British retailer SCAN has listed Samsung’s 2 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD. The price and date of availability have been removed from the store page, but a Chiphell user reports that it had been listed for £443.99 (roughly $597 USD). We previously reported on the 980 Pro being released, but at that time, the 2 TB variant was not a part of the launch. To date, only 250 GB, 500 GB, and 1 TB sizes have been available. The 2 TB version could launch at a lower price in the U.S., as the 1 TB version retails for $229.99 on the Samsung site.
It is not known if the 2 TB model will share the same specifications as the other models in the 980 Pro line. Manufacturers will often make subtle changes to their larger, more high-end offerings, so some differences are a possibility, but here are the 1 TB model’s specs for reference.
Samsung 980 Pro 1 TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD
- Form Factor: NVMe M.2 (2280)
- Interface: PCIe Gen 4.0, NVMe 1.3c
- Read Speeds: 7,000 MB/s
- Write Speeds: 5,000 MB/s
- Encryption: AES 256-bit Full Disk Encryption, TCG/Opal V2.0, Encrypted Drive (IEEE1667)
- Compatibility: 980 PRO is backward compatible with PCIe 3.0. In PCIe 3.0, sequential performances are 3,500 MB/s for reads, 3,450 MB/s (1TB) for writes. Random performances are 690K IOPS for reads, 660K IOPS for writes.
- Dimensions: 80.15 mm(W) x 2.38 mm(H) x 22.15 mm(D)
- Warranty: Limited warranty up to 5 years or up to the TBW for each capacity