Samsung 990 EVO Plus

Samsung 990 EVO Plus

Samsung
84 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100

SanDisk
81 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Samsung
90
SanDisk
85
Budget
Samsung
87
SanDisk
73
Workstation
Samsung
77
SanDisk
84
Gaming
Samsung
82
SanDisk
83
Console
Samsung
79
SanDisk
77
Portable
Samsung
22
SanDisk
21

Specifications

Samsung 990 EVO PlusSanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100
Drive
Capacity
1,000
1,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,150
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,300
11,000
Random Read (IOPS)
850,000
1,600,000
Random Write (IOPS)
1,350,000
2,400,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
ControllerSamsung in-house Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
600
600
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,750,000
Warranty (years)55
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

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100

  • Strong random (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong feature (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong speed (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong endurance (88th percentile)88th %ile

Pricing

Both products are similarly priced.

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 990 EVO Plus

Scores 84 overall, wins 3 of 6 usage categories and 0 of 18 specs.

Samsung 990 EVO Plus Better at:

BudgetLaptopConsole

SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 8100 Better at:

Workstation

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