ADATA Ultimate SU650 512GB SATA III 2.5"

ADATA Ultimate SU650 512GB SATA III 2.5"

ADATA
41 Overall Score
vs
Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Samsung
100 Overall Score

Scores

Gaming
ADATA
27
Samsung
100
Console
ADATA
13
Samsung
100
Workstation
ADATA
36
Samsung
100
Budget
ADATA
86
Samsung
83
Laptop
ADATA
41
Samsung
86
Portable
ADATA
11
Samsung
27

Specifications

ADATA Ultimate SU650Samsung 9100 PRO
Drive
Capacity
512
4,000
Form Factor2.5"M.2 2280
InterfaceSATA IIIPCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolSATANVMe
PCIe Generation—5★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
520
14,800
Sequential Write (MB/s)
450
13,400
Random Read (IOPS)No data
2,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
2,600,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✗✓★
Controller—In-House Controller
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,400
MTBF (hours)
2,000,000
1,500,000
Warranty (years)35★
Features
Heatsink—✓★
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

ADATA Ultimate SU650 512GB SATA III 2.5"

  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Strong affordability (85th percentile)85th %ile
  • Below average speed (17th percentile)17th %ile
  • Below average random (22nd percentile)
  • Below average capacity (34th percentile)

Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong social proof (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Below average affordability (5th percentile)5th %ile

Pricing

ADATA Ultimate SU650 512GB SATA III 2.5" is $771 cheaper (10.9x less).

ADATA Ultimate SU650 512GB SATA III 2.5"0.531score per dollar
vs
Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.118score per dollar

ADATA Ultimate SU650 512GB SATA III 2.5" offers 4.5x better value for money

ADATA Ultimate SU650 512GB SATA III 2.5"

Samsung 9100 PRO 4TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 100 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 18 specs.

ADATA Ultimate SU650 Better at:

Budget

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

GamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation

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