NVMe drives are the new generation of SSD based on the NVMe interface. The classic 2.5” SATA SSD is limited by the SATA standard to 550 MB/s. On the other end, the best NVMe SSD are reaching up to 3,500 MB/s (read) and 2,100 MB/s (write) speed, and they offer much better latency. In short, they are much faster, smaller, and pricier than regular SSDs.
Do you really need a NVMe drive for video editing? As always, the final answer depends on your budget and usage. Hur som helst kommer en NVMe SSD att på allvar snabba upp dina applikationers starttid och uppgiftskänslighet, särskilt när du arbetar med stora filer. High-bandwidth materials like pano-stitching and raw video will benefit from the additional bandwidth for preview and scrubbing. Men tänk på att de flesta 12-bitars mellankodekar och till och med vissa förlustfria råmaterial upp till 4K-upplösning inte mättar SATA SSD-bandbredden (Canon Cinema Raw Light är 1 Gbps, ProRes 4444XQ är 2,1 Gbps, Redcode 6:1 är 500 Mbps). The gain in export performance won’t be as dramatic, because the drive is rarely the limiting factor in this phase. Rendering is usually not limited by the drive but by the processing power of the CPU and GPU. Feeding more data to these processors won’t help when they're already runing at full capacity.
This is demonstrated by Dave Dugdale, who conducted a series of quick benchmarks to evaluate the gain of his NVMe drive over a regular SSD. Hans korta video täcker skillnaden mellan traditionella hårddiskar, SSD och NVMe-enheter i olika arbetsfaser som filöverföring, uppstartstid och rendering. Check it out above to see what's right for you.