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Pricing

CATALOG
Class average, best price per GB:
SATA
$0.138
→ Holding (+2.9% since last reported)
Gen 4
$0.184
→ Holding (0.0% since last reported)
Gen 5
$0.199
→ Holding (−2.5% since last reported)
Snapshot Nov 2, 2026
Sorting all capacities by $/GB favors larger drives. Pick a capacity to compare like with like.
Drive
Capacity
Best price
$/GB
vs Class
Trend
SanDisk Portable USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
2TB
$259
/
$273
5% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~1 month ($250)
$0.130
/GB
Up 1% vs last cycle
2TB
$269
/
$299
10% OFF
at Amazon.
Low was $249
$0.135
/GB
27% below the average best Gen 4 price ($0.184/GB)
Up 8% vs last cycle
SanDisk Portable V3 USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
2TB
$319
/
$405
21% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~23 days ($289)
$0.160
/GB
Down 25% vs last cycle
Kingston XS1000 USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
2TB
$380
/
$434
12% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~14 days ($299)
$0.190
/GB
Up 12% vs last cycle
Kingston XS2000 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 (20 Gbps)
USB 20 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
2TB
$380
/
$434
12% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~14 days ($299)
$0.190
/GB
Up 12% vs last cycle
2TB
$399
/
$449
11% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.200
/GB
9% above the average best Gen 4 price ($0.184/GB)
Down 11% vs last cycle
SAMSUNG T7 USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
2TB
$421
/
$479
12% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~28 days ($383)
$0.211
/GB
2TB
$449
/
$489
8% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.225
/GB
2TB
$451
/
$507
11% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~28 days ($395)
$0.226
/GB
23% above the average best Gen 4 price ($0.184/GB)
SAMSUNG 9100 PRO NVMe PCIe Gen5 (128 Gbps)
PCIe Gen5 · M.2 2280
Heatsink
2TB
$499
/
$709
30% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~23 days ($554)
$0.250
/GB
26% above the average best Gen 5 price ($0.199/GB)
Up 6% vs last cycle
2TB
$509
/
$549
7% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.255
/GB
38% above the average best Gen 4 price ($0.184/GB)
Down 7% vs last cycle
SAMSUNG T7 Shield USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
2TB
$517
/
$574
10% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~28 days ($510)
$0.259
/GB
2TB
$569
/
$609
7% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.285
/GB
55% above the average best Gen 4 price ($0.184/GB)
Down 7% vs last cycle
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About the Scores
Every drive in our catalog meets a minimum performance bar; drives below it aren't listed. The score answers one question: how much of its interface's potential does this drive actually deliver? It's based on published read and write speeds, whether smaller capacities keep the same write speed, and whether the drive has a DRAM cache, each measured against the best drive on the same interface. Because scores are relative to the interface, a Gen3 drive and a Gen5 drive can both score near 10 even though the Gen5 drive is much faster. To compare like with like, filter by interface class.

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