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* Product prices and availability are subject to change frequently. Any price and availability information displayed on Amazon at the time of purchase will apply.| Model |
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| Release Date |
March 2021
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date. |
| Series | 980 |
| Capacity | 1000 GB |
| Interface | PCIe Gen3 x4 |
| NVME | Yes |
| Form Factor | M.2-2280 |
| SSD Controller | Samsung Pablo |
| NAND Flash Type | V-NAND MLC |
| Max Sequential Read | Up to 3500 MB/s |
| Max Sequential Write | Up to 3000 MB/s |
(Higher is better)
| Samsung 970 EVO 500GB (83rd) | 108% | |
| WD BLACK SN750 2TB (84th) | 106% | |
| Samsung 960 PRO Series 1TB (85th) | 106% | |
| SanDisk Extreme PRO 1TB (86th) | 105% | |
| WD Black 1TB WDS100T2X0C (87th) | 102% | |
| Samsung 960 EVO Series 1TB (88th) | 101% | |
| Samsung 960 PRO Series 512GB (89th) | ~ | |
| Crucial P5 500GB (89th) | ~ | |
| HP EX950 512GB (91st) | ~ | |
| Sabrent Rocket 500GB (92nd) | ~ | |
| Samsung 980 1TB (92nd) | 100% | |
| HP EX920 M.2 1TB (94th) | 99% | |
| Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB (94th) | 99% | |
| WD_BLACK 1TB SN750 SE (96th) | 99% | |
| Sabrent 4TB Rocket NVMe (97th) | 98% | |
| Intel 670p 1TB (97th) | 98% | |
| Corsair Force Series MP510 960GB CSSD-F960GBMP510B (99th) | 97% | |
| WD BLACK SN750 500GB (100th) | 96% | |
| XPG SX8200 Pro 512GB (101st) | 96% | |
| CORSAIR FORCE Series MP510 1920GB (102nd) | 94% | |
| XPG SX8200 960GB 3D NAND (102nd) | 94% |
Price-to-Performance Analysis:
Samsung once again reminds us why they are a leader in the storage industry, with the best DRAMless SSD on the market.
It has taken a while but at last Samsung has brought out a drive to take the place of the highly successful and popular SSD 970 EVO. Only time will tell if it matches its predecessor’s popularity and it is entering into a fiercely competitive market segment.
The Samsung 980 is a far cry from the 980 Pro. Though that’s to be expected, since it’s a PCIe 3.0 model, it doesn’t do as great a job leading the pack as past Samsung SSDs have done. It’s a strong drive, but just edged out by the competition at pretty much every angle.