2 Types of SSDs: SATA and NVMe

PCIe x4 SSD and PCIe x4 slot m 2 4 0 in 3 0 slot Hi, I currently am using a Pi 5 and I have connected via a Blue USB slot an External SSD enclosure, with an PCIe Gen 4 NVMe SSD in it m2 slot pc A PCIe slot, for example, features an 8 GTs transfer rate per lane, whereas a PCIe slot possesses a 16 GTs transfer rate per lane 2

m2 sata vs nvme slot You're referring to NVME based M2 SSDs, correct? But yes if the SSD is PCIE spec then of course the speed will be less when used on PCIE