Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk SSD

SanDisk SSD

SanDisk
89 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
SanDisk
91
Console
Samsung
98
SanDisk
83
Gaming
Samsung
98
SanDisk
87
Budget
Samsung
87
SanDisk
73
Laptop
Samsung
76
SanDisk
79
Portable
Samsung
27
SanDisk
24

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROSanDisk SSD
Drive
Capacity
8,000
8,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
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
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
2,300,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
ControllerSamsung in-house Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
4,800
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)5★3
Features
Heatsink✓★✗
Hardware Encryption✓★✗

Pros & Cons

Samsung 9100 PRO

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

SanDisk SSD

  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong speed (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong feature (91st percentile)91st %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

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

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingConsolePortableWorkstation

SanDisk SSD Better at:

Laptop