An overseas retailer has listed Samsung’s new line of 980 NVMe M.2 SSDs. They are expected to be officially announced by the end of the month. They are a low-cost, non-Pro, PCIe 3.0 version of the popular 980 series coming in 250 GB, 500 GB, and 1 TB capacities. According to ComputerBase, they do not feature DRAM and use host buffer memory to perform table mapping duties instead.
Samsung SSD 980 1TB, M.2 (MZ-V8V1T0BW)
- Form factor: M.2 2280
- Interface: M.2/M-Key (PCIe 3.0 x4)
- Transfer Speeds: Read 3500 MB/s, Write 3000 MB/s SLC-Cached
- IOPS: 4K read/Write 500k/480k
- Memory modules: 3D-NAND TLC, Samsung, 136 Layer (V-NAND v6)
- TBW: 600 TB
- Reliability prediction: 1.5 Mio. hours (MTBF)
- Controller: Samsung Pablo
- Cache: SLC-Cache
- Protocol: NVMe 1.4
- Data protection features: 256bit AES, TCG opal 2.0
- Power consumption: 5.3W (maximum), 4.6W (operation), 0.045W (idle), 0.005W (Sleep mode)
- Dimensions: 80 x 22 x 2.38mm
- Special features: L1.2 Low-Power-standby
- Warranty: 5 years
- Estimated Price: € 149.95 to € 169.99
Samsung SSD 980 500GB, M.2 (MZ-V8V500BW)
- Form factor: M.2 2280
- Interface: M.2/M-Key (PCIe 3.0 x4)
- Transfer Speeds: Read 3100 MB/s, Write 2600 MB/s SLC-Cached
- IOPS: 4K read/Write 400k/470k
- Memory modules: 3D-NAND TLC, Samsung, 136 Layer (V-NAND v6)
- TBW: 300 TB
- Reliability prediction: 1.5 Mio. hours (MTBF)
- Controller: Samsung Pablo
- Cache: SLC-Cache
- Protocol: NVMe 1.4
- Data protection features: 256bit AES, TCG opal 2.0
- Power consumption: 5.9W (maximum), 4.3W (operation), 0.045W (idle), 0.005W (Sleep mode)
- Dimensions: 80 x 22 x 2.38mm
- Special features: L1.2 Low-Power-standby
- Warranty: 5 years
- Estimated Price: € 89.95 to € 99.99
Samsung SSD 980 250GB, M.2 (MZ-V8V250BW)
- Form Factor: M.2 2280
- Interface: M.2/M-Key (PCIe 3.0 x4)
- Transfer Speeds: Read 2900 MB/s, Write 1300 MB/s SLC-Cached
- IOPS: 4K read/Write 230k/320k
- Memory modules: 3D-NAND TLC, Samsung, 136 Layer (V-NAND v6)
- TBW: 150 TB
- Reliability prediction: 1.5 Mio. hours (MTBF)
- Controller: Samsung Pablo
- Cache: SLC-Cache
- Protocol: NVMe 1.4
- Data protection features: 256bit AES, TCG opal 2.0
- Power consumption: 5.6W (maximum), 3.7W (operation), 0.045W (idle), 0.005W (Sleep mode)
- Dimensions: 80 x 22 x 2.38mm
- Special features: L1.2 Low-Power-standby
- Warranty: 5 years
- Estimated Price: € 69.95 to € 69.99