PCIe 5.0 SSDs

51 drives in stock, from $0.151/GB (Samsung 990 EVO Plus 4TB), with a typical price of $0.210/GB. Prices from several retailers, updated daily. Sorted by value; sort by price per GB to see the cheapest space.

Every drive here runs on PCIe 5.0, on four lanes or two. A x2 drive uses half the lanes, so it reaches about Gen4 x4 speed.

$200
100/100
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.200/GB
Read
14,000
TBW
740
Buy
$628
100/100
Size
4TB
Per GB
$0.157/GB
Read
14,100
TBW
2,400
Buy
$650
100/100
Size
4TB
Per GB
$0.163/GB
Read
14,000
TBW
3,000
Buy
$360
100/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.180/GB
Read
14,000
TBW
1,400
Buy
$679
100/100
Size
4TB
Per GB
$0.170/GB
Read
12,400
TBW
2,400
Buy
$374
100/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.187/GB
Read
12,400
TBW
1,200
Buy
$375
100/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.188/GB
Read
14,000
TBW
1,400
Buy
$710
100/100
Size
4TB
Per GB
$0.178/GB
Read
14,000
TBW
2,800
Buy
$380
100/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.190/GB
Read
14,000
TBW
1,480
Buy
$230
100/100
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.230/GB
Read
14,000
TBW
700
Buy
$389
100/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.194/GB
Read
14,500
TBW
1,200
Buy
$604
90/100
Size
4TB
Per GB
$0.151/GB
Read
7,250
TBW
2,400
Buy
$400
100/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.200/GB
Read
14,700
TBW
1,200
Buy
$400
100/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.200/GB
Read
14,500
TBW
1,200
Buy
$249
100/100
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.249/GB
Read
14,700
TBW
600
Buy
$250
100/100
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.250/GB
Read
14,900
TBW
600
Buy
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.253/GB
Read
11,700
TBW
600
Buy
$254
100/100
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.254/GB
Read
13,600
TBW
600
Buy
$790
100/100
Size
4TB
Per GB
$0.198/GB
Read
14,500
TBW
2,400
Buy
$650
90/100
Size
4TB
Per GB
$0.163/GB
Read
14,000
TBW
3,000
Buy
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.215/GB
Read
14,700
TBW
2,000
Buy
$350
90/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.175/GB
Read
14,000
TBW
1,200
Buy
$350
90/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.175/GB
Read
10,000
TBW
1,200
Buy
$212
90/100
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.212/GB
Read
7,150
TBW
600
Buy
$212
90/100
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.212/GB
Read
11,000
TBW
600
Buy
$263
100/100
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.263/GB
Read
14,900
TBW
600
Buy
$835
100/100
Size
4TB
Per GB
$0.209/GB
Read
14,900
TBW
2,400
Buy
$839
100/100
Size
4TB
Per GB
$0.210/GB
Read
12,400
TBW
3,000
Buy
$850
100/100
Size
4TB
Per GB
$0.213/GB
Read
14,000
TBW
3,000
Buy
$370
90/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.185/GB
Read
14,000
TBW
1,400
Buy
$370
90/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.185/GB
Read
7,250
TBW
1,200
Buy
$370
90/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.185/GB
Read
10,300
TBW
1,200
Buy
$277
100/100
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.277/GB
Read
11,700
TBW
600
Buy
Size
4TB
Per GB
$0.221/GB
Read
14,800
TBW
4,000
Buy
$2,150
100/100
Size
8TB
Per GB
$0.269/GB
Read
14,900
TBW
4,800
Buy
$2,250
100/100
Size
8TB
Per GB
$0.281/GB
Read
14,800
TBW
4,800
Buy
$400
88/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.200/GB
Read
5,000
TBW
1,200
Buy
$321
100/100
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.321/GB
Read
11,700
TBW
700
Buy
$994
100/100
Size
4TB
Per GB
$0.249/GB
Read
14,800
TBW
2,400
Buy
$2,419
100/100
Size
8TB
Per GB
$0.302/GB
Read
14,800
TBW
8,000
Buy
$550
100/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.275/GB
Read
14,900
TBW
1,200
Buy
$460
90/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.230/GB
Read
10,000
TBW
1,200
Buy
$200
75/100
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.200/GB
Read
10,000
TBW
600
Buy
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.382/GB
Read
14,200
TBW
1,000
Buy
Size
4TB
Per GB
$0.304/GB
Read
14,900
TBW
2,400
Buy
$320
90/100
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.320/GB
Read
10,000
TBW
600
Buy
$399
100/100
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.399/GB
Read
9,500
TBW
1,000
Buy
$662
100/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.331/GB
Read
12,400
TBW
1,400
Buy
$397
75/100
Size
2TB
Per GB
$0.199/GB
Read
10,000
TBW
1,200
Buy
$349
90/100
Size
1TB
Per GB
$0.349/GB
Read
9,500
TBW
700
Buy
$755
57/100
Size
4TB
Per GB
$0.189/GB
Read
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x4 and x2 are different drives

A PCIe 5.0 x4 drive uses four lanes and is rated up to about 14,000 MB/s. A x2 drive uses two, which lands it around Gen4 speed, and is sold mainly for its low price and for boards that share lanes. 4 of the drives here are x2; the Interface filter separates them.

What Gen5 costs over Gen4

Median price per gigabyte of drives in stock today, same capacity, four lanes each:

CapacityPCIe 4.0PCIe 5.0Premium
1TB$0.209/GB (57)$0.254/GB (15)+22%
2TB$0.165/GB (59)$0.192/GB (16)+17%
4TB$0.162/GB (34)$0.197/GB (13)+22%

Figures in brackets are the number of drives behind each median.

Is Gen5 worth it?

For games, rarely. Loading is mostly small random reads, where Gen5 and good Gen4 drives are close, so the difference in load times is small. Gen5 pays off in long sequential work: copying large files, video editing, and moving big projects. Check that your motherboard has a Gen5 M.2 slot first: in a Gen4 slot a Gen5 drive runs at Gen4 speed. Most Gen5 drives also run hot and ship with, or need, a heatsink.

See how SSD prices are moving on the storage price tracker.

All PCIe 5.0 SSDs (51)

Every drive on this page as a plain list, grouped by capacity.

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