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Samsung PM991 512GB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2242
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2242
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4
NAND TLC
49 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong speed (68th percentile) 68th
Cons
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average capacity (35th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2242 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 |
| External | No |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung PM991 | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Lexar NM1090 PRO | Team Group T-FORCE G70 PRO | Crucial T705 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 8TB | 4TB | 4TB | 4TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2242 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | - | 7,200 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 13,600 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 4800 TBW | 4000 TBW | 2800 TBW | 2960 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung PM991 | 67.8 | 61.7 | 53.8 | 34.6 | 14.7 | 63.1 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X Compare | 87.5 | 96.4 | 93.9 | 98.2 | 88.2 | 3.8 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.4 | 98.9 | 90.8 | 92.6 | 93.5 | 6.3 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 98.1 | 98.4 | 97.6 | 92.6 | 75 | 9.6 |
| Team Group T-FORCE G70 PRO Compare | 92.9 | 81.1 | 93.9 | 92.6 | 81.9 | 14.1 |
| Crucial T705 Compare | 96.9 | 97.9 | 99.7 | 55.3 | 83 | 37.6 |
Price
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