Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Crucial 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 NVMe

Crucial 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 NVMe

Crucial
91 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
Crucial
81
Console
Samsung
97
Crucial
81
Gaming
Samsung
97
Crucial
84
Laptop
Samsung
75
Crucial
89
Budget
Samsung
87
Crucial
83
Portable
Samsung
27
Crucial
22

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROCrucial 2TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
8,000
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 5.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation55
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
14,500
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
12,700
Random Read (IOPS)
2,200,000
1,550,000
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
1,800,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★✗
ControllerSamsung in-house Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
1,200
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
No data
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink✓★✗
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

Samsung 9100 PRO 8TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

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

Crucial 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 NVMe

  • Strong speed (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong random (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong user sentiment (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong feature (86th percentile)86th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 10 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingConsolePortableWorkstation

Crucial 2TB SSD Better at:

Laptop