The launch of AMD Ryzen 7000 and AM5 motherboards this fall will be accompanied by the first consumer PCIe 5.0 SSDs. Corsair is now providing a first look at the new SSD generation: the Corsair MP700 SSD with PCIe 5.0 in M.2 format.
Corsair MP700 SSD with PCIe 5.0
As Corsair reveals on a manufacturer's website for components compatible with the new AMD platform, the Corsair MP700 will support PCIe 5.0 x4 and NVMe 2.0. At its peak, the M.2 SSD reads data at 10,000 MB/s and writes at 9,500 MB/s. With this generation at the latest, it makes sense to convert this to 10 GB/s and 9.5 GB/s.
Corsair shows the performance of the MP700 with PCIe 5.0 in a graphic that of the MP600 Pro XT (test) with PCIe 4.0 and that of the MP510 (test) with PCIe 3.0. While the maximum throughput practically doubles when going from the MP510 to the MP600 Pro XT, the MP700 gains relatively less.
Preview of Corsair MP700 SSD with PCIe 5.0 (Image: Corsair)
It remains to be seen whether this is due to the limitations of the SSD itself or the platform. The SSD controller manufacturer Phison recently demonstrated the prototype of an M.2 SSD with Phison E26 on a Ryzen 7000 system and also “only” achieved around 10 GB/s. In an earlier demo (video), however, the E26 managed over 12 GB/s.
It is an obvious assumption that Corsair will use the Phison E26 for the MP700. Because Phison chips were already used in the MP600 family and also in the MP510.
Ryzen 7000 accompanies a fleet of PCIe 5.0 SSDs
AMD is cooperating with Phison to launch the new AM5 platform. Ultimately, both benefit from PCIe 5.0 support as an additional selling point. The first PCIe 5.0 SSDs with Phison E26 are expected when the AMD Ryzen 7000 and the associated AM5 mainboards are expected to go on sale in September.
AMD provides the platform for new NVMe-SSDs with PCIe 5.0In addition to Corsair, other manufacturers will be added like Gigabyte, MSI or Seagate jump on the bandwagon. The manufacturers Apacer and Zadak, which are less well known in this country, have already shown designs of PCIe 5.0 SSDs in M.2 format with a cooler, but have promised higher transfer rates of up to 13 GB/s. Micron also wants to get involved under the subsidiary brand Crucial. It remains to be seen which controller technology Micron uses.
Apacer AS2280F5 PCIe 5.0 SSD (Image: Apacer)