SSDs: Common Questions and Important Differences

NVMe drives are much faster and use the PCI-E bus so they can make use of that speed Really the only reason for the M2 SATA drives are for

2 form factor Also, given their faster speeds, NVMe drives typically cost more than their standard ” SSD equivalents, similar to how SSDs

nvme slot The obvious difference between the two SSDs is their pin layouts The upper SSD in the picture uses B+M key, while the

nvme 40 in 30 slot No M2 is just a form factor storage device that says nothing about the data transfer interface NVMe is a specification for access protocols