Samsung 990 Pro 2Tb NVMe specs

Posted on November 07, 2022 by Raymond Chen

What memory type installed in 990 Pro (2Tb) produced by Samsung and more characteristics read below on this site.

Samsung's 2Tb 990 Pro internal SSD is powered by Samsung Pascal. This NVMe has Dynamic-Random Access Memory LPDDR4 for mapping data, located on the SSD. The 990 Pro comes equipped with Samsung 3D TLC flash memory. NVMe SSD also available in 4 Tb and 1 Tb capacities.

Performance and benchmarks

SSD works on PCIe M.2 4.0 x 4 with maximum write speeds equals to 6900 MB/s, and sequential read speeds 7400 MB/s. It also has IOPS 4000000 on writing and 1000000 on reading operations per second.

Endurance and warranty

Samsung give 5 years warranty for this product that limited by endurance 2400 Total Bytes Written.

Specs

Category	Value
Capacity	2 Tb
Interface	M.2 4.0 x 4
Controller	Samsung Pascal
Memory type	Samsung 3D TLC
DRAM	LPDDR4
Read speed (Mb/s)	7400
Write speed (Mb/s)	6900
Read IOPS	1000000
Write IOPS	4000000
Endurance (TBW)	2400
MTBF (million hours)	n/a
Warranty (years)	5

Conclusion

Samsung 990 Pro 2Tb use PCIe Gen4 that is undoubtedly faster than previous bus standard. The sequential write speed is 6900 Mb/s, that is faster than has other rivals. The NVMe provide possibility to write 2400 TBW, that is pretty well against closest competitors. After evaluating all the facts, our editor strongly advise to have Samsung 990 Pro 2Tb for your PC.

+ Pros

Excellent writing speed
PCIe 4.0
Capacity
Endurance

- Cons

None

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FAQ

The Samsung 990 Pro has LPDDR4. DRAM makes storage work faster, but more expensive.

The Samsung 990 Pro due to the high density of memory chips you need to install of additional heat sink. It decrease temperature of the memory chips and controller. Some motherboards or laptops already has thermal pads above or below the SSD for improving productivity during times of heavy loads.

The Samsung 990 Pro 2Tb has maximum write speed 6900 Mb/s, maximum read speed 7400 Mb/s. NVMe works on Samsung Pascal controller and M.2 4.0 x 4 interface standard. The memory type is Samsung 3D TLC.