Intel provides 665p SSD with 96-layer QLC Nand memory

Intel comes with a successor to the 660p-nvme-ssds. The Intel 665p SSDs get 96-layer qlc-nand, the 660p has 64-layer qlc-nand. It is not yet known when the 665p series will be released on the market and what the SSDs will cost.

Intel showed the m2 SSD during its Memory and Storage Day in Seoul, Legit Reviews writes. The 665p contains 3d-qlc-nand just like its predecessor, but the chips have a higher data density by using more layers of nand. The capacity of the dies remains the same at 1024Gbit per die, but the dies are smaller. The 665p SSDs feature Silicon Motion’s SM2263 controller, which Intel also uses for the current 660p series.

According to a demonstration, a prototype 1TB variant of the 665p achieves sequential read and write speeds of 1887MB/s and 1816MB/s, respectively. This means that the sequential speeds are more than forty percent higher than those of the 660p with the same capacity. The random read and write speeds of the 665p are about 195MB/s and 70MB/s respectively. The benchmark shows that the random speeds of the 660p are about thirty percent lower at 151MB/s and 53MB/s. These speeds are more relevant to real-world performance.

It is not yet known when the Intel 665p will be released on the market and what the SSDs will cost. Presumably the 665p series will be about the same price as the 660p series as there are no major changes. The 1TB variant of the 660p cost more than 200 euros at release, but is now available for 104 euros.

The 655p and 660p compared. Photos via Nathan Kirsch from Legit Reviews.