SanDisk Western Digital

SanDisk Western Digital

SanDisk
86 Overall Score
vs
Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung 9100 PRO

Samsung
95 Overall Score

Scores

Gaming
SanDisk
88
Samsung
97
Console
SanDisk
83
Samsung
97
Workstation
SanDisk
89
Samsung
96
Budget
SanDisk
81
Samsung
94
Laptop
SanDisk
89
Samsung
83
Portable
SanDisk
23
Samsung
25

Specifications

SanDisk Western DigitalSamsung 9100 PRO
Drive
Capacity
4,000
4,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation55
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
14,900
14,800
Sequential Write (MB/s)
14,000
13,400
Random Read (IOPS)
2,300,000
2,200,000
Random Write (IOPS)
2,300,000
2,600,000
Hardware
NANDTLCTLC
DRAM Cache✓✓
Controller—Samsung in-house Controller
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)
2,400
2,400
MTBF (hours)
1,750,000
1,500,000
Warranty (years)35★
Features
Heatsink✗✓★
Hardware Encryption✓✓

Pros & Cons

SanDisk Western Digital

  • Strong speed (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong feature (98th percentile)98th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Below average social proof (7th percentile)7th %ile

Samsung 9100 PRO

  • Strong random (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong speed (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile

Pricing

Both products are similarly priced.

Verdict

★ Winner: Samsung 9100 PRO

Scores 95 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 3 of 18 specs.

SanDisk Western Digital Better at:

Laptop

Samsung 9100 PRO Better at:

BudgetGamingConsolePortableWorkstation

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