Kingston XS2000 2TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2x2

Kingston XS2000 2TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2x2

Kingston
45 Overall Score
vs
Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Team Group
90 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Kingston
24
Team Group
92
Gaming
Kingston
32
Team Group
88
Console
Kingston
22
Team Group
87
Budget
Kingston
61
Team Group
82
Workstation
Kingston
41
Team Group
81
Portable
Kingston
74
Team Group
24

Specifications

Kingston XS2000Team Group 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
2,000
4,000
Form FactorExternalM.2 2280
InterfaceUSB 3.2 Gen 2x2PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol—NVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✓✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
2,000
7,400
Sequential Write (MB/s)
2,000
6,900
Random Read (IOPS)No data
650,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
660,000
Hardware
NANDTLCSLC★
DRAM Cache—✗
Controller—Maxio
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,000
MTBF (hours)No data
1,600,000
Warranty (years)—3★
Features
Heatsink—✗

Pros & Cons

Kingston XS2000 2TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2x2

  • Strong capacity (79th percentile)
  • Below average random (4th percentile)4th %ile
  • Below average endurance (15th percentile)15th %ile
  • Below average affordability (23rd percentile)

Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong speed (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong random (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Below average affordability (16th percentile)16th %ile

Pricing

Kingston XS2000 2TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 is CA$170 cheaper (1.3x less).

Kingston XS2000 2TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2x20.083score per dollar
vs
Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.126score per dollar

Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 offers 1.5x better value for money

Kingston XS2000 2TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2x2

Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Team Group 4TB SSD

Scores 90 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 17 specs.

Kingston XS2000 Better at:

Portable

Team Group 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsoleWorkstation

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