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Samsung 850 Evo 500GB vs 970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB

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Capacity

970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB 512 GB
850 Evo 500GB 500 GB
Difference: 12 (2%)

Random Read

970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB 480000 IOPS
850 Evo 500GB 98000 IOPS
Difference: 382000 (390%)

Random Write

970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB 550000 IOPS
850 Evo 500GB 90000 IOPS
Difference: 460000 (511%)

Sequential Read

970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB 3500 MB/sec
850 Evo 500GB 540 MB/sec
Difference: 2960 (548%)

Sequential Write

970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB 3200 MB/sec
850 Evo 500GB 520 MB/sec
Difference: 2680 (515%)

Endurance

970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB 300 TB
850 Evo 500GB 150 TB
Difference: 150 (100%)

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Model 850 Evo 500GB 970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB
Manufacturer Samsung Samsung
NAND Samsung 128Gbit 40nm TLC V-NAND Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC
Form Factor 2.5" M.2 (2280)
Capacity 500 GB 512 GB
Cache 512 MB (N/A) MB
Sequential Read 540 MB/s 3500 MB/s
Sequential Write 520 MB/s 3200 MB/s
Random Read 98000 IOPS 480000 IOPS
Random Write 90000 IOPS 550000 IOPS
Interface SATA III 6Gb/s NVMe 1.3
Controller Samsung MGX Samsung Phoenix Controller
Date Released 2014 2019
Endurance 150 TB 300 TB
Notes 5 Year warranty, Encryption: AES-256, TCG Opal 2.0, IEEE-1667 (eDrive) 5-Year Limited Warranty

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