SK hynix PC611 (OEM) 512 GB vs Kioxia XG6 (OEM) 512 GB

Short answer: which is best?

SK hynix PC611 (OEM) 512 GB is 9 % stronger than Kioxia XG6 (OEM) 512 GB. SK hynix PC611 (OEM) 512 GB ranks #26 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (9,315 Drive score over 2 verified runs). Kioxia XG6 (OEM) 512 GB ranks #28 of 54 measured system drives at WhatFPS (8,543 Drive score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 3 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricSK hynix PC611 (OEM) 512 GBKioxia XG6 (OEM) 512 GB
Drive score (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS)9,3158,543
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)5,41212,713
Sequential read2,122 MB/s2,462 MB/s
4K IOPS14,35310,404
4K latency, median (lower is better)67 µs88 µs
TypeNVMe SSDNVMe SSD
Size512 GB512 GB

What the numbers mean

The drive score is the system drive's measured performance in the rigs it sat in — sequential read and 4K IOPS, unbuffered. PCIe generation, fill level and driver affect it. GAMING is the whole rig's score. We show both and never mix them.

All numbers come from our benchmark suite, the same test on every PC, written in Rust with no middleware. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

All measurements for SK hynix PC611 (OEM) 512 GB · All measurements for Kioxia XG6 (OEM) 512 GB