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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
4TB
$579
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~2 months ($529)
$0.145
/GB
SanDisk Desk Drive USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
4TB
$721
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~1 month ($689)
$0.180
/GB
Up 4% vs last cycle
SanDisk Extreme Portable V3 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 (20 Gbps)
USB 20 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
4TB
$789
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~3+ months ($329)
$0.197
/GB
Down 1% vs last cycle
Transcend ESD410C USB 3.2 Gen2x2 (20 Gbps)
USB 20 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
4TB
$799
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.200
/GB
ADATA SE880 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 (20 Gbps)
USB 20 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
4TB
$833
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~23 days ($826)
$0.208
/GB
Kingston XS2000 USB 3.2 Gen2x2 (20 Gbps)
USB 20 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
4TB
$923
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~15 days ($899)
$0.231
/GB
4TB
$931
/
$1,144
19% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~14 days ($929)
$0.233
/GB
SAMSUNG T7 USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
4TB
$939
/
$1,094
14% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~2 months ($789)
$0.235
/GB
Up 3% vs last cycle
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
SAMSUNG T7 Shield USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
4TB
$1,100
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~14 days ($999)
$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
OWC Envoy Pro FX Thunderbolt 4 (40 Gbps)
Thunderbolt / USB4 · External
Passive Cooling
4TB
$1,500
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.375
/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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