Sabrent Rocket 5 vs Samsung 990 EVO Plus at every capacity: prices, $/TB, speeds, endurance. Which to buy in September 2026 — full family comparison.
Comparing Sabrent Rocket 5 against Samsung 990 EVO Plus model-to-model means looking across the whole capacity range: the winner at 1 TB isn't always the winner at 4 TB, because per-TB pricing shifts with capacity. Here's the full picture.
The Sabrent Rocket 5 posts the higher sequential read spec (14,000 MB/s vs 7,250 MB/s). Whether that shows up for you depends on workload: game load times won't change, sustained transfers will.
On value, the Samsung 990 EVO Plus family wins at most capacities — its best configuration lands at $143.50/TB versus $175.00/TB for the Sabrent Rocket 5's best. During the 2026 NAND shortage that spread compounds quickly at 2-4 TB.
Architecturally, the Sabrent Rocket 5 family uses a dedicated DRAM cache while the Samsung 990 EVO Plus relies on HMB (Host Memory Buffer). For OS and gaming duty they behave identically; sustained random writes favor DRAM.
| Capacity | Sabrent Rocket 5 | Samsung 990 EVO Plus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 TB | $259 · $259.00/TB | $239 · $239.00/TB | Full comparison → |
| 2 TB | $350 · $175.00/TB | $370 · $185.00/TB | Full comparison → |
| 4 TB | $739 · $184.75/TB | $574 · $143.50/TB | Full comparison → |