Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung
100 Overall Score
vs
Crucial P3 Plus

Crucial P3 Plus

Crucial
68 Overall Score

Scores

Workstation
Samsung
100
Crucial
54
Console
Samsung
98
Crucial
48
Gaming
Samsung
98
Crucial
61
Budget
Samsung
87
Crucial
73
Laptop
Samsung
77
Crucial
74
Portable
Samsung
27
Crucial
17

Specifications

Samsung 9100 PROCrucial P3 Plus
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
5,000
Sequential Write (MB/s)
13,400
4,200
Random Read (IOPS)
2,200,000
680,000
Random Write (IOPS)
2,600,000
850,000
Hardware
NANDTLC★QLC
DRAM Cache✓★✗
ControllerSamsung in-house ControllerPhison E31T
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
4,800
440
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
1,500,000
Warranty (years)55
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

Crucial P3 Plus

  • Strong random (90th percentile)90th %ile
  • Strong capacity (78th percentile)
  • Strong endurance (72nd percentile)
  • Strong speed (71st percentile)
  • Below average feature (14th percentile)14th %ile
  • Below average social proof (22nd percentile)

Pricing

Crucial P3 Plus is $1,103 cheaper (4.7x less).

Samsung 9100 PRO0.071score per dollar
vs
Crucial P3 Plus0.228score per dollar

Crucial P3 Plus offers 3.2x better value for money

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 18 specs.

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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