Toshiba M.2 2280 XG6 Series PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 5 expert reviews

Excellent:

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Good:

2
Average:

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Bad:

0

Pros:

M.2 2280 single-sided form factor, Sequential throughput, Great power efficiency.
Strong Overall Performance, Class Leading PCMark Results

Cons:

Small SLC cache, You can't buy it separately

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Last revision on June 18, 2019

Reviewers Liked

M.2 2280 single-sided form factor, Sequential throughput, Great power efficiency
Strong Overall Performance, Class Leading PCMark Results

Reviewers Didn't Like

Small SLC cache, You can't buy it separately

Expert reviews and ratings

Toshiba's XG6 M.2 NVMe drive has been designed for the OEM market, destined to be installed into performance laptops, desktop and gaming PCs. Toshiba also envisage the drive being used as boot drives in servers, caching and logging, and commodity...

By Kitguru.net on February 15, 2019

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So where does the Toshiba XG6 sit in our summarised view of the latest NVMe drives that we have reviewed in recent months –NVMe drives Comparison SummaryThe summary includes the following factorsThe best price for the nearest to 0.5 TB version of the...

By MyCE on October 11, 2018

Toshiba's OEM XG6 comes packing the goodness of 3D TLC BiCS flash and a five-year warranty, but you can't buy it at retail. We'll see this design ported over to Toshiba's consumer lineup soon. Toshiba sells flash to other SSD vendors, so we'll see...

By Tom's Hardware on August 29, 2018

Toshiba XG6 NMVe SSD - Find Them At AmazonThe XG6 is yet another strong M.2 NVMe solid state drive to come out of Toshiba. This is the first of Toshiba's solid state drives to leverage 96-Layer BiCS FLASH 3D Flash memory, which offers power, endurance,...

By HotHardware on August 29, 2018

After our cursory examination, it's clear that Toshiba's XG6 drives cut the mustard. We found performance that was comparable to the Samsung 970 Evo in almost every respect, with improved write speeds in many scenarios. That makes the XG6 should be a...

By XSReviews on November 28, 2018

This quick review on the Toshiba XG6 NVMe SSD was mainly to see how a drive with Toshiba's latest 96-layer BiCS 3D TLC NAND Flash memory performs. For a drive targeted at mainstream users we feel that performance was quite nice. The idle power...

By Legit Reviews on November 06, 2018

The Toshiba XG6 NVMe SSD is the first to show off Toshiba's newest 96-Layer BBiCS 3D TLC NAND flash memory and its first showing on our bench was none less than spectacular. It has been shipping to manufacturers for a short time now and we have to say...

By thessdreview.com on October 07, 2018

The Toshiba XG6 only makes one major change over last year's XG5 by introducing 96-layer 3D NAND, so the product as a whole is mostly an incremental improvement. The XG6 builds upon the XG5 in almost every way with no significant regressions in...

By AnandTech on September 13, 2018

Overall I am impressed with the gains Toshiba have made with their SSDs lately. BiCS development was holding them back for a while there, but we now see them benefiting from the fruits of that labor. The XG6 is truly a solid performer, and my only real...

By PCPer on September 06, 2018

The Toshiba XG6 is a single-sided NVMe M.2 SSD designed for client PCs, high-performance mobile devices, gaming and embedded applications. While the XG5 was the first Toshiba drive to leverage the company's 64-layer BiCS 3D flash memory, the XG6 is the...

By StorageReview on September 05, 2018

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