Look at a MacBook Pro 13" with 512GB in Blackmagic design disk benchmark! (warning it is ludicrous!)

[LOL69]

 

[CheesePuff]

I wouldn't call that ludicrous considering the M1 supports PCIe 4.0 which could get 2.5x that speed, yet Apple chose to use 3.0 speeds on their Flash storage

 

[4sallypat]

I wouldn't call that ludicrous considering the M1 supports PCIe 4.0 which could get 2.5x that speed, yet Apple chose to use 3.0 speeds on their Flash storage

Can you replace the M1 SSD with a faster unit ?

 

[docbot]

Can you replace the M1 SSD with a faster unit ?

nope, they're all soldered down.

 

[jasoncarle]

I wouldn't call that ludicrous considering the M1 supports PCIe 4.0 which could get 2.5x that speed, yet Apple chose to use 3.0 speeds on their Flash storage

If I had to guess, they do that so they have room to say they increased speed at the next launch of a newer one...

I have a Ryzen 5950X based desktop here wtih PCI4 and a PCI4 nvme drive and the thing is stupid fast.

 

[dmr727]

I have a Ryzen 5950X based desktop here wtih PCI4 and a PCI4 nvme drive and the thing is stupid fast.

Yeah, I dropped a 4.0 nvme drive in my 3900x machine and was astounded. Wasn't expensive either - crazy times we live in!

 

[LOL69]

I wouldn't call that ludicrous considering the M1 supports PCIe 4.0 which could get 2.5x that speed, yet Apple chose to use 3.0 speeds on their Flash storage

Compared to the old one

 

[ArPe]

I can touch 3000MB/s on the 1TB model.

 

[jasoncarle]

I can hit 7000MB/s on my AMD 5950X PCI-4 with a pci-4 nvme drive...

edit: The drive is a Western Digital Black SN850 1TB M.2