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TerraMaster F4-424 Pro 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.

The short answer

UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus comes out ahead by a narrow margin (4.2 vs 4.4). The gap is mostly about Value-focused home and prosumer users who already have 10GbE networking and want maximum hardware for the money. — read the strengths below before deciding.

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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Higher ratedRanked #2 in Best 4-Bay NAS Drives

UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus

4.4

$619.99as of Jun 7

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, which reviewers agree is improving fast but still trails the maturity of Synology and QNAP software.

Strengths

— 10GbE plus 2.5GbE networking included out of the box
— 12th-gen Intel Pentium Gold 8505 5-core CPU is far faster than rivals' chips
— 8GB DDR5 RAM, expandable to 64GB for VMs and containers

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

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How they stack up

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.

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

Spec	TerraMaster F4-424 Pro	UGREEN NASync DXP4800 Plus
Bays	4	4
CPU	Intel Core i3-N305 8-core, up to 3.8 GHz	Intel Pentium Gold 8505 (12th gen, 5-core)
RAM	32GB DDR5 4800MHz	8GB DDR5 (max 64GB)
Network	2x 2.5GbE (LAG to 5Gbps)	1x 10GbE + 1x 2.5GbE
NVMe	2x M.2 2280 (PCIe 3.0)	2x M.2 NVMe slots
Max Raw Capacity	88TB (4x 22TB)	Up to 136TB
OS	TerraMaster TOS	UGOS Pro (128GB SSD)
Ports	2x USB 3.2 Gen2 10Gbps	USB-C + USB-A, HDMI

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