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ADATA XPG Mars 980 Blade Spec and Price in the United States

NVME1TBM.2 228014000 MB/s read

ADATA's Gen5 Blade line runs up to 14,000 MB/s read on 3D NAND, per the documented listings — the top-clock option in the XPG lineup for enthusiast PCIe 5.0 platforms.

Tied 6th of 106 models in the SSD catalog on Sequential read — 4 models share this figure. Tied 5th of 106 models in the SSD catalog on Sequential write — 3 models share this figure.

Current best price
From $199.99Price too old to confirm

Prices exclude sales tax.

The last tracked price for the 1TB ADATA XPG Mars 980 Blade in the United States was $199.99 at Newegg, captured 2026-10-12. Across 2 tracked merchants and 94 days of recorded prices, the 90-day median for the 1TB ADATA XPG Mars 980 Blade is $199.99 and the lowest recorded price is $91.99. This site began capturing prices on July 30, 2026; for Amazon listings, prices dated earlier come from Keepa's price history.

Captured periodically and may have changed.

Price history

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  • 1TB
  • 2TB
August 11, 202657 data pointstoday · $199.99

Each point is one day's recorded price, not a list price. Points dated before July 30, 2026, when this site began capturing prices, come from Keepa's Amazon price history. How we track prices

Specifications

Capacity
1TB
Interface
NVME
Sequential read
14000 MB/s
Sequential write
12000 MB/s
PCIe generation
5
Form factor
M.2 2280
NAND type
TLC

Capacities

ConfigurationPart numberCurrent best pricePrice per TB
1TBSMAR-980B-1TCS

$199.99

Price too old to confirm

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2TBSMAR-980B-2TCS

$379.99

Price too old to confirm

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What owners and reviewers say

Summarised from 2 source(s), reviewed September 14, 2026. A source is counted only where it names this model exactly. How we track prices

Commonly praised

  • Reviewers found it a high-end PCIe 5.0 drive at a comparatively low price, with good power efficiency.
  • It set records in random 4K writes and was described as an excellent drive to run an operating system from.
  • Its endurance rating exceeds the norm for its class, and the supplied heatspreader is simple but effective.

Commonly criticised

  • It is not class-leading and uses older 232-layer flash, producing some performance quirks.
  • It trailed the fastest competitors in real-world file transfers.

Sources behind this summary

Guides for this category

How to choose an SSDFour questions decide almost every SSD purchase — what fits, how big, how fast, and how much it should cost.NVMe or SATAWhich interface your machine takes, how to tell without opening it, and what the speed difference actually buys you.How much SSD capacity you actually needHow to size a drive from what you already use, why leaving headroom matters, and when one bigger drive beats two small ones.M.2 sizes and SSD form factorsWhat 2280, 2242, and 2.5-inch mean, which one your machine takes, and how to check the keying before you buy.What SSD speed numbers actually tell youSequential versus random performance, why the number on the box describes the rarer case, and how to read it without being misled.PCIe generations for SSDsWhat Gen 3, Gen 4, and Gen 5 change, why a newer drive always works in an older slot, and when the extra speed is worth paying for.TLC, QLC, and DRAM-less SSDsWhat the NAND type and the controller's cache change about how a drive behaves, and when either is worth caring about.SSD endurance and warrantiesWhat TBW and DWPD actually promise, how much a normal machine writes, and when endurance is worth paying extra for.How to install an SSDFitting an M.2 or 2.5-inch drive, choosing between cloning and a clean install, and what to check on the first boot.When an SSD price is actually goodWhy price per terabyte beats any discount percentage, and why a good price on one capacity says nothing about the others.

Sources

Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.