USB4 & Thunderbolt 5 SSD Enclosures

Here you will find tests of the fastest USB4 and TB 5 NVMe SSD enclosures. Ideal for content creators, gamers, and professionals who want to efficiently manage large amounts of data. A fast PCIe 5.0 SSD is installed in the test enclosure (WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB) to achieve the maximum performance of the enclosure.

Number of tested M.2 SSD enclosures: 8
Product name Image Read Write Score WeightDimensions (LxWxH) Price Test Shop
LC-Power LC-M2-C-USB4 LC-M2-C-USB4
3834 MB/s
3791 MB/s
3025 4.48 oz 4.65 x 1.97 x 0.51 in 66 $
ORICO X50 ORICO-X50-SV-BP
6235 MB/s
6072 MB/s
3560 6.14 oz 4.33 x 2.36 x 0.74 in n/a
OSCOO XT6 XT6
3833 MB/s
3790 MB/s
3020 4.66 oz 4.02 x 1.93 x 0.71 in 80 $
OWC Express 1M2 80G OWCUS4V2EXP1M2
6239 MB/s
6071 MB/s
3532 9.84 oz 0.52 x 0.28 x 0.09 in 175 $
TerraMaster D1 SSD Pro D1 SSD Pro
6239 MB/s
6068 MB/s
3513 10.51 oz 4.76 x 2.28 x 1.46 in 212 $
UGREEN D700 55316
3834 MB/s
3791 MB/s
3010 8.36 oz 4.80 x 2.60 x 1.06 in 74 $
Wavlink RapidFire-T5 WL-UTE51
6237 MB/s
6067 MB/s
3536 6.88 oz 4.80 x 2.24 x 0.75 in 170 $

Test Environment

A high-end PC built in 2026 is used as the test system. It features a motherboard with an Intel Z890 chipset, which supports Thunderbolt 5 and enables transfer speeds of up to 80 Gb/s.