Samsung Announces World's Fastest PCIe 5.0 SSD Series '9100 PRO', with Capacity up to 8TB and Read Speed up to 14.8GB/s
Samsung has announced the 9100 PRO , a high-performance SSD series that supports
Samsung Announces the 9100 PRO Series SSDs
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Samsung's 9100 Pro SSD boasts 14,8 GB/s read speeds, making it the world's fastest consumer drive | Tom's Hardware
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On February 25, 2025 local time, Samsung announced the 9100 PRO, a consumer SSD series. The 9100 PRO series supports PCIe 5.0 and has sequential read speeds of up to 14.8GB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 13.4GB/s. In addition, it has a random read speed of up to 2200K IOPS and a random write speed of up to 2600K IOPS.
The 9100 PRO series uses a cutting-edge 5nm controller, which means it consumes less power than its predecessor. In the case of the 9100 PRO with a heatsink, an additional thermal control layer is added to reduce power consumption and keep the main body cooler. The 9100 PRO is up to 49% more power efficient than its predecessor.
The 9100 PRO looks like this: The body is only 0.35 inches (8.89 mm) thin.
Samsung describes the 9100 PRO as 'Samsung's first NVMe SSD with a capacity of up to 8TB.' Jim Kiczek, vice president of memory product marketing at Samsung, said, 'We saw a clear need for more advanced memory technology innovation to support users who push the boundaries of what's possible at work, from AI-driven creators shaping the future to gamers who push the boundaries.' 'The 9100 PRO establishes a new era of performance that helps achieve just that. With increased storage capacity, superior communication speeds, improved power efficiency and seamless reliability, it allows users to continue innovating without storage limitations.'
The 9100 PRO will be available from March 2025 in a 1TB model (Suggested retail price: $199.99 (approx. 29,900 yen)), a 2TB model (Suggested retail price: $299.99 (approx. 44,800 yen)), and a 4TB model (Suggested retail price: $549.99 (approx. 82,100 yen)). The model with a heat sink will be $20 (approx. 2,990 yen) more expensive, and the 8TB model is scheduled to be sold in the second half of 2025. The 9100 PRO's cache memory uses LPDDR4X , with the 1TB model having 1GB of cache memory, the 2TB model having 2GB of cache memory, the 4TB model having 4GB of cache memory, and the 8TB model having 8GB of cache memory.
The 9100 PRO series is a fully PCIe 5.0 compatible SSD that uses the NVMe 2.0 protocol. The 9100 PRO's predecessors, the 990 EVO and 990 EVO Plus, could operate in either 'PCIe 4.0 x 4' or 'PCIe 5.0 x 2' mode, but in terms of maximum bandwidth they could not achieve the same data transfer speeds as the 9100 PRO, which supports 'true' PCIe 5.0 x 4.
Additionally, the 9100 PRO series supports multiple data encryption protocols, including Class 0 ( AES256 ),TCG Opal v2.0 and MS eDrive ( IEEE1667 ).
Technology media Tom's Hardware noted that the 9100 PRO series 'slightly outperforms the Crucial T705 , the world's fastest consumer PCIe 5.0 SSD at the time of writing.'
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