Samsung 8TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2
Samsung
98 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk WD Blue SN5100 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
SanDisk
58 Overall Score
Scores
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Laptop
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Portable
Specifications
| Samsung 8TB SSD | SanDisk WD Blue SN5100 | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5★ | 4 |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | ||
| Random Write (IOPS) | ||
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC★ | QLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✓★ | ✗ |
| Controller | In-House Controller | — |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | ||
| MTBF (hours) | ||
| Warranty (years) | 5 | 5 |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✓★ | ✗ |
| Hardware Encryption | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
Samsung 8TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2
- Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Below average affordability (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average user sentiment (29th percentile)
SanDisk WD Blue SN5100 500GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong random (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong endurance (88th percentile)88th %ile
- Strong speed (79th percentile)
- Strong affordability (69th percentile)
- Below average social proof (8th percentile)8th %ile
- Below average feature (15th percentile)15th %ile
- Below average capacity (27th percentile)
Verdict
Winner: Samsung 8TB SSD
Scores 98 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 18 specs.