Samsung uses 3D charge trap flash (CTF) cells on this generation and claims it delivers 10% lower latency for read/write operations and offers up to 15% lower power than their previous V-NAND.
SAMSUNG DATA MIGRATION VS MAGICIAN PRO
The Samsung SSD 980 PRO series features 6th Generation V-NAND that has over 100-layers making up the TLC memory. Samsung sent over the new 2TB version of the 980 PRO SSD for us to check out our AMD Ryzen X570 platform! This is more or less just a capacity bump in the 980 PRO series, so we’ll make this just a quick overview of the drive and get to testing. These prices are higher than most PCIe Gen 3.0 drives, but comparable to many of the current PCIe Gen 4.0 drives on the market. PCIe 4.0 has a theoretical maximum bandwidth is 8,000 MB/s, so we are starting to approach maximum sequential read speeds already! Samsung The Samsung SSD 980 PRO 250GB is capable of reaching 6.4 GB/s read and 2.7 GB/s write whereas the 2TB model reaches 7.0 GB/s read and 5.1 GB/s write. Performance ultimately depends on the Samsung SSD 980 PRO drive capacity, so we’ve included the table below to give you a quick look at the key differences of each of the drives. That all changed this month as Samsung as introduced a 2TB version of the 980 PRO! This is the largest capacity that you can get their flagship SSD in now and it runs $429.99 or about $0.22 per GB. There was no 2TB capacity drive available and that left many enthusiasts and content creators waiting to see what would come next. The Samsung 980 PRO was launched with capacities of 250GB, 500GB and 1TB. Legit Reviews did a review on the Samsung 980 PRO for the launch and managed to hit speeds of nearly 7 GB/s read and 5 GB/s write. The Samsung 980 PRO series of PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs was introduced in September 2020 and raised the bar for what one can expect from a consumer storage drive. Samsung SSD 980 PRO Gets 2TB Capacity Option