Supporting the latest SATA 6Gb/s, the M2 Series SSD is currently one of the fastest SSDs available in the market. Utilizing a Marvell 88SS9174 controller, this 2.5 inch SSD is available in three ...

According to PCMag, " [T]he Samsung SSD 870 EVO proved itself not only as a leader among SATA drives, but also a regular competitor with both PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0-based NVMe M.2 drives.

Samsung 850 EVO SATA SSD Boot drive Crystal benchmark Seagate Firecuda M.2 NVMe Boot drive Crystal benchmark, over an x4 PCIe 2.0 interface.

Interface type SSDs can either use NVMe or SATA as the method for communicating with the rest of a PC. SATA is slower than NVMe. M.2, on the other hand, is actually a type of form factor.