Samsung 980 PRO 500 GB vs AMD-RAID Array 2 1 TB

Short answer: which is best?

Samsung 980 PRO 500 GB is 14663.2 % stronger than AMD-RAID Array 2 1 TB. Samsung 980 PRO 500 GB ranks #6 of 111 measured system drives at WhatFPS (15,649 Drive score over 1 verified runs). AMD-RAID Array 2 1 TB ranks #111 of 111 measured system drives at WhatFPS (106 Drive score over 2 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 3 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.

Measured comparison

MetricSamsung 980 PRO 500 GBAMD-RAID Array 2 1 TB
Drive score (the drive's own performance: sequential read + 4K IOPS)15,649106
Best rig (GAMING — whole PC)6,9075,141
Sequential read4,067 MB/s70 MB/s
4K IOPS21,13457
4K latency, median (lower is better)44 µs9,239 µs
TypeNVMe SSDUnknown type
Size500 GB1 TB

What the numbers mean

The drive score is the system drive's measured performance in the rigs it sat in — sequential read and 4K IOPS, unbuffered. PCIe generation, fill level and driver affect it. GAMING is the whole rig's score. We show both and never mix them.

All numbers come from our benchmark suite, the same test on every PC, written in Rust with no middleware. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

All measurements for Samsung 980 PRO 500 GB · All measurements for AMD-RAID Array 2 1 TB