Samsung Announces 8TB T5 EVO Portable SSD

[MacRumors]

Samsung today announced the launch of its latest portable SSD, the T5 EVO with up to 8TB of storage space available. 8TB is the largest capacity size offered by portable SSDs on the market.

The T5 Evo supports USB 3.2 Gen 1 speeds for transferring data at up to 460MB/s. That's much faster than standard hard drives, but slower than NVME SSDs like Samsung's T7 and T9 series.

Samsung designed the T5 with a rectangular body that has a clip able to be attached to luggage and backpacks, and it features drop protection up to six feet thanks to a rubberized surface. Samsung has also included Dynamic Thermal Guard technology to protect against overheating.

The SSD measures in at 3.74 inches in length and 1.57 inches in width, and it weighs 3.6 ounces, so it is portable and ideal for travel.

The 8TB version of the T5 EVO SSD is priced at $650, and it can be purchased from the Samsung website. Samsung is also offering 2TB and 4TB versions, priced at $190 and $350, respectively.

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Article Link: Samsung Announces 8TB T5 EVO Portable SSD

 

[saudor]

Pretty pricey for the 2TB version considering the t7 shield could do 1gb sustained writes and has been <$150 a bunch of times - even in Canada

 

[sw1tcher]

The 8TB version of the T5 EVO SSD is priced at $650...

$650 for 8TB of storage from Samsung. If this was Apple, it'd be well over $2,400

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Links don't appear to be right (ifixit right to repair article???) but it's dazzling that 8TB can be jammed into a 1.57 x 3.74 x .67 inches EXTERNAL case. Wow!

As a point of reference, the original iPod with its whopping 5GB of storage measured 4.02 x 2.43 x 0.78 inches. I had one of those and couldn't believe so much music could be stored in so little space.

 

[contacos]

Links don't appear to be right (right to repair???) but it's dazzling that 8TB can be jammed into a 1.57 x 3.74 x .67 inches EXTERNAL. Wow!

I still have a 64 mb stick here somewhere. The size of a „mp3 player“ as well 😅

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

$650 for 8TB of storage from Samsung. If this was Apple, it'd be well over $2,400

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Now, we all know that Apple's 8TB is far superior to anyone else's 8TB.

Fans will argue 8TB > 8TB with vigor.

In Apple Exec spin: "Apple's 8TB is like 32TB of this Samsung storage... so buyers are actually saving $200 by paying $2400."

 

[roar08]

Why do the links point to the iFixit site? No review before publish? Oh well.

 

[The_Gream]

$650 for 8TB of storage from Samsung. If this was Apple, it'd be well over $2,400

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These are definitely not the types of SSDs you can compare to what you find in an Apple device/computer. 460MB/s is slow (USB 2/lightning cable slow). The quality and read/write on Apple’s 2.4k (edit - for typo error) up/over charged SSD is ~5-10x the rate, if not more.

 

[ThailandToo]

The link is definitely taking me to iFixIt and not Samsung.

 

[red elma]

Abundance of disk space for videographers but not really useful at USB 3.2 Gen 1 speeds

 

[doctrsnoop]

$650 for 8TB of storage from Samsung. If this was Apple, it'd be well over $2,400

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expensive sure, but not equivalent at all

 

[Adreitz]

This is the correct store link: https://www.samsung.com/us/computin...le-ssd-t5-evo-usb-3-2-8tb-black-mu-ph8t0s-am/

 

[Wildkraut]

These are definitely not the types of SSDs you can compare to what you find in an Apple device/computer. 460MB/s is slow (USB 2/lightning cable slow). The quality and read/write on Apple’s 2.4k up charger SSD is ~5-10x the rate

That 8TB ssd you get for $800-$1000 incl. enclosure, probably even less if you raid them together.

Still a lot cheaper than the $2400 Apple Tax, which is an upgrade price on top of the sdd you’re leaving with Apple to be sold.

