OCZ Vertex 4 vs Vector |
Released April, 2012
OCZ Vertex 4
- 512 GB
- 2.5" SATA III
- 24 MB
6.9 Out of 10
by Legit Reviews (Apr, 2012)Both read and write IOPS performance is strong as well, with reads maxing out at 120,000.
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Released November, 2012
OCZ Vector
- 512 GB
- 2.5" SATA III
- 1,024 MB
7.1 Out of 10
by Legit Reviews (Nov, 2012)Thankfully for consumers, it has made an appearance and really gives the existing controllers some fierce competition with amazing performance.
SSDBoss Review Our evaluation of Vertex 4 vs Vector
read performance | |
How quickly data is read from the drive | |
| 4K Random Read, 4K Random Read Access Time and 512K Sequential Read | |
write performance | |
How quickly data is written to the drive | |
| 4K Random Write, 4K Random Write Access Time and 512K Sequential Write | |
real world benchmarks | |
How well the drive performs common tasks | |
| Windows 7 Boot-up Time, Photoshop Lens Filter and AS SSD ISO Copy | |
Benchmarks | |
How well the drive performs on common benchmarks | |
| Passmark Disk Rating, PCMark Vantage, AS SSD Score and 1 more | |
No winner declared
Too close to call
Differences What are the advantages of each
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| Faster 4k random write | 122.36 MB/s | vs | 100.6 MB/s | More than 20% faster 4k random write | |||
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| Faster 512K sequential write | 485.64 MB/s | vs | 382.44 MB/s | More than 25% faster 512K sequential write | |||
| Significantly higher MTBF | 2,000,000 hours | vs | 1,300,000 hours | Around 55% higher MTBF | |||
| Lighter | 101 g | vs | 115 g | More than 10% lighter | |||
| Lower 4k random write access time | 2.04 ms | vs | 2.48 ms | Around 20% lower 4k random write access time | |||
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| Much larger cache | 1,024 MB | vs | 24 MB | Around 42.8x larger cache | |||
| Faster 4k random read | 380.71 MB/s | vs | 236.97 MB/s | More than 60% faster 4k random read | |||
| Higher passmark rating | 4,340 pts | vs | 2,989 pts | More than 45% higher passmark rating | |||
| Faster AS SSD ISO copy | 393.78 MB/s | vs | 263.19 MB/s | Around 50% faster AS SSD ISO copy | |||
| Lower 4k random read access time | 0.66 ms | vs | 1.06 ms | Around 40% lower 4k random read access time | |||
| Thinner thickness | 7 mm | vs | 9 mm | Around 25% thinner thickness | |||
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Benchmarks Real world tests of Vertex 4 vs Vector
4K Random Read
4K Random Write
Windows 7 Boot-up Time
Avg. Power Consumption
4K Random Read Access Time
4K Random Write Access Time
Reviews Word on the street
| Vertex 4 | vs | Vector | ||
 | Vertex 4 | |||
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 | Vector | |||
Overall | Out of 10 | Out of 10 | ||
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