Samsung Announces New 990 SSD With Improved Power Efficiency
The 990 SSD fills a gap between Samsung's flagship 990 PRO and older PCIe 4.0 drives, offering a more balanced option for desktop and notebook storage upgrades.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
Samsung and ITG Marketing announced the 990 SSD, a PCIe 4.0 NVMe drive with speeds up to 7250MB/s. Available in 1TB and 2TB capacities, it offers better power efficiency than the 990 PRO, consuming as little as 3.8W during writes. Sales begin in late July.
Samsung's new 990 SSD is not a replacement for the high-end 990 PRO but a more power-conscious alternative. With sequential reads up to 7250MB/s (2TB model) and writes up to 6450MB/s, it matches many PCIe 4.0 drives. The key improvement is power efficiency: performance per watt is up to 38% better than the 990 PRO, with average power consumption of 4.3W read and 3.8W write. The drive supports NVMe 2.0 and is backward compatible with PCIe 3.0. ITG Marketing will begin sales in late July.
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- ASCII.jp 最大7250MB/s サムスン新型SSD「990」7月下旬発売