Compare 9 4TB+ NVMe SSDs sorted by price per TB. Cheapest: Silicon Power UD90 4TB at $75.00/TB. Gen 4 and Gen 5 options compared. Includes 8TB drives. Updated March 2026.
Cheapest 4TB NVMe: Silicon Power UD90 4TB — $299.99 ($75.00/TB)
Best TLC 4TB: Crucial T500 4TB — $319.99 ($80.00/TB, 7,300 MB/s)
Largest available: Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB — $1,069.99 ($133.75/TB)
| $/TB | $/GB | Price | Capacity | Interface | Gen | Read | Write | NAND | Warranty | Cond. | Product |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $75.00BEST | $0.075 | $299.99 | 4 TB | M.2 NVMe | Gen 4 | 5,000 MB/s | 4,800 MB/s | QLC | 5 yr | New | Silicon Power UD90 4TB |
| $80.00 | $0.080 | $319.99 | 4 TB | M.2 NVMe | Gen 4 | 7,300 MB/s | 6,900 MB/s | TLC | 5 yr | New | Crucial T500 4TB |
| $87.00 | $0.087 | $348.00 | 4 TB | M.2 NVMe | Gen 4 | 7,000 MB/s | 6,000 MB/s | TLC | 5 yr | New | Verbatim Vi7000 4TB |
| $87.50 | $0.087 | $349.99 | 4 TB | M.2 NVMe | Gen 4 | 7,300 MB/s | 6,300 MB/s | TLC | 5 yr | New | WD Black SN850X 4TB |
| $92.50 | $0.092 | $369.99 | 4 TB | M.2 NVMe | Gen 4 | 7,450 MB/s | 6,900 MB/s | TLC | 5 yr | New | Samsung 990 Pro 4TB |
| $117.50 | $0.117 | $469.99 | 4 TB | M.2 NVMe | Gen 5 | 14,900 MB/s | 13,800 MB/s | TLC | 5 yr | New | Crucial T710 4TB |
| $133.75 | $0.134 | $1069.99 | 8 TB | M.2 NVMe | Gen 5 | 14,800 MB/s | 13,000 MB/s | TLC | 5 yr | New | Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB |
| $135.00 | $0.135 | $1079.99 | 8 TB | M.2 NVMe | Gen 4 | 7,300 MB/s | 6,300 MB/s | TLC | 5 yr | New | WD Black SN850X 8TB |
| $150.00 | $0.150 | $599.99 | 4 TB | M.2 NVMe | Gen 5 | 14,800 MB/s | 13,000 MB/s | TLC | 5 yr | New | Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB |
High-capacity NVMe SSDs from 4TB to 8TB represent the best value per terabyte and are ideal for gamers with large libraries, content creators working with 4K/8K footage, or anyone consolidating multiple drives into one. We track 9 drives in this range. As TrendForce continues to project NAND price increases through mid-2026, locking in a high-capacity drive now may save money versus buying later.
The Silicon Power UD90 4TB at $299.99 ($75/TB) is the cheapest 4TB NVMe SSD available in March 2026. It's a QLC drive with 5,000 MB/s sequential reads — perfectly adequate for game storage and general use. The QLC NAND means slower sustained writes after the SLC cache fills (roughly 100GB of continuous writing), but for typical consumer workloads this rarely matters.
For TLC NAND at 4TB, the Crucial T500 4TB ($319.99, $80/TB) is the standout. Tom's Hardware rated it among the best high-capacity Gen 4 drives, with 7,300 MB/s reads, 6,900 MB/s writes, and a 2,400 TBW endurance rating — four times that of comparable QLC drives. The WD Black SN850X 4TB ($349.99) and Samsung 990 Pro 4TB ($369.99) are premium alternatives with marginally different performance profiles. The lesser-known Verbatim Vi7000 4TB at $348.00 uses a Phison E18 controller and offers a solid 7,000/6,000 MB/s at a competitive price.
Two Gen 5 options exist at 4TB. The Crucial T710 4TB ($469.99, $117/TB) uses Phison's PS5026-E26 controller to deliver 14,900 MB/s reads and 13,800 MB/s writes. The Samsung 9100 Pro 4TB ($599.99, $150/TB) uses Samsung's in-house controller and 3D V-NAND. Both are TLC and carry 5-year warranties. For a detailed comparison of all Gen 5 drives, see our NVMe Gen 5 SSD page.
At 4TB, Gen 5 carries a 46-100% price premium over Gen 4. The use case is specific: professional video editors working with multi-stream ProRes RAW or RED footage, data scientists moving large training datasets, or software developers building massive codebases where build times are I/O-bound. For gaming and productivity, independent benchmarks consistently show Gen 4 delivers 90-95% of Gen 5's real-world performance.
2026 introduced the first consumer 8TB NVMe SSDs — a milestone for single-drive capacity. The Samsung 9100 Pro 8TB ($1,069.99, Gen 5) and WD Black SN850X 8TB ($1,079.99, Gen 4) both cost around $134-135/TB. That's a premium over 4TB pricing, reflecting the cutting-edge NAND stacking required (Samsung uses 200+ layer V-NAND) and limited production volumes.
8TB makes sense for: consolidating a multi-drive gaming setup into one drive, professional media libraries (a single 8K RAW camera clip can exceed 100GB), or workstations where M.2 slots are limited. For most consumers, two 2TB drives offer better value and redundancy than one 8TB drive.
4TB and 8TB NVMe SSDs have more NAND packages and can generate more heat under sustained workloads. Gen 4 4TB drives typically consume 5-7W under load; Gen 5 models can reach 10-11W. A motherboard M.2 heatsink is recommended for 4TB drives and strongly recommended for 8TB. Without cooling, sustained writes can trigger thermal throttling — reducing speeds to prevent damage. Most modern motherboards (2022+) include M.2 heatsinks as standard.
A single 4TB drive ($299-370) often costs less than two 2TB drives ($240-280 for two budget models), uses one M.2 slot instead of two, and offers higher sustained write speeds due to more NAND chips working in parallel. The downside: if a 4TB drive fails, you lose everything on it. If you value data safety, two 2TB drives with important files duplicated across both offers better resilience. For pure gaming storage where files can be re-downloaded, a single 4TB drive is the simpler, cheaper option.