Samsung T7 Shield 1TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2

Samsung T7 Shield 1TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2

Samsung
62 Overall Score
vs
Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Team Group
90 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Samsung
32
Team Group
92
Gaming
Samsung
42
Team Group
88
Console
Samsung
26
Team Group
87
Budget
Samsung
80
Team Group
82
Portable
Samsung
82
Team Group
24
Workstation
Samsung
54
Team Group
81

Specifications

Samsung T7 ShieldTeam Group 4TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
1,000
4,000
Form FactorExternalM.2 2280
InterfaceUSB 3.2 Gen 2PCIe 4.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation—4★
External✓✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
1,050
7,400
Sequential Write (MB/s)
1,000
6,900
Random Read (IOPS)No data
650,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
660,000
Hardware
NANDTLCSLC★
DRAM Cache✗✗
Controller—Maxio
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
2,000
MTBF (hours)No data
1,600,000
Warranty (years)33
Features
Heatsink—✗
Hardware Encryption✓★—

Pros & Cons

Samsung T7 Shield 1TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2

  • Strong social proof (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong feature (79th percentile)

Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong speed (94th percentile)94th %ile
  • Strong capacity (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
  • Strong random (89th percentile)89th %ile
  • Strong social proof (87th percentile)87th %ile
  • Below average affordability (16th percentile)16th %ile

Pricing

Samsung T7 Shield 1TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2 is CA$320 cheaper (1.8x less).

Samsung T7 Shield 1TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 20.159score per dollar
vs
Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 22800.126score per dollar

Samsung T7 Shield 1TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2 offers 1.3x better value for money

Samsung T7 Shield 1TB Portable USB 3.2 Gen 2

Team Group 4TB SSD PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

Verdict

★ Winner: Team Group 4TB SSD

Scores 90 overall, wins 5 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 18 specs.

Samsung T7 Shield Better at:

Portable

Team Group 4TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsoleWorkstation

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