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Lexar NM790 2TB
- Brand
- Lexar
- Model
- NM790
Lexar NM790 2TB is a DRAM‑less PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD launched June 8, 2023, up to 7400/6500 MB/s and 1500 TBW, with an optional PS5‑compatible heatsink.
Storage performance rankTop 2% of storage drives
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ReleasedJun 2023
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Capacity2 TB
TypeSSD
InterfacePCIe
Read speed7400 MB/s
Write speed6500 MB/s
Form factorM.2
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Product overview
Announced on June 8, 2023, the Lexar NM790 is a PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD line; the 2TB model sits in this Gen4 family and is also offered in a PS5‑ready heatsink variant. It uses a DRAM‑less design with HMB 3.0, a Maxio MAP1602 controller, and 232‑layer TLC NAND, and the 2TB SKU is rated for 1,500 TBW.
Positioned as a mainstream Gen4 TLC drive, it exists to deliver near high‑end speeds (up to 7,400/6,500 MB/s) with lower power and cost. It’s well‑suited as a boot drive, a large game library, PS5 expansion (use the heatsink version), and fast video‑editing scratch space. Not discontinued as of October 2026. Unique: unusually high performance for a DRAM‑less SSD.
Best for
Official product specifications - boot drive
- game library
- PS5 expansion
- video-editing scratch
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Current modelCatalog models
Capacity2 TB
Higher than 51% of storage drives
Read speed7400 MB/s
Higher than 88% of storage drives
Write speed6500 MB/s
Higher than 77% of storage drives
- Capacity
- 2 TB
- Type
- SSD
- Read speed
- 7400 MB/s
- Write speed
- 6500 MB/s
- Form factor
- M.2
- Hardware Interface
- PCIe 4.0 x4
- Data Transfer Rate
- 16000 Mb/s
- Interface
- PCIe
- Tdp
- 9 W