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Samsung 990 Pro 1TB against Seagate IronWolf 8TB

Samsung 990 Pro 1TB leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    Samsung 990 Pro 1TB: 86

    Seagate IronWolf 8TB: 14

    72 ptsto the left

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    Samsung 990 Pro 1TB: 35.8

    Seagate IronWolf 8TB: 8.3

    331%to the left

  • Typical price

    Samsung 990 Pro 1TB: $240

    Seagate IronWolf 8TB: $169

    $71to the right

From the spec sheets

  • Capacity

    Samsung 990 Pro 1TB: 1000 GB

    Seagate IronWolf 8TB: 8000 GB

    700%to the right

  • Sequential read

    Samsung 990 Pro 1TB: 7450 MB/s

    Seagate IronWolf 8TB: 240 MB/s

    3004%to the left

  • Sequential write

    Samsung 990 Pro 1TB: 6900 MB/s

    Seagate IronWolf 8TB: 240 MB/s

    2775%to the left

The verdict

  • The Samsung 990 Pro 1TB scores 514% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The Seagate IronWolf 8TB typically costs $71 less.
  • Per dollar, the Samsung 990 Pro 1TB is the better buy: 35.8 points per $100 against 8.3.

Specifications

SpecSamsung 990 Pro 1TBSeagate IronWolf 8TB
InterfaceNVMe PCIe 4.0Hard drive
Capacity1 TB8 TB (better)
Sequential read7,450 MB/s (better)240 MB/s
Sequential write6,900 MB/s (better)240 MB/s
DRAM cacheYes (better)No
BrandSamsungSeagate
Released2022 (better)2020
Typical price$240$169 (better)

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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