Samsung's 990 Evo is its first consumer PCIe 5.0 SSD

  • Samsung’s new 990 Evo SSD is fast and power-efficient, with read speeds up to 5,000MB/s and write speeds up to 4,200MB/s.
  •  It supports both PCIe 4.0 x4 and PCIe 5.0 x2, making it compatible with a range of systems and freeing up PCIe 5.0 lanes on the CPU.
  •  Despite its lower performance compared to the 990 Pro, the 990 Evo is a strong contender and comes in capacities up to 2TB.

Samsung has just launched the 990 Evo its latest consumer SSD, and the first one to officially support PCIe 5.0. Indeed, despite being a more mid-range offering compared to the 990 Pro, it’s the only SSD in the company’s lineup to support the latest protocol, though it doesn’t make much of a difference in terms of speed.

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