Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital SSD

Western Digital SSD

Western Digital
36 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
Western Digital
33
Console
Samsung
98
Western Digital
16
Gaming
Samsung
97
Western Digital
32
Budget
Samsung
87
Western Digital
32
Laptop
Samsung
76
Western Digital
40
Portable
Samsung
27
Western Digital
10

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROWestern Digital SSD
Drive
Capacity
8,000
250
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 3.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation5★3
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
3,100
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
No data
Random Read (IOPS)
2,200,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLC★—
DRAM Cache✓★—
ControllerSamsung in-house Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
No data
Warranty (years)5★—
Features
Heatsink✓★✗
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Samsung 9100 PRO

  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile

Western Digital SSD

  • Strong social proof (96th percentile)96th %ile
  • Below average capacity (13th percentile)13th %ile
  • Below average feature (14th percentile)14th %ile
  • Below average endurance (14th percentile)14th %ile

Pricing

Samsung 9100 PRO

Western Digital SSD

No current pricing available

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 13 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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