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
vs
SK Hynix Platinum P51 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SK Hynix Platinum P51 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SK Hynix
78 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
SK Hynix
82
Console
Samsung
97
SK Hynix
72
Gaming
Samsung
97
SK Hynix
77
Laptop
Samsung
75
SK Hynix
77
Budget
Samsung
70
SK Hynix
62
Portable
Samsung
27
SK Hynix
19

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROSK Hynix Platinum P51
Drive
Capacity
8,000
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation55
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,800
14,700
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
13,400
Random Read (IOPS)
2,200,000
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
ControllerSamsung in-house ControllerAlistar Gen5
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
600
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,500,000
Warranty (years)55
Features
Heatsink✓★✗
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

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

SK Hynix Platinum P51 1TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong feature (91st percentile)91st %ile
  • Strong endurance (86th percentile)86th %ile
  • Below average affordability (22nd percentile)
  • Below average social proof (32nd percentile)

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

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

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingConsolePortableWorkstation

SK Hynix Platinum P51 Better at:

Laptop