Crucial P310 1TB
Score: 48/100
Crucial P510 2TB
Score: 66/100Rankings
The Crucial P510 2 TB brings Gen5 speeds to a budget-friendly, single-sided package with good power efficiency and solid endurance, but its DRAM-less design and modest performance gain over high-end Gen4 drives limit its appeal for power users.
The Crucial P310 1TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD delivers flagship-class sequential speeds and strong random IOPS in a compact single-sided M.2 2280 form factor, but its modest endurance and lack of hardware encryption limit its appeal for heavy-write or security-focused scenarios.
| Attribute | | |
|---|---|---|
1,000 GBbest | 2 GB | |
7,100 MB/s | 11,000 MB/sbest | |
6,000 MB/s | 9,500 MB/sbest | |
1,000,000 IOPSbest | — | |
1,200,000 IOPSbest | — | |
220 TBW | 1,200 TBWbest | |
5 yearsbest | 5 yearsbest | |
| ↓ lower better | 10 gbest | 30 g |
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| Attribute | | |
|---|---|---|
Performance(3) | ||
Sequential Read Speed (MB/s) | 7100 MB/s | 11000 MB/s |
Sequential Write Speed (MB/s) | 6000 MB/s | 9500 MB/s |
Interface | PCIe Gen4 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
Storage(3) | ||
Capacity (GB) | 1000 GB | 2 GB |
NAND Type | QLC | TLC |
Endurance (TBW) (TBW) | 220 TBW | 1200 TBW |
Design & Build(1) | ||
Weight (g) | 10 g | 30 g |
Products in the top-left offer the best value (high score, low price).
Professional reviewers praise the P310 for its flagship-class sequential speeds, impressive random write IOPS, and cool operation without a heatsink, noting its compact design and 5-year warranty, but consistently flag its modest 220 TBW endurance, DRAM-less architecture, and lack of hardware encryption as drawbacks.
Everyday users are overwhelmingly positive, highlighting the instant boost in system responsiveness, easy installation, and noticeable load-time reductions, with only minor mentions of the missing heatsink.
Professional reviewers rate the P510 at 3.5-3.8/5, praising its solid Gen5 throughput, power efficiency, and low thermal output while noting the performance uplift over premium Gen4 SSDs is modest and the DRAM-less design lags behind flagship Gen5 drives.
Everyday users appreciate the drive's reliability, easy installation in laptops and the PS5, and the noticeable boost in boot and application load times, but some are disappointed that the speed gains over existing Gen4 SSDs aren't as dramatic as expected.
“Everything just feels faster-apps load almost instantly.”
“Installation was simple, drive was detected right away.”
“Noticeably faster load times and better system responsiveness.”
