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
SanDisk 1TB SSD PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk 1TB SSD PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
80 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
SanDisk
84
Console
Samsung
97
SanDisk
74
Gaming
Samsung
97
SanDisk
79
Laptop
Samsung
75
SanDisk
81
Budget
Samsung
70
SanDisk
73
Portable
Samsung
27
SanDisk
20

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROSanDisk 1TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
8,000
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 5.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation55
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
11,000
Random Read (IOPS)
2,200,000
1,600,000
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
ControllerSamsung in-house Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
600
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)55
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
  • Below average affordability (2nd percentile)2nd %ile

SanDisk 1TB SSD PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong speed (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong feature (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong endurance (88th percentile)88th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 4 of 6 usage categories and 6 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

GamingConsolePortableWorkstation

SanDisk 1TB SSD Better at:

BudgetLaptop