Head-to-head · Best 4-Bay NAS Drives

QNAP TS-464 vs TerraMaster F4-424 Pro

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 (4.4 vs 4.2). 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.

Higher ratedRanked #3 in Best 4-Bay NAS Drives

QNAP TS-464

4.4

$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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Ranked #5 in Best 4-Bay NAS Drives

TerraMaster F4-424 Pro

4.2

$730.99as of Jun 7

The TerraMaster F4-424 Pro is the CPU heavyweight of the media-class 4-bays, built around an 8-core Intel Core i3-N305 with 32GB of DDR5 standard and dual 2.5GbE. Neowin called it the most powerful media-class 4-bay on the market. The trade-offs are TerraMaster's still-maturing TOS software and some build quirks like weak internal airflow and non-locking drive trays.

Strengths

— Powerful 8-core Intel Core i3-N305 CPU, the strongest media-class chip here
— 32GB DDR5 memory standard for VMs and containers
— Dual 2.5GbE ports with link aggregation to 5Gbps

Watch-outs

— TOS software still feels unpolished next to DSM or QTS
— Poor airflow to CPU and NVMe slots can force heatsink removal
— Drive trays do not lock, so a drive can be pulled from a running system

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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.

TerraMaster F4-424 Pro

The F4-424 Pro has the strongest CPU of the 2.5GbE-class units, beating the QNAP TS-464's Celeron and the Synology DS923+'s AMD chip, and matches the QNAP on dual 2.5GbE. But it lacks the 10GbE of the UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus and Asustor Lockerstor 4 Gen3, and its TOS software trails all of them on polish.

Specs side-by-side

Spec	QNAP TS-464	TerraMaster F4-424 Pro
Bays	4	4
CPU	Intel Celeron N5095 quad-core, up to 2.9 GHz	Intel Core i3-N305 8-core, up to 3.8 GHz
RAM	4GB DDR4 (max 16GB)	32GB DDR5 4800MHz
Network	2x 2.5GbE (trunking to 5Gbps)	2x 2.5GbE (LAG to 5Gbps)
NVMe	2x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 3	2x M.2 2280 (PCIe 3.0)
Expansion	1x PCIe Gen 3 slot	—
OS	QNAP QTS	TerraMaster TOS
Ports	HDMI, 4x USB-A	2x USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps
Max Raw Capacity	—	88TB (4x 22TB)

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