On facebook the designer behind the Phison E18 controller that is empowering this Rocket 4 Plus PCIe 4.0 SSD had a simple thought and target, he wanted a controller that would kick Samsungs ass.
And in that mindset the Rocket 4 Plus NVMe SSD has been announced, powered by the new Phison PS5018-E18 SSD controller the SSD series would deliver a massive 7,000 MB/s sequential read and 6850 MB/s sequential write speeds (!). Of course these numbers only tell one side of the story.
These numbers are above the specs Samsung recently announced with the 980 PRO. The Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus will become available in 500 GB, 1 TB, and 2 TB models . These numbers mentioned are approaching the bandwidth limits of PCIe 4.0 x4 slots. Pricing and availability was not announced.
| Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus | Sabrent Rocket | Samsung 980 Pro | |
| NAND Type | TLC | TLC | TLC |
| Controller | Phison E18 | Phison E16 | Samsung Elpis |
| Sequential Read | 7000 MB/s | 5000 MB/s | 7000 MB/s |
| Sequential Write | 6850 MB/s | 4400 MB/s | 5000 MB/s |
| Capacities | 500 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB | 500 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB | 250 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB |
Sabrent Next-Gen Rocket 4 Plus PCIe 4.0 SSD Designed to kick Samsungs ass at 6850 MB/s seq writes
