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Asustor Lockerstor 4 Gen3 (AS6804T) vs QNAP TS-464

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

The short answer

QNAP TS-464 comes out ahead by a narrow margin (4.3 vs 4.4). The gap is mostly about 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.

Asustor Lockerstor 4 Gen3 (AS6804T)
Ranked #4 in Best 4-Bay NAS Drives
Asustor Lockerstor 4 Gen3 (AS6804T)
$1,319.99as of Jun 7

The Asustor Lockerstor 4 Gen3 (AS6804T) is the no-compromise power-user pick, with an AMD Ryzen V3C14, ECC DDR5, dual 10GbE plus dual 5GbE, USB4, and four M.2 slots. TechRadar measured 3.1–3.5 GB/s using both 10GbE ports and USB4 together. The catch is the $1,299 diskless price, which TechRadar called a tough pill when capable 4-bays cost around $800 less.

Strengths
  • — AMD Ryzen V3C14 with ECC DDR5 is the most powerful CPU here
  • — Dual 10GbE plus dual 5GbE ports for up to 30GbE of bandwidth
  • — Two USB4 Type-C ports at up to 40Gbps for Thunderbolt storage
Watch-outs
  • — At $1,299 diskless, it is more than twice the price of midrange rivals
  • — Total cost climbs fast once you add drives and SSDs
  • — Overkill for typical home file-storage and backup needs
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QNAP TS-464
Higher ratedRanked #3 in Best 4-Bay NAS Drives
QNAP TS-464
$639as of Jun 7

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
  • — Intel Celeron N5095 handles Plex HEVC/H.265 transcoding well
  • — Two M.2 NVMe slots plus a PCIe Gen 3 expansion slot
Watch-outs
  • — 4GB base RAM is tight for VMs, surveillance or heavy multitasking
  • — QTS interface is powerful but busier than rivals
  • — 2.5GbE needs compatible switch gear most homes lack
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How they stack up

Asustor Lockerstor 4 Gen3 (AS6804T)

The Lockerstor 4 Gen3 is the performance king, with a stronger CPU and far more networking (dual 10GbE + dual 5GbE) than the UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus, Synology DS923+, QNAP TS-464 or TerraMaster F4-424 Pro. Its price is also more than double theirs, so it only makes sense when you genuinely need the throughput.

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.

Specs side-by-side

SpecAsustor Lockerstor 4 Gen3 (AS6804T)QNAP TS-464
Bays44
CPUAMD Ryzen V3C14 with ECC supportIntel Celeron N5095 quad-core, up to 2.9 GHz
RAM16GB DDR5-4800 ECC (max 64GB)4GB DDR4 (max 16GB)
Network2x 10GbE + 2x 5GbE2x 2.5GbE (trunking to 5Gbps)
NVMe4x M.2 slots2x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3
USB2x USB4 Type-C (40Gbps)—
OSAsustor ADMQNAP QTS
Ports3x USB-A 3.2 Gen 2HDMI, 4x USB-A
Expansion—1x PCIe Gen 3 slot
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