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Acer FA100 vs ADATA Legend 800: Comparison
What is the difference between Acer FA100 and ADATA Legend 800?
Start with sequential read, because it is the widest measured gap between them: Acer FA100 3300 MB/s against ADATA Legend 800 3500 MB/s, 6% in favour of ADATA Legend 800. Sequential write is closer, 2700 MB/s on the Acer FA100 versus 2800 MB/s on the ADATA Legend 800. They differ on bus interface too, PCIe 3.0 x4 on the Acer FA100 versus PCIe 4.0 x4 on the ADATA Legend 800. Nand layers runs the same way, 64 on the Acer FA100 versus 128 on the ADATA Legend 800, another win for ADATA Legend 800. They differ on dram cache too, DRAM-less on the Acer FA100 versus DRAM-less with HMB on the ADATA Legend 800. Controller is not the same on both, IG5216 on the Acer FA100 versus IG5220 on the ADATA Legend 800. There is a split on nand vendor as well, Micron on the Acer FA100 versus YMTC on the ADATA Legend 800.
Who each one is for
The Acer FA100 is the one to take for everyday laptops and desktops with a PCIe 3.0 M.2 slot. It also earns its place with budget upgrades needing 2000 GB of NVMe storage in a standard M.2 2280 slot. It is the wrong buy for anyone wanting PCIe 4.0 speeds, since this drive tops out at 3300 MB/s reads.
What Acer FA100 and ADATA Legend 800 have in common
Where they agree, they agree completely, capacity, nand type, form factor, drive type and controller vendor included, so the decision does not turn on any of those.
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Specs and benchmarks
Speed Score
- Acer FA100
- 6.4/10Best
- ADATA Legend 800
- 6.4/10Best
How fast this drive is, rated from its read and write speeds, cache and NAND type. 10 is the fastest.
Brand
- Acer FA100
- Acer
- ADATA Legend 800
- ADATA
Model Number
- Acer FA100
- Acer FA100 (Micron B27B)
- ADATA Legend 800
- ADATA Legend 800 (IG5220 + YMTC TLC CDT1B 512Gb)
Series
- Acer FA100
- FA100
- ADATA Legend 800
- Legend 800
Drive Type
- Acer FA100
- Internal
- ADATA Legend 800
- Internal
Bus Interface
- Acer FA100
- PCIe 3.0 x4
- ADATA Legend 800
- PCIe 4.0 x4
Form Factor
- Acer FA100
- M.2 2280
- ADATA Legend 800
- M.2 2280
Capacity
- Acer FA100
- 2000 GB
- ADATA Legend 800
- 2000 GB
Sequential Read
- Acer FA100
- 3300 MB/s-6%
- ADATA Legend 800
- 3500 MB/s
Sequential Write
- Acer FA100
- 2700 MB/s-4%
- ADATA Legend 800
- 2800 MB/s
Controller
- Acer FA100
- IG5216
- ADATA Legend 800
- IG5220
Controller Vendor
- Acer FA100
- InnoGrit
- ADATA Legend 800
- InnoGrit
DRAM Cache
- Acer FA100
- DRAM-less (HMB)
- ADATA Legend 800
- DRAM-less with HMB
NAND Type
- Acer FA100
- TLC
- ADATA Legend 800
- TLC
NAND Vendor
- Acer FA100
- Micron
- ADATA Legend 800
- YMTC
NAND Layers
- Acer FA100
- 64-50%
- ADATA Legend 800
- 128
Which one should you pick?
Choose Acer FA100 if you want the higher capacity (2000 GB vs 2000 GB).
Choose ADATA Legend 800 if you want the higher sequential read (3500 MB/s vs 3300 MB/s), the higher sequential write (2800 MB/s vs 2700 MB/s) and the higher NAND layers (128 vs 64).