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Samsung T5 EVO 8TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 1
Capacity 8TB
Form Factor External
Interface USB 3.2 Gen 1
Read Speed 460 MB/s
NAND TLC
52 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong capacity (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong feature (78th percentile) 78th
Cons
- Below average social proof (3rd percentile)
- Below average affordability (5th percentile)
- Below average speed (13th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 8000 |
| Form Factor | External |
| Interface | USB 3.2 Gen 1 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| External | Yes |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 460 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 460 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
Reliability
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
Features
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung T5 EVO | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 | Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE | Crucial T700 | Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 8TB | 4TB | 8TB | 2TB | 4TB | 8TB |
| Form Factor | External | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | USB 3.2 Gen 1 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 460 MB/s | 14,800 MB/s | 7,200 MB/s | 12,400 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | false | true |
| Endurance | - | 4000 TBW | 4800 TBW | 1200 TBW | 5050 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung T5 EVO | 13.4 | 61.8 | 77.8 | 98 | 41.7 | 2.9 | 5.1 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/4T0 Compare | 99.5 | 99 | 90.8 | 92.5 | 93.3 | 87.2 | 7.4 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK WDS800T2XHE Compare | 87.7 | 96.5 | 93.9 | 98 | 87.9 | 95.3 | 4.1 |
| Crucial T700 Compare | 96.7 | 97.6 | 97.5 | 78.4 | 82.9 | 77.6 | 26.8 |
| Seagate FireCuda 530R ZP4000GM3A073 Compare | 92.8 | 96.8 | 77.8 | 92.5 | 95.5 | 77.6 | 7.7 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS800T1X0M Compare | 99.1 | 99.3 | 97.5 | 98 | 80.8 | 45.5 | 3.6 |
Usage Scores
- Overall52.1
- Budget41.2
- Gaming34.4
- Laptop21
- Console20.3
- Portable66.5
- Workstation53.4
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