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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 |
September 2020
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date. |
Series | 980 PRO |
Capacity | 250 GB |
Interface | PCIe Gen4 x4 |
NVME | Yes |
Form Factor | M.2-2280 |
SSD Controller | Samsung Elpis |
NAND Flash Type | Samsung V-NAND |
Max Sequential Read | Up to 6400 MB/s |
Max Sequential Write | Up to 2700 MB/s |
(Higher is better)
HP EX950 1TB (60th) | 104% | |
Crucial P5 2TB (60th) | 104% | |
XPG SX8200 Pro 1TB (62nd) | 102% | |
Samsung 960 PRO Series 1TB (62nd) | 102% | |
WD BLACK SN750 1TB (64th) | 101% | |
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB (65th) | 101% | |
SanDisk Extreme PRO 1TB (65th) | 101% | |
Seagate FireCuda 510 2TB (67th) | 101% | |
Sabrent Rocket 500GB (68th) | ~ | |
Samsung 970 EVO 500GB (69th) | ~ | |
Samsung 980 PRO 250GB (70th) | 100% | |
Samsung 960 PRO Series 2TB (71st) | 99% | |
HP EX920 M.2 1TB (72nd) | 98% | |
Samsung 960 PRO Series 512GB (73rd) | 97% | |
WD BLACK SN750 2TB (74th) | 97% | |
WD Black 1TB WDS100T2X0C (75th) | 96% | |
Crucial P5 500GB (76th) | 94% | |
HP EX950 512GB (77th) | 93% | |
Samsung 980 1TB (78th) | 92% | |
Intel 670p 1TB (78th) | 92% | |
Sabrent 4TB Rocket NVMe (80th) | 90% |
This is an impressive entry into the PCI-E 4.0 realm for Samsung, with the move to 3-bit NAND, however logical, a little disappointing for a product with the PRO name. We’re living in a TLC/QLC world now, and Samsung’s adoption of 3-bit NAND for their flagship likely signals the end of 2-bit MLC in consumer drives.
The Samsung 980 Pro is the NVMe SSD you want--if you're rocking PCIe 4 (Ryzen-exclusive as of this writing). For more common PCIe 3-equipped systems, it's still a great drive, but not significantly better than the lower-priced competition.
It’s been a long old while since we’ve seen a high-end Samsung NVMe SSD and it has certainly been worth the wait as the SSD980 PRO has put the company firmly back in the spotlight in the high performance consumer market space.