SAMSUNG 980 PRO 2TB Storage

SAMSUNG 980 PRO 2TB

Brand
SAMSUNG
Model
980 PRO
$408–$451estimated range · from catalog price Oct 16, 2026

Samsung 980 PRO 2TB Gen4 NVMe with DRAM and 1,200 TBW, launched Jan 2021; now EOL but still great for boot, game libraries and PS5 (with heatsink).

Storage performance rankTop 2% of storage drives
TierHigh end?GixCore tierWhat a part was built to do — not what it costs.EntryBudgetMainstreamHigh endEnthusiastFlagship A part can be cheap because it is an ageing flagship, or because it is a current entry-level model. The tier tells you which.
Released2021
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Capacity2 TB
TypeSSD
InterfacePCIe
Read speed7000 MB/s
Write speed5100 MB/s
Form factorM.2
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Product overview

Samsung’s 980 PRO 2TB (MZ‑V8P2T0B) belongs to Samsung’s first consumer PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD family introduced in 2020; the 2TB capacity was added in January 2021. It’s an M.2 2280 Gen4 x4 TLC drive with a DRAM cache, rated up to 7,000 MB/s read and 5,100 MB/s write, and 1,200 TBW endurance.

Positioned as high_end among Gen4 SSDs, it exists to deliver fast, consistent storage for gaming and creative work without Gen5 pricing. It’s well‑suited as a boot drive, a large game library, and a 4K video‑editing scratch disk; it also works for PS5 expansion when paired with a heatsink. Note: Samsung lists the 980 PRO line as EOL by October 2024.

LifecycleDiscontinued 2024
Best for
  • boot drive
  • game library
  • video-editing scratch
  • PS5 expansion
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Specifications

At a glance iEach dot represents a catalog model. Farther right means a higher measured value, not necessarily a better fit.Measured against the storage drives catalog
Current modelCatalog models
Capacity2 TB
Higher than 52% of storage drives
Read speed7000 MB/s
Higher than 75% of storage drives
Write speed5100 MB/s
Higher than 71% of storage drives
Capacity
2 TB
Type
SSD
Read speed
7000 MB/s
Write speed
5100 MB/s
Form factor
M.2
Hardware Interface
PCIe 4.0 x4
Data Transfer Rate
16000 Mb/s
Interface
PCIe
Tdp
6 W