New On sale 8%
Samsung PM981 512GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 512GB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,000 MB/s
37 Overall Score
Price $120
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average feature (15th percentile)
- Below average endurance (15th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (29th percentile)
- Below average capacity (34th percentile)
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
ExclusiveBased on when customers actually wrote their reviews - so you can see whether early praise held up.
Owner sentiment has cooled since launch
72/100Our AI sentiment read
Based on 12 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 512 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3000 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1800 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung PM981 | Crucial T710 | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS200T4X0E | Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 | Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 | Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 512GB | 2TB | 2TB | 1TB | 1TB | 1TB |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 x4 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Seq Read | 3,000 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s | 14,200 MB/s | 14,900 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | false | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 1200 TBW | 1200 TBW | 600 TBW | 1000 TBW | 600 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | User Sentiment | Endurance | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung PM981 | 56.1 | 61.4 | 14.6 | 34.2 | 28.6 | 14.7 | 48.7 | 63.7 |
| Crucial T710 Compare | 99.3 | 98.9 | 97.3 | 78.4 | 0 | 82.9 | 77.3 | 19.9 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS200T4X0E Compare | 91.5 | 96 | 53.7 | 78.4 | 78.5 | 88 | 99.5 | 37.2 |
| Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 Compare | 97.5 | 98.4 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 0 | 80.9 | 95 | 38.3 |
| Kingston FURY Renegade G5 SFYR2S/1T0 Compare | 97.1 | 98.7 | 90.5 | 54.9 | 0 | 92.3 | 86.8 | 25.2 |
| Micron T710 CT1000T710SSD5 Compare | 99.3 | 98.9 | 97.3 | 54.9 | 0 | 85.9 | 77.3 | 26.6 |
Price
Value & Pricing
From $120
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Usage Scores
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