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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
SABRENT Rocket XTRM 5 Thunderbolt 5 (80 Gbps)
Thunderbolt / USB4 · External
4TB
$649
at Walmart.
Lowest tracked price
$0.162
/GB
SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable V3 USB 4 V1 (40 Gbps)
Thunderbolt / USB4 · External
Passive Cooling
4TB
$1,099
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~3+ months ($449)
$0.275
/GB
OWC Express 1M2 USB 4 V2 (80 Gbps)
Thunderbolt / USB4 · External
Passive Cooling
4TB
$1,261
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~1 month ($1179)
$0.315
/GB
Down 7% vs last cycle
OWC Envoy Ultra Thunderbolt 5 (80 Gbps)
Thunderbolt / USB4 · External
Passive Cooling
4TB
$1,379
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.345
/GB
LaCie Rugged SSD4 USB 4 V1 (40 Gbps)
Thunderbolt / USB4 · External
Passive Cooling
4TB
$1,479
at B&H.
Lowest in ~5 days ($1169)
$0.370
/GB
Up 27% vs last cycle
OWC Envoy Pro FX Thunderbolt 4 (40 Gbps)
Thunderbolt / USB4 · External
Passive Cooling
4TB
$1,500
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.375
/GB
Corsair EX400U USB 4 V1 (40 Gbps)
Thunderbolt / USB4 · External
4TB
$1,554
at Corsair Direct.
Lowest in ~28 days ($1544)
$0.389
/GB
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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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