 

[loekf]

These are definitely not the types of SSDs you can compare to what you find in an Apple device/computer. 460MB/s is slow (USB 2/lightning cable slow). The quality and read/write on Apple’s 2.4k up charger SSD is ~5-10x the rate

Depends on whether they mean 480 MB/s or 480 Mbps. 480 Mbps is the maximum USB 2.0 speed. 480 MB/s or ~5 Gbps was the original USB 3.0 speed.

 

[ikramerica]

$650 for 8TB of storage from Samsung. If this was Apple, it'd be well over $2,400

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True, but the T5 is appreciably slower. Not that at $2400 is reasonable for 8TB either. $1200 maybe.

 

[mectojic]

Do these external SSDs use multiple NANDs, like Apple's internal SSDs? If so, is a 8TB model like 16x512gb nands? I don't know how these work tbh.

 

[Any name]

Now, we all know that Apple's 8TB is far superior to anyone else's 8TB. Fans will argue 8TB > 8TB with vigor.

Or in Apple Exec spin: "Apple's 8TB is like 32TB of this Samsung storage... so buyers are actually saving $200 by paying $2400."

Apple’s is superior because it uses compression

 

[ChrisA]

Depends on whether they mean 480 MB/s or 480 Mbps. 480 Mbps is the maximum USB 2.0 speed. 480 MB/s or ~5 Gbps was the original USB 3.0 speed.

The Samsung website says this

Key Features
Sequential Read Speed. Up to 460 MB/s
Sequential Write Speed. Up to 460 MB/s

The same Samsung site also sells the "T9" for a similar price but with a maximum size of "only" 4GB and claims

sustained read and write speeds of up to 2,000MB/s

 

[alexandr]

$650 for 8TB of storage from Samsung. If this was Apple, it'd be well over $2,400

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Yea, it would also be INSIDE.

 

[Jack Neill]

I bought a Samsung QVO 8TB Sata SSD and put in an enclosure for my gaming laptop. it was 350$ and worth every penny. I can finally store all my Epic and Steam games on a semi fast drive and move them as I play them to the 2TB Raid 0 NVMe it boots from.

 

[jz0309]

$650 for 8TB of storage from Samsung. If this was Apple, it'd be well over $2,400

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with USB 3.2 speed though ... should be TB4, and then it would easily be in the 4 digit zone ...

 

[bradman83]

Do these external SSDs use multiple NANDs, like Apple's internal SSDs? If so, is a 8TB model like 16x512gb nands? I don't know how these work tbh.

Yes external SSDs use multiple NAND chips. What varies is how the chips talk to the USB interface. This drive most likely uses a SATA-3 to USB bridge chip which explains the fairly slow speeds relative to enclosures that use NMVe to USB bridge chips.

 

[Shirasaki]

$650 for 8TB of storage from Samsung. If this was Apple, it'd be well over $2,400

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Not to mention Apple DOES NOT manufacture those NAND chips themselves. And their chips probably also from Samsung.

Now, we all know that Apple's 8TB is far superior to anyone else's 8TB.

Fans will argue 8TB > 8TB with vigor.

In Apple Exec spin: "Apple's 8TB is like 32TB of this Samsung storage... so buyers are actually saving $200 by paying $2400."

Lmao.
I can almost see Apple sticking with 8TB as top of the line storage for a decade while everyone else moves on to 256 TB internal storage as their high end options.

Apple’s is superior because it uses compression

What compression? Physically cram more electrons into a single cell to save more data or just use software trickery to save space? Secret HLD chips nobody else have? 6 voltage states in a single cell while also maintaining 10000+ P/E cycles? If that is the case, then ok, they can charge a lot.

 

[iluvcrap2000]

are these gonna fail too?

 

[Mr Dobey]

Why purchase when Samsung has an 8TB QVO 560/530 MB/s for $350 + $10 USB-C to SATA III adapter?