Samsung 990 EVO Plus
Samsung
84 Overall Score
vs
Crucial SSD
Crucial
88 Overall Score
Scores
Laptop
Workstation
Gaming
Console
Budget
Portable
Specifications
| Samsung 990 EVO Plus | Crucial SSD | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Protocol | NVMe | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 4 | 5★ |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | ||
| Random Write (IOPS) | ||
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✗ | ✓★ |
| Controller | Samsung in-house Controller | Phison E26 |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | ||
| MTBF (hours) | No data | |
| Warranty (years) | 5 | 5 |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✗ | ✓★ |
| Hardware Encryption | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
Samsung 990 EVO Plus
- Strong social proof (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong random (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong endurance (86th percentile)86th %ile
- Strong speed (83rd percentile)83rd %ile
Crucial SSD
- Strong feature (98th percentile)98th %ile
- Strong random (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong speed (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong endurance (94th percentile)94th %ile
Pricing
Verdict
Winner: Crucial SSD
Scores 88 overall, wins 3 of 6 usage categories and 8 of 18 specs.
