Samsung 980 PRO 1TB vs WD SN740 1TB SSD Comparison


Why is Samsung 980 PRO 1TB better than WD SN740 1TB?

• 1850 Mb/s extra sequential read performance
(7,000 Mb/s vs 5,150 Mb/s)
• 100 Mb/s extra sequential write performance
(5,000 Mb/s vs 4,900 Mb/s)
• Has DRAM cache
(1024 MB (1x 1024 MB))
• 200 extra endurance rating
(600 TBW vs 400 TBW)

Why is WD SN740 1TB better than Samsung 980 PRO 1TB?

• 24.00GB extra capacity
(1TB vs 1TB)

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WD SN740 1TB
BASIC BASIC
Capacity 1TB 1TB
Other Capacities
Released Date Sep 22nd, 2020 May 9th, 2022
Model Number MZ-V8P1T0 SDDQTQD-1T00
PHYSICAL PHYSICAL
Form Factor M.2 2280 (Single-Sided) M.2 2230
Interface PCIe 4.0 x4 PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol NVMe 1.3 NVMe 1.4
Power Usage 0.04 W (Idle), 5.4 W (Avg), 6.2 W (Max) 0.07 W (Idle), Unknown (Avg), 6.0 W (Max)
Operating Temperature 0°C to 70°C 0°C to 70°C
Non-Operating Temperature 40°C to 85°C 40°C to 85°C
CONTROLLER CONTROLLER
Manufacturer Samsung WD
Name Elpis (S4LV003) 20-82-10081-A1
Architecture ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5 ARM
Foundry Samsung
Flash Channels 8 @ 1,200 MT/s 4
Core Count 5-Core
No of Chips Enables 8
Features DRAM (enabled) HMB (enabled)
NAND FLASH NAND FLASH
Manufacturer Samsung Toshiba
Name V-NAND V6 BiCS5
Type TLC TLC
Technology 128-layer 112-layer
Speed 800 MT/s .. 1200 MT/s 1066 MT/s
Capacity 2 chips @ 4 Tbit 1 chip @ 8 Tbit
Toggle 4.0 4.0
Topology Floating Gate Charge Trap
Die Size
Dies Per Chip 16 dies @ 256 Gbit 16 dies @ 512 Gbit
Planes Per Die 2 2
Decks Per Die 1
Page Size 16 KB 16 KB
DRAM CACHE DRAM CACHE
DRAM Cache Type LPDDR4-1866 None
Name SAMSUNG K4F8E3D4HF-BGCH
Capacity 1024 MB (1x 1024 MB)
Organized As 8Gx32
Host Memory Buffer 64 MB
PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE
Sequential Read 7,000 Mb/s 5,150 Mb/s
Sequential Write 5,000 Mb/s 4,900 Mb/s
Random Read QD1 1,000,000 IOPS 740,000 IOPS
Random Write QD1 1,000,000 IOPS 800,000 IOPS
Random Read QD32 Unknown Unknown
Random Write QD32 Unknown Unknown
Endurance TBW 600 TBW 400 TBW
Warranty 5 Years 5 Years
MTBF 1.5 Million Hours 1.8 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day 0.3 0.2
FEATURES FEATURES
TRIM Support Yes Yes
SMART Support Yes Yes
Has Power Loss Protection No No
Has Encryption AES-128, AES-256, TCG Opal TCG Opal, TCG Pyrite
Has RGB Lighting No No
Is PS5 Compatible Yes Yes
REFERENCES REFERENCES
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