Our report in the present day takes an in depth have a look at Corsair’s newest flagship SSD, the MP700 Professional XT, marking the primary trade launch of a drive that includes the Phison PS5028-E28 Gen5 NVMe 8-channel controller. We first provided a ‘efficiency preview‘ of this controller again in June, and extra not too long ago, we included our E28 pattern in ‘The Final Laptop computer SSD Battery Check.’ In that take a look at, the E28 outperformed all 11 competing SSDs, coming in second solely to the unique Samsung OEM drive put in in our 2025 LG Professional 16″ 2-in-1 Ultrabook. Beneath is the chart; click on it for a full-size view.
Two key factors stand out on this chart. First, the E28 controller was outperformed solely by the OEM SSD preinstalled in our ultrabook, a drive that was possible fine-tuned by the producer for optimum stability between battery life and efficiency. Second, the E28 engineering pattern delivered over an hour longer battery life than main opponents, together with the Essential T710, Micron 4600, SanDisk SN8100, and Samsung 9100. This outcome reinforces the E28’s, and by extension, the Corsair MP700 Professional XT’s popularity as a high-speed but power-efficient Gen5 SSD, setting it other than earlier releases. Our goal in the present day is to validate the real-world efficiency of Corsair’s MP700 Professional XT.
The Corsair MP700 Professional XT is a PCIe 5.0 (Gen5) 4-lane (x4) SSD that makes use of the NVMe 2.0 working protocol and is of the M.2 2280 (22mm huge x 80mm lengthy) type issue. It’s accessible in 1, 2 and 4TB capacities.
The MP700 Professional XT is of a black PCB and accommodates a black graphene metallic branding sticker over its parts to help with warmth dissipation. It is a one-sided SSD which, when mixed with that graphene sticker, allows a really cool working product contemplating it speaks to below 6.5 watts energetic energy and <5mW Dev Slp energy.
Efficiency is listed at 14.9GB/s learn and 14.4GB/s write with as much as 2700K learn and 3300K write IOPS at low 4K random disk entry. The MP700 Professional XT has AES 256bit encryption and extra options embrace the usual TRIM, S.M.A.R.T and rubbish assortment (GC).
Our pattern MP700 Professional XT SSD accommodates the most recent Phison PS5028-E28 Gen5 8-channel NVMe SSD controller, a SK Hynix 2048MB DRAM cache buffer together with two chips of what Corsair will solely describe as 3D TLC NAND flash reminiscence. We had finished an intensive search on the identification listed on the NAND with no luck and Corsair stays to state that it is just 3D TLC. Dialog with trade friends appears to supply that the NAND on this SSD is SanDisk BiCS8 3D TLC NAND, nonetheless there isn’t any particular affirmation from Corsair.
Producers urged checklist pricing for the Corsair MP700 Professional XT Gen5 SSD is $159 (1TB), $249 (2TB) and $459 for ther 4TB model which we discover only a bit dear, however by no means out of the unusual for a brand new launch SSD reminiscent of this. This SSD has a 5-year restricted guarantee. Examine Amazon pricing.
