Team Group CX2 256GB SATA III 2.5"

Team Group CX2 256GB SATA III 2.5"

Team Group
41 Overall Score
vs
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

Scores

Workstation
Team Group
36
Samsung
100
Console
Team Group
12
Samsung
97
Gaming
Team Group
25
Samsung
97
Budget
Team Group
84
Samsung
70
Laptop
Team Group
39
Samsung
75
Portable
Team Group
10
Samsung
27

Specifications

Team Group CX2Samsung 9100 PRO
Drive
Capacity
256
8,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
520
14,800
Sequential Write (MB/s)
430
13,400
Random Read (IOPS)No data
2,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
2,600,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Controller—Samsung in-house Controller
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
80
4,800
MTBF (hours)
1,000,000
1,500,000
Warranty (years)35★
Features
Heatsink✗✓★
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Team Group CX2 256GB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong affordability (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong endurance (68th percentile)
  • Below average speed (16th percentile)16th %ile
  • Below average capacity (17th percentile)17th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)

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

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 12 of 18 specs.

Team Group CX2 Better at:

Budget

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation