Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Lexar NM620

Lexar NM620

Lexar
49 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
Lexar
48
Console
Samsung
98
Lexar
19
Gaming
Samsung
98
Lexar
40
Budget
Samsung
87
Lexar
44
Laptop
Samsung
77
Lexar
51
Portable
Samsung
28
Lexar
12

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROLexar NM620
Drive
Capacity
8,000
256
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 3.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation5★3
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
3,300
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
3,000
Random Read (IOPS)
2,200,000
No data
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
No data
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓★—
ControllerSamsung in-house Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
No data
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
No data
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓★—
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Samsung 9100 PRO

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

Lexar NM620

  • Strong social proof (71st percentile)
  • Below average capacity (17th percentile)17th %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation