Question NVME card: will a PCIe Gen3x4 card work in a Gen3x2 slot?

[o4sure]

I have a Lenovo Ideapad 530S-15IKB laptop which contains a Western Digital PC SN520 SDAPMUW-256G NVME drive. This drive has the following specs:

256GB M.2 2242 S3-B-M​

Interface PCIe Gen3 x2 NVMe v1.3​

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I would like to replace my NVME with a 480GB to 512GB drive. I have my eye on an open box Sabrent Rocket Nano SB-1342-512 512GB NVME drive but I'm not sure if it's compatible. The Sabrent drive has the following specs:

512GB M.2 2242 PCIe 3.1 Compliant / NVMe 1.3 Compliant​

Interface PCIe PCIe Gen3 x 4​

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Will the Sabrent NVME fit into the M.2 slot in my Ideapad? I don't know enough about this stuff but I think a PCIe Gen3 x 4 card won't go into a PCIe Gen3 x 2 slot. TIA to all who reply.

 

[Eximo]

Should work, just won't deliver the maximum performance.

 

[o4sure]

Should work, just won't deliver the maximum performance.

That's OK. I just need more storage space. I understand the performance is limited by the laptop's PCIe bus speed. Thanks for the reply.