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Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB
- Brand
- Samsung
- Model
- 990 EVO Plus 2TB
Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB: DRAM-less Gen4 NVMe (PCIe 4.0 x4/5.0 x2) M.2 2280 SSD up to 7,250/6,300 MB/s with 1,200TBW, ideal for boot and game storage.
Storage performance rankTop 2% of storage drives
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ReleasedOct 2024
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Capacity2 TB
TypeSSD
InterfacePCIe
Read speed7250 MB/s
Write speed6300 MB/s
Form factorM.2 2280
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Product overview
Released on October 22, 2024, Samsung’s 990 EVO Plus 2TB extends the EVO line with 8th‑gen V‑NAND TLC and an in‑house controller in an M.2 2280 module. It runs on PCIe 4.0 x4 (also 5.0 x2), is rated up to 7,250/6,300 MB/s, and carries a 1,200 TBW endurance rating; it’s a DRAM‑less design using HMB.Sourcenews.samsung.com
Positioned as a mainstream Gen4 TLC drive, it exists to deliver near‑peak Gen4 throughput with better efficiency and lower cost than DRAM‑equipped models. It’s well‑suited as a fast boot drive, a large game library, and light‑to‑moderate video‑editing scratch work. Notably, it supports PCIe 5.0 x2 for forward‑compatibility in newer slots.Sourcenews.samsung.com
Best for
Official product specifications - boot drive
- game library
- video-editing scratch
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Current modelCatalog models
Capacity2 TB
Higher than 53% of storage drives
Read speed7250 MB/s
Higher than 79% of storage drives
Write speed6300 MB/s
Higher than 75% of storage drives
- Capacity
- 2 TB
- Type
- SSD
- Read speed
- 7250 MB/s
- Write speed
- 6300 MB/s
- Form factor
- M.2 2280
- Hardware Interface
- PCIe 4.0 x4 / PCIe 5.0 x2
- Data Transfer Rate
- 16000 Mb/s
- Interface
- PCIe
- Tdp
- 8 W