More power-efficient performance. Higher performance usually consumes more power. 990 PRO uses less power with up to 50% improved performance per Watt over 980 PRO. This low-power design makes max PCIe® 4.0 performance possible with optimal power efficiency.

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The best gameplay experience. A more than 55% improvement in random performance enables faster loads for ultimate gaming realism on PS5 and DirectStorage PC games.


| Specification |
Details |
| Form Factor |
M.2 (2280) |
| Capacity |
2,000GB (1GB = 1 Billion byte by IDEMA) Actual usable capacity may be less
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| Interface |
PCIe Gen 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0 |
| Dimension (Pack: WxHxD) |
80 × 22 × 2.3 mm |
| Weight |
Max 9.0 g |
| Storage Memory |
Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC |
| Controller |
Samsung in-house Controller |
| Cache Memory |
Samsung 1GB Low Power DDR4 SDRAM |
| TRIM Support |
Supported |
| S.M.A.R.T Support |
Supported |
| GC (Garbage Collection) |
Auto Garbage Collection Algorithm |
| Encryption Support |
AES 256-bit Encryption (Class 0), TCG/Opal, IEEE1667 (Encrypted drive) |
| WWN Support |
Not supported |
| Device Sleep Mode Support |
Yes |
| Sequential Read |
Up to 7,450 MB/s Performance may vary based on system hardware & configuration
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| Sequential Write |
Up to 6,900 MB/s Performance may vary based on system hardware & configuration
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| Random Read (4KB, QD32) |
Up to 1,200,000 IOPS Performance may vary based on system hardware & configuration
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| Random Write (4KB, QD32) |
Up to 1,550,000 IOPS Performance may vary based on system hardware & configuration
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| Random Read (4KB, QD1) |
Up to 22,000 IOPS Performance may vary based on system hardware & configuration
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| Random Write (4KB, QD1) |
Up to 80,000 IOPS Performance may vary based on system hardware & configuration
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| Average Power Consumption (system level) |
Avg: 5.4 W, Max: 7.8 W (Burst mode) Actual may vary
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| Power consumption (Idle) |
Max 50 mW Actual may vary
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| Allowable Voltage |
3.3 V ± 5 % |
| Reliability (MTBF) |
1.5 Million Hours |
| Operating Temperature |
0 - 70 ℃ |
| Shock |
1,500 G & 0.5 ms (Half sine) |