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Samsung 9100 Pro vs Corsair MP700 PRO

A sourced, side-by-side comparison. Samsung 9100 Pro is cheaper at $339.99. Every spec and price links to its source.

Which is better: the Samsung 9100 Pro or Corsair MP700 PRO?

The Samsung 9100 Pro wins 2 of the 2 specs we compare head to head; the other wins 0. The Samsung 9100 Pro is the cheaper at $339.99. The Samsung 9100 Pro both leads on specs and costs less — the straightforward pick.

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Key specs, head to head

The numbers that decide it, drawn to scale — longer bar wins, the accent bar is the stronger figure.

Seq read (Mbps)
Samsung 9100 Pro 14800
Corsair MP700 PRO 12400
Seq write (Mbps)
Samsung 9100 Pro 13400
Corsair MP700 PRO 11800

Full spec sheet

marks the stronger figure where "more" — or "less", for price and weight — is unambiguously better.

Spec Samsung 9100 Pro Corsair MP700 PRO
US price $339.99 $474.99
BrandSamsungCorsair
Released2025-032023-11
Capacity options (TB) 1,2,4,8 1, 2, 4
Form factor M.2 2280 M.2 2280
Interface PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe
Seq read (Mbps) 14800 12400
Seq write (Mbps) 13400 11800
Random read kiops 2200 1500
Random write kiops 2600 1600
Nand type TLC 3D TLC
Has dram cache Yes Yes
Endurance tbw 600 700
Warranty years 5 5

Sources — Samsung 9100 Pro: samsung.com (verified 2026-07-11). Corsair MP700 PRO: corsair.com (verified 2026-07-11).

What's the difference between the Samsung 9100 Pro and Corsair MP700 PRO?

Where the two actually differ on the specs we track (7 of 11). Matching specs are omitted.

  • Capacity options (TB): Samsung 9100 Pro 1,2,4,8 vs Corsair MP700 PRO 1, 2, 4
  • Seq read (Mbps): Samsung 9100 Pro 14800 vs Corsair MP700 PRO 12400
  • Seq write (Mbps): Samsung 9100 Pro 13400 vs Corsair MP700 PRO 11800
  • Random read kiops: Samsung 9100 Pro 2200 vs Corsair MP700 PRO 1500
  • Random write kiops: Samsung 9100 Pro 2600 vs Corsair MP700 PRO 1600
  • Nand type: Samsung 9100 Pro TLC vs Corsair MP700 PRO 3D TLC
  • Endurance tbw: Samsung 9100 Pro 600 vs Corsair MP700 PRO 700

What reviewers say

Sourced tester consensus for each — the "what people who used it think" layer, not just specs.

Samsung 9100 Pro

Three whitelisted labs (Tom's Hardware, TechPowerUp, StorageReview) hands-on-tested the Samsung 9100 Pro, Samsung's first PCIe Gen5 consumer SSD, and agree it is among the fastest and most power-efficient consumer Gen5 drives, with record sequential reads of 14.2 GB/s (TechPowerUp) and 14,600 MB/s (StorageReview). Tom's Hardware and TechPowerUp temper the praise: both flag the premium price and frame the drive as a refined last-generation solution rather than revolutionary, and TechPowerUp additionally documents a sharp post-SLC-cache write drop (to 1.3 GB/s) and throttling without a heatsink. StorageReview is the most upbeat, calling its pricing competitive and the drive one of the most capable on the market. HotHardware was excluded as non-whitelisted. Tom's Hardware's page 2/3 benchmark figures (SLC-cache write, post-cache write, temperature) were not present on the fetched review page and were dropped as unverifiable. (3 sourced reviews, 3 lab-tested.)

Praised: Record-setting sequential read; fastest consumer SSD in their tests; Excellent real-world, all-around and gaming performance; Strong power efficiency for a Gen5 drive.

Flagged: Highest / premium price among Gen5 drives; Needs a heatsink; bare drive can throttle under sustained load; Not revolutionary — an evolution of last-gen / best Gen4 tech.

Corsair MP700 PRO

One whitelisted lab (StorageReview) hands-on tested the 2TB MP700 PRO air-cooler model and ranks it among the better consumer PCIe Gen5 SSDs, measuring ~12.4 GB/s CrystalDiskMark reads and ~11.8 GB/s writes. Praised for chart-topping sequential speed and its active-cooling heatsink design. Flagged for write and random-IO throughput trailing top competitors — 3rd place in sequential writes and near the bottom of the boot-IOPS leaderboard (51,521 IOPS). The TechPowerUp review was dropped because its paginated content was not retrievable and none of its cited quotes or figures could be verified. (1 sourced review, 1 lab-tested.)

Praised: Chart-topping sequential transfer speeds (~12.4 GB/s read, ~11.8 GB/s write); Standout active-cooling heatsink design.

Flagged: Write and random-IO throughput trails top competitors (3rd in sequential writes; near bottom of boot-IOPS leaderboard).

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