SAMSUNG 980 PRO
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).
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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.
- boot drive
- game library
- video-editing scratch
- PS5 expansion
Product highlights
- Next-level SSD performance: Unleash the power of the Samsung 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD for next-level computing. 980 PRO delivers 2x the data transfer rate of PCIe 3.0, while maintaining compatibility with PCIe 3.0.
- Maximum Speed: Get read speeds up to 7,000 MB s with 980 PRO and push the limits of what SSDs can do. Powered by a new Elpsis controller designed to harmonize the flash memory components and the interface for superior speed – with a PCIe 4.0 interface that’s 2x faster than PCIe 3.0 SSDs and 12x faster than Samsung SATA SSDs – every component of this NVMe SSD is manufactured by Samsung for performance that lasts.
- A winning combination: Designed for hardcore gamers and tech-savvy users, the 980 PRO offers high-performance bandwidth and throughput for heavy-duty applications in gaming, graphics, data analytics, and more. It's fast at loading games, so you can play more and wait less.
Specifications
- Capacity
- 2 TB
- Type
- SSD
- Form factor
- M.2
- Hardware Interface
- PCI-E
- Data Transfer Rate
- 16000 Mb/s
- Read speed
- 5100 MB/s
- Tdp
- 6 W
