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Samsung 980 PRO 500 GB

500 GB
Capacity
Samsung Elpis
Controller
TLC
Flash
PCIe 4.0 x4
Interface
M.2 2280
Form Factor
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Package
Package
SSD Controller
Controller
NAND Die
NAND Die
The Samsung 980 PRO is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on September 22nd, 2020. It is available in capacities ranging from 250 GB to 2 TB. This page reports specifications for the 500 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Samsung 980 PRO interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the Elpis (S4LV003) from Samsung, a DRAM cache chip is available. Samsung has installed 128-layer TLC NAND flash on the 980 PRO, the flash chips are made by Samsung. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are handled more quickly. The cache is sized at 94 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 1150 MB/s. Copying data out of the SLC cache (folding) completes at 900 MB/s. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The 980 PRO is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 6,400 MB/s and 5,000 MB/s write; random IO reaches 800K IOPS for read and 1000K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 150 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Samsung guarantees an endurance rating of 300 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 500 GB
Variants: 250 GB 500 GB 1 TB 2 TB
Overprovisioning: 46.3 GB / 10.0 %
Production: Active
Released: Sep 22nd, 2020
Price at Launch: 150 USD
Part Number: MZ-V8P250
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: M.2 2280 (Single-Sided)
Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 1.3
Power Draw: 0.07 W (Idle)
3.5 W (Avg)
5.5 W (Max)

Controller

Manufacturer: Samsung
Name: Elpis (S4LV003)
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R8
Core Count: 5-Core
Foundry: Samsung
Process: 8 nm
Flash Channels: 8 @ 1,400 MT/s
Chip Enables: 8
Controller Features: DRAM (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Samsung
Name: V-NAND V6
Rebranded: Samsung V6 V-NAND
Type: TLC
Technology: 128-layer
Speed: 800 MT/s .. 1200 MT/s
Capacity: 2 chips @ 2 Tbit
Toggle: 4.0
Topology: Charge Trap
Dies per Chip: 8 dies @ 256 Gbit
Planes per Die: 2
Decks per Die: 1
Word Lines: 136 per NAND String
94.1% Vertical Efficiency
Read Time (tR): 45 µs
Program Time (tProg): 400 µs
Block Erase Time (tBERS): 3.5 ms
Die Read Speed: 711 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 84 MB/s
Page Size: 16 KB

DRAM Cache

Type: LPDDR4-1866
Name: SAMSUNG K4F4E3S4HF-BGCH
Capacity: 512 MB
(1x 512 MB)
Organization: 4Gx32

Performance

Sequential Read: 6,400 MB/s
Sequential Write: 5,000 MB/s
Random Read: 800,000 IOPS
Random Write: 1,000,000 IOPS
Endurance: 300 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 1.5 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.3
SLC Write Cache: approx. 94 GB
(90 GB Dynamic
+ 4 GB Static)
Speed when Cache Exhausted: approx. 1150 MB/s
Cache Folding Speed: 900 MB/s

Features

TRIM: Yes
SMART: Yes
Power Loss Protection: No
Encryption:
  • AES-128
  • AES-256
  • TCG Opal
RGB Lighting: No
PS5 Compatible: Yes

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Notes

Drive:

Nand bus speed: 800 MT/s up to 1400 MT/s

Controller:

NAND Flash Bus not confirmed, could be higher or slower.

NAND Die:

This die, in theory should have half the block count per each plane

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