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Samsung PM981 Polaris 1TB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Capacity 1TB
Form Factor M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 3.0 x4
Read Speed 3,200 MB/s
49 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
- Below average feature (14th 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 held steady over time
Based on 9 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Drive
| Capacity | 1000 |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 |
| Protocol | NVMe |
| PCIe Generation | 3 |
| External | No |
Performance
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | 3200 |
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | 1200 |
Reliability
| MTBF (hours) | 1500000 |
| Warranty (years) | 3 |
vs Competition
| Spec | Samsung PM981 Polaris | Western Digital Black SN850X | Crucial T500 | Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G | SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS400T2XHE | Lexar NM1090 PRO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1TB | 4TB | 2TB | 2TB | 4TB | 4TB |
| 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 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 x4 | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 x4 |
| Seq Read | 3,200 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,400 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 7,300 MB/s | 14,000 MB/s |
| Nand Type | - | TLC | TLC | TLC | TLC | SLC |
| Dram Cache | - | true | true | true | true | true |
| Endurance | - | 2400 TBW | 1200 TBW | 2000 TBW | 2400 TBW | 2800 TBW |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Speed | Random | Feature | Capacity | Endurance | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung PM981 Polaris | 55.3 | 61.3 | 14.3 | 54.9 | 49.8 | 40 |
| Western Digital Black SN850X Compare | 88.4 | 95.2 | 88.9 | 92.5 | 87.9 | 95.2 |
| Crucial T500 Compare | 93.8 | 96.5 | 98.9 | 78.3 | 82.7 | 95.2 |
| Kingston Fury Renegade SFYRDK/2000G Compare | 92.9 | 94 | 93.5 | 78.3 | 93.9 | 95.2 |
| SanDisk WD_BLACK WDS400T2XHE Compare | 88.4 | 95.2 | 93.5 | 92.5 | 80.6 | 95.2 |
| Lexar NM1090 PRO Compare | 97.9 | 98.1 | 97.3 | 92.5 | 74.7 | 57.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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Usage Scores
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