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 Portable SSD USB 3.2 Gen 2

SanDisk 1TB Portable SSD USB 3.2 Gen 2

SanDisk
43 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
SanDisk
35
Console
Samsung
97
SanDisk
16
Gaming
Samsung
97
SanDisk
25
Budget
Samsung
70
SanDisk
75
Laptop
Samsung
75
SanDisk
21
Portable
Samsung
27
SanDisk
61

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROSanDisk 1TB Portable SSD
Drive
Capacity
8,000
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280External
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4USB 3.2 Gen 2
ProtocolNVMe—
PCIe Generation5★—
External✗✓
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
600
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
No data
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
No data
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
  • Below average affordability (2nd percentile)2nd %ile

SanDisk 1TB Portable SSD USB 3.2 Gen 2

  • Strong user sentiment (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong affordability (67th percentile)
  • Below average random (3rd percentile)3rd %ile
  • Below average feature (15th percentile)15th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 4 of 6 usage categories and 13 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

GamingLaptopConsoleWorkstation

SanDisk 1TB Portable SSD Better at:

BudgetPortable