512G rMB vs 256G rMB

[iRun26.2]

Shouldn't the larger SSD be naturally a little faster?

Could that also be contributing to the faster Geekbench scores?

 

[shenan1982]

Shouldn't the larger SSD be naturally a little faster?

Could that also be contributing to the faster Geekbench scores?

Why would the larger SSD be faster?

 

[bibyfok]

Why would the larger SSD be faster?

Because they use high end chips and controller on larger SSD.

 

[newellj]

My impression looking at SSD reviews over the last couple of years is that there is often a big break in speed between the 128gb SSDs and the bigger ones, but typically speeds flatten out from 256gb upwards.

 

[KrisLord]

It normally depends on the number of channels the controller accesses simultaneously. If there are 2x as many channels in the 512 drive then I'd expect a speed difference. If there are the same number (but each channel has 2x the storage) then I'd not expect any speed difference. I don't know enough about Mac PCIe drives so not sure how the channels differ.