Samsung 990 Pro

Samsung 990 Pro

Samsung
82 Overall Score
vs
ADATA SSD

ADATA SSD

ADATA
85 Overall Score

Scores

Gaming
Samsung
82
ADATA
88
Console
Samsung
81
ADATA
88
Budget
Samsung
77
ADATA
88
Workstation
Samsung
85
ADATA
86
Laptop
Samsung
72
ADATA
78
Portable
Samsung
21
ADATA
23

Specifications

Samsung 990 ProADATA SSD
Drive
Capacity
1,000
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4PCIe 4.0
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation44
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
7,450
7,400
Sequential Write (MB/s)
6,900
6,800
Random Read (IOPS)
1,200,000
750,000
Random Write (IOPS)
1,550,000
750,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
ControllerSamsung in-house Controller—
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
600
1,480
MTBF (hours)
1,500,000
2,000,000
Warranty (years)5★—
Features
Heatsink✓✓
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Samsung 990 Pro

  • Strong feature (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong random (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong speed (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong endurance (86th percentile)86th %ile

ADATA SSD

  • Strong feature (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong speed (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
  • Strong random (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong social proof (84th percentile)84th %ile

Pricing

Samsung 990 Pro is $96 cheaper (1.4x less).

Samsung 990 Pro0.371score per dollar
vs
ADATA SSD0.269score per dollar

Samsung 990 Pro offers 1.4x better value for money

Verdict

★ Winner: ADATA SSD

Scores 85 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 3 of 18 specs.

ADATA SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortable

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