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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 Desk Drive USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
8TB
$899
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.112
/GB
Down 5% vs last cycle
SanDisk WD_BLACK D30 Game Drive USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
2TB
$231
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~9 days ($192)
$0.116
/GB
Up 20% vs last cycle
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
$272
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.136
/GB
Down 14% vs last cycle
Buffalo SSD-SAO USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · Flash Drive
1TB
$149
/
$159
6% OFF
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.149
/GB
Buffalo SSD-SAO USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · Flash Drive
2TB
$299
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.150
/GB
SanDisk Portable V3 USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
2TB
$299
at B&H.
Lowest in ~20 days ($289)
$0.150
/GB
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SanDisk Portable V3 USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
1TB
$159
/
$189
16% OFF
at Best Buy.
Lowest tracked price
$0.159
/GB
Lexar ES3 USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
2TB
$329
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~23 days ($299)
$0.165
/GB
Kingston XS1000 USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
2TB
$339
at Walmart.
Lowest in ~1 month ($299)
$0.170
/GB
SanDisk Portable USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
1TB
$173
at Walmart.
Lowest in ~1 month ($165)
$0.173
/GB
Up 10% vs last cycle
Lexar SL300 USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
2TB
$349
/
$399
13% OFF
at Best Buy.
Lowest in ~28 days ($269)
$0.175
/GB
Up 6% vs last cycle
SanDisk WD_BLACK D30 Game Drive USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
500GB
$90
at Newegg.
Lowest tracked price
$0.180
/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 WD My Passport USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
2TB
$369
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~15 days ($299)
$0.185
/GB
Down 23% vs last cycle
SanDisk WD_BLACK D30 Game Drive USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
1TB
$187
at Newegg.
Lowest tracked price
$0.187
/GB
Transcend ESD310 USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · Flash Drive
Passive Cooling
1TB
$189
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.189
/GB
SanDisk Portable V3 USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
500GB
$99
/
$119
17% OFF
at Best Buy.
Lowest tracked price
$0.198
/GB
Lexar ES3 USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
1TB
$199
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~23 days ($179)
$0.199
/GB
SAMSUNG T7 USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
2TB
$399
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~15 days ($369)
$0.200
/GB
Up 3% vs last cycle
Seagate One Touch USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
2TB
$405
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~23 days ($313)
$0.203
/GB
Up 24% vs last cycle
Transcend ESD310 USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · Flash Drive
Passive Cooling
2TB
$409
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.205
/GB
Seagate One Touch USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
1TB
$211
at Amazon.
Lowest tracked price
$0.211
/GB
Down 1% vs last cycle
SanDisk WD My Passport USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps)
USB 10 Gbps · External
Passive Cooling
1TB
$219
at Amazon.
Lowest in ~15 days ($199)
$0.219
/GB
Up 5% 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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