Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Lexar NQ780

Lexar NQ780

Lexar
69 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
Lexar
63
Console
Samsung
98
Lexar
68
Gaming
Samsung
98
Lexar
69
Budget
Samsung
87
Lexar
74
Laptop
Samsung
77
Lexar
77
Portable
Samsung
27
Lexar
19

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROLexar NQ780
Drive
Capacity
8,000
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation5★4
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
7,000
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
5,000
Random Read (IOPS)
2,200,000
1,000,000
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
900,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
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

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

Lexar NQ780

  • Strong random (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong speed (78th percentile)
  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

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

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingConsolePortableWorkstation