Differences of ssds speeds and interfaces

[omar80747326]

What's the difference between the following in speeds, performance and best operating interfaces? :
1- m.2 nvme and m.2 sata ssds
2- nand ssds and regular ssds of m.2 or sata

 

[theyeti87]

NVMe drives are the cream of the crop on today's market. They connect via M.2 and communicate with the PC through PCIe lanes, and have the fastest read/write speeds.

There are M.2 motherboards that use the SATA interface for data transmission. That is where you'd want a SATA M.2 drive.

NAND (Negative-AND) is the type of logical gate, or circuitry, that the flash chips use to access the storage.

NVMe Drives are the fastest, followed by SATA M.2, followed by SATA 3.0.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAND_gate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NVM_Express

 

[captaincharisma]

one thing to add is that currently the real world differences in performance between SATA and NVMe drives is not that noticeable. granted an NVMe drives does shave a some seconds off off loading times but may not be worth it in the end just yet.

 

[TJ Hooker]

M.2 is a form factor (physical shape/dimensions). It is in contrast to the traditional 2.5" form factor that many SSDs come in. It has no inherent effect on speed.

NVMe is an interface that operates over PCIe. PCIe/NVMe drives offer higher performance than SATA, although the difference in noticeable, real world performance isn't always that great. NVMe drives can be found in the following form factors: M.2 (most common), PCIe add in card, 2.5" drive (PCIe 2.5" drives are referred to as U.2 drives, these are rare)

NVMe Drives are the fastest, followed by SATA M.2, followed by SATA 3.0.

There is no difference inherent speed difference between SATA M.2 and SATA 3.0

 

[theyeti87]

M.2 is a form factor (physical shape/dimensions). It is in contrast to the traditional 2.5" form factor that many SSDs come in. It has no inherent effect on speed.

NVMe is an interface that operates over PCIe. PCIe/NVMe drives offer higher performance than SATA, although the difference in noticeable, real world performance isn't always that great. NVMe drives can be found in the following form factors: M.2 (most common), PCIe add in card, 2.5" drive (PCIe 2.5" drives are referred to as U.2 drives, these are not very common)

NVMe Drives are the fastest, followed by SATA M.2, followed by SATA 3.0.

There is no difference inherent speed difference between SATA M.2 and SATA 3.0

You are correct, I should have pointed that out!