Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung
80 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk SSD

SanDisk SSD

SanDisk
89 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Samsung
85
SanDisk
93
Workstation
Samsung
76
SanDisk
90
Gaming
Samsung
78
SanDisk
87
Budget
Samsung
81
SanDisk
86
Console
Samsung
75
SanDisk
82
Portable
Samsung
21
SanDisk
23

Specifications

Samsung 990 EVO PlusSanDisk SSD
Drive
Capacity
2,000
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,250
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,300
11,000
Random Read (IOPS)
1,000,000
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)
1,350,000
2,300,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
ControllerSamsung in-house Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
1,200
4,800
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★1
Features
Heatsink✗✗
Hardware Encryption✓★✗

Pros & Cons

Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Strong speed (85th percentile)85th %ile
  • Strong feature (79th percentile)
  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)
  • Below average social proof (28th percentile)

SanDisk SSD

  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong endurance (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong speed (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk SSD

Scores 89 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 18 specs.

SanDisk SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation