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Pemalite said:

JEMC said:

The first PCIe 4.0 NVMes already got close to reach 7000 MB/s, almost twice the values of 3.0 drives. With the new 5.0 SSDs the max we get is 10000MB/s and, while the raw increase is roughly the same, the percepcion is that the gains aren't that big.

They'll improve over time, no doubt about it, but for now they have too many drawbacks to attract most consumers. Therefore, prices of current drives won't change much.

Not initially they didn't.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16087/the-samsung-980-pro-pcie-4-ssd-review/7

The PCI-E 4.0 drives were an improvement over PCI-E 3.0, but not a generational improvement like they are now.

The Corsair MP600 Pro was also an early PCIe 4.0 drive and was faster than Samsung.

Honestly, I have the sensation that Samsung has dropped the ball with its 4.0 drives. They were the product to beat in the SSD market for many years, but now they're just another one in the mix, with the likes of Kingston or Western Digital offering better products.