Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Western Digital SN850X

Western Digital SN850X

Western Digital
69 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
Western Digital
71
Console
Samsung
98
Western Digital
70
Gaming
Samsung
98
Western Digital
69
Budget
Samsung
87
Western Digital
61
Laptop
Samsung
77
Western Digital
59
Portable
Samsung
28
Western Digital
20

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROWestern Digital SN850X
Drive
Capacity
8,000
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation5★4
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
7,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
6,600
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
2,400
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
No data
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓✓
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Samsung 9100 PRO

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

Western Digital SN850X

  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong speed (88th percentile)88th %ile
  • Strong endurance (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
  • Below average feature (33rd percentile)

Pricing

Samsung 9100 PRO

Western Digital SN850X

No current pricing available

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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