Passport SSD (New) (Marvell 88SS1074)
Tier D (Budget / Storage)
- ADATA – SC680* (SMI SM2259XT), SD600Q* (Maxio MAS0902A), SD700 (SMI SM2258)
- Buffalo – SSD-PSMU3 (Phison S10)
- HP – P600* (SMI SM2258XT)
- LaCie – Portable SSD (Phison S10)
- Lexar – SL200* (Marvell 88NV1120)
- Mushkin – Source Q* (SMI SM2259XT)
- PNY – Elite* (Phison S11)
- Seagate – One Touch SSD (Phison S10)
- Silicon Power – Bolt B75 Pro* (Phison S11), PC60* (SM2259XT)
- Team Group – PD400 (SMI SM2258)
You may check the list here. VEXICUS made a great list from LTT Forums.