New On sale 14%
XPG Mars 980 Blade
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 5.0 x4
Read Speed 14,000 MB/s
NAND TLC
DRAM Cache Yes
Endurance 740 TBW
80 Overall Score
Price $200
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong random (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong feature (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong speed (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong endurance (81st percentile) 81st
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 5 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 14000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 12000 |
| Random Read (IOPS) | 2000000 |
| Random Write (IOPS) | 1650000 |
Hardware
| NAND | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | Yes |
| Controller | SMI SM2508 |
Reliability
| Endurance (TBW) | 740 |
| Warranty (years) | 5 |
Features
| Heatsink | No |
| Hardware Encryption | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | XPG Mars 980 Blade | Samsung 990 PRO | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 14,000 MB/s | 7,450 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | 740 TBW | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 1200 TBW | 4800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XPG Mars 980 Blade | 96.8 | 98 | 97.5 | 54.9 | 81.4 |
| Samsung 990 PRO Compare | 93.4 | 97 | 99 | 78.3 | 85.6 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.7 | 96.4 | 99 | 78.3 | 82.6 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 93.8 | 93.9 | 78.3 | 93.7 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 99.7 | 99.5 | 97.5 | 78.3 | 80.6 |
| SanDisk WD_Black SN8100 WDS100T1X0M Compare | 97.6 | 99.1 | 90.7 | 54.9 | 98.9 |
Price
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