Samsung Portable SSD P9 Review: 4,000MB/s USB4 Reads in a Metal Shell That Peaks at 40C
The Samsung Portable SSD P9 is the company’s first USB4 portable drive, rated at 4,000MB/s read and 3,800MB/s write. That’s double the T9 it sits above. It ships in 1TB, 2TB, 4TB, and 8TB capacities; the 8TB is Samsung’s first USB4 portable SSD at that size, and the 2TB unit we tested sells for $649.99 on Amazon (affiliate link), matching Samsung’s list price. The P9 arrives with portable SSDs split into two camps: 20Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 drives that have topped out near 2,000MB/s for three years, and a USB4 class that runs near internal NVMe speeds when the host…
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