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QNAP TS-464 vs UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus

Which is the better buy? Side-by-side on rating, price, strengths, and watch-outs — with the published ratings we averaged to get there.

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The short answer

QNAP TS-464 comes out ahead by a clear margin (4.5 vs 3.7). QNAP TS-464 is best for: Plex media-server and home-lab users who want strong hardware transcoding and stock 2.5GbE at a reasonable price. Read the strengths below before deciding.

QNAP TS-464
Higher ratedRanked #1 in Best 4-Bay NAS Drives
QNAP TS-464
2 sources$639as of Oct 16

The QNAP TS-464 is the Plex-and-transcoding sweet spot, pairing an Intel Celeron N5095 with dual 2.5GbE ports, two M.2 NVMe slots and a PCIe expansion slot. StorageReview called it great value for SMBs and home users at its base price and praised its HEVC transcoding. The 4GB base RAM is the main pinch point, and QTS, while deep, is busier than the competition's software.

Strengths
  • — Dual 2.5GbE ports out of the box with port trunking to 5Gbps
  • — Two M.2 NVMe slots plus a PCIe Gen 3 expansion slot
  • — HDMI output for direct media playback
Watch-outs
  • — Past QNAP security advisories make hardening important
UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus
Ranked #5 in Best 4-Bay NAS Drives
UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus
2 sources$656.99as of Oct 11

The UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus is the clearest value proposition in the category, pairing a 12th-gen Intel Pentium Gold 8505 with 10GbE and 2.5GbE networking and 8GB of DDR5 out of the box. ITPro found it among the fastest enclosures it tested on ATTO benchmarks. The catch is UGOS: KitGuru and PetaPixel both found its app catalogue sparse next to what Synology and QNAP offer, and ITPro judged it capable but lacking the depth of Synology's DiskStation Manager.

Strengths
  • — 10GbE plus 2.5GbE networking included out of the box
  • — 8GB DDR5 RAM, expandable to 64GB for VMs and containers
  • — OS preinstalled on a dedicated 128GB SSD, unusual at this price
Watch-outs
  • — UGOS software is less mature than Synology DSM or QNAP QTS
  • — Newer vendor with a shorter track record in NAS
  • — App ecosystem still trails the established players

How they stack up

QNAP TS-464

The TS-464 ships with 2.5GbE like the TerraMaster F4-424 Pro, beating the Synology DS923+'s stock 1GbE, but it trails the 10GbE on the UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus and Asustor Lockerstor 4 Gen3. Its Celeron handles Plex transcoding better than the Synology's AMD chip but not as strongly as the UGREEN's Pentium.

UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus

The DXP4800 Plus is the hardware-value leader, beating the Synology DS923+ and QNAP TS-464 on CPU and including 10GbE that the DS923+ charges extra for. It costs far less than the Asustor Lockerstor 4 Gen3 while offering similar 10GbE, and its DDR5 CPU outclasses the TerraMaster F4-424 Pro's, though its UGOS software is less polished than all of them.

Specs side-by-side

SpecQNAP TS-464UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus
Bays44
CPUIntel Celeron N5095 quad-core, up to 2.9 GHzIntel Pentium Gold 8505 (12th gen, 5-core)
RAM4GB DDR4 (max 16GB)8GB DDR5 (max 64GB)
Network2x 2.5GbE (trunking to 5Gbps)1x 10GbE + 1x 2.5GbE
NVMe2x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 32x M.2 NVMe slots
Expansion1x PCIe Gen 3 slot—
OSQNAP QTSUGOS Pro (128GB SSD)
PortsHDMI, 4x USB-AUSB-C + USB-A, HDMI
Max Raw Capacity—Up to 136TB
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