The 990 EVO Plus, a new M.2 2280 SSD that is advertised as offering faster transfer speeds and better power efficiency, featuring random read and write speeds of up to 1,050K IOPS and 1,400K IOPS, respectively, will be available this fall at Samsung.com and other select retailers in three different capacities. The 1 TB model costs $109.99, the 2 TB model costs $184.99, and the 4 TB model costs $344.99.
Samsung Electronics writes:
- “It offers sequential read speeds up to 7,250 megabytes-per-second (MB/s) and write speeds up to 6,300 MB/s, up to 50% faster than the previous 990 EVO.”
- “This performance boost is enabled by the latest Samsung 8th generation V-NAND technology and 5-nanometer (nm) controller, while an innovative nickel-coated heat shield minimizes overheating, delivering 73% greater power efficiency over the 990 EVO.”
- “The 4TB model of the 990 EVO Plus boasts an industry-leading random read speed of 1,050K input/output operations per second (IOPS) and 1,400K IOPS for random write.”
- “This remarkable feat nearly rivals that of SSD products with DRAM, despite not using a DRAM cache, making it an optimal solution for gaming and AI tasks that require high performance.”
Specifications for the SSD 990 EVO Plus:
Samsung on the available capacities its TurboWrite 2.0 feature:
To meet today’s growing demand for high-capacity storage devices, the 990 EVO Plus offers ample capacity options of 1TB, 2TB and 4TB, exceeding the storage limits of the 990 EVO. The 990 EVO Plus is also equipped with the intelligent Samsung TurboWrite 2.0, revamped for maximized performance, offering rapid file transfer speeds and reduced lag, even when managing large files, editing high-res video or enjoying next-generation gaming.