NVMe vs 'standard' SATA-SSD; why is there this huge price difference

[kiddingguy]

Why are 'standard' SATA SSD way more expensive then NVMe ones?
What's the main reason?

Some looking for info on the internet states:

"Differences in pricing
In general, NVMe SSDs are more expensive than SATA SSDs. Even when both NVMe and SATA drives have the same storage capacities, NVMe drives cost more. The cost of a 250GB NVMe SSD storage space ranges from $50 to $90, a 500GB one from $70 to $160, and a 1TB storage from $120 to $200."

https://www.spiceworks.com/tech/hardware/articles/sata-vs-nvme/#:~:text=Differences in pricing,storage from %24120 to %24200.

https://www.promax.com/blog/is-it-worth-paying-more-for-an-nvme-vs-ssd

That doesn't match these statements.....
Or have these differences occured over the last couple of months?

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

NVME are cheaper because it takes less to make and a lot of people are using it nowadays. Not sure what else to add here..

[goretsky Supervisor]

Hello,

I have not seen SATA SSD drives priced more expensively than NVMe SSDs.  Perhaps this is a local market condition?

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
 

[Jaybonaut]

I too have not seen SATA SSDs more expensive.  NVMe should be more expensive if they are pricing due to speed.

[kiddingguy]

@goretsky@Jaybonaut Apparently in The Netherlands is it [as far as I can tell].

e.g.

https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/1753994/kingston-kc3000-2tb.html
https://tweakers.net/pricewatch/1480446/kingston-kc600-alleen-ssd-2tb.html

Plus also other brands, like Samsung.

 

[Jaybonaut]

Is it just one store?  It makes no sense.  Not only is it way faster, it's write endurance is monumentally ridiculously higher.

[Brandon H Supervisor]

it seems to be that the SATA Kingston is out of production so it's just 3rd party resellers and thus the price increase.

it appears to be the same for those two drives on the US Amazon.

Personally I'd say stick to the big 3 for SSDs of both types: Crucial, Samsung, and Western Digital.

[Jaybonaut]

On 14/04/2023 at 08:23, Brandon H said:

it seems to be that the SATA Kingston is out of production so it's just 3rd party resellers and thus the price increase.

it appears to be the same for those two drives on the US Amazon.

Personally I'd say stick to the big 3 for SSDs of both types: Crucial, Samsung, and Western Digital.

Did you see the write endurance for some of those KC3000 drives though?  Multiple PETABYTES

[neufuse Veteran]

Prices used to be a lot higher for nVME but now they are basically the same everywhere I've seen lately, could it be that SATA versions are discontinued and people are jacking the prices up that aren't OEM sellers?... SATA seems to be disappearing fast

[Mindovermaster Global Moderator]

On 15/04/2023 at 15:11, neufuse said:

Prices used to be a lot higher for nVME but now they are basically the same everywhere I've seen lately, could it be that SATA versions are discontinued and people are jacking the prices up that aren't OEM sellers?... SATA seems to be disappearing fast

Yea, because PCI and USB are faster than SATA these days.

[goretsky Supervisor]

Hello,

As a general explanation, it could be that more manufacturing capacity is being devoted to NVMe than SATA SSDs.  This means the price of discrete components for NVMe SSDs goes down, because they are being ordered in larger quantities.  Also, the assembly costs are probably lower, since NVMe SSDs do not have to get a 2.5" shell placed around them like SATA SSDs.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky