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Samsung PM981 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,000 MB/s
37 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (29th percentile)
- Below average capacity (35th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has cooled since launch
72/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 12 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1800 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung PM981 | Western Digital Black SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Crucial T500 | SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 | Seagate FireCuda 530R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 4TB | 4TB | 2TB | 8TB | 4TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,000 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | false |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 4000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW | 5050 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung PM981 | 56.6 | 61.7 | 14.7 | 34.6 | 28.5 | 14.7 | 47.9 | 63.9 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.9 | 95.7 | 89.4 | 92.6 | 94.6 | 88.2 | 95.3 | 10.5 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.9 | 90.8 | 92.6 | 28.5 | 93.6 | 87 | 6.3 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 94 | 96.9 | 99 | 78.5 | 78.4 | 83.1 | 95.3 | 19.6 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 98.9 | 99.3 | 97.6 | 98.2 | 94.6 | 81 | 44.5 | 3.3 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R Compare | 92.9 | 96.8 | 53.8 | 92.6 | 64.5 | 95.7 | 77.2 | 6.6 |
Usage Scores
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