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Samsung 850 Pro 256GB vs Seagate BarraCuda 510 512GB

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Capacity

BarraCuda 510 512GB 512 GB
850 Pro 256GB 256 GB
Difference: 256 (100%)

Random Read

BarraCuda 510 512GB 340000 IOPS
850 Pro 256GB 100000 IOPS
Difference: 240000 (240%)

Random Write

BarraCuda 510 512GB 500000 IOPS
850 Pro 256GB 90000 IOPS
Difference: 410000 (456%)

Sequential Read

BarraCuda 510 512GB 3400 MB/sec
850 Pro 256GB 550 MB/sec
Difference: 2850 (518%)

Sequential Write

BarraCuda 510 512GB 2100 MB/sec
850 Pro 256GB 520 MB/sec
Difference: 1580 (304%)

Endurance

BarraCuda 510 512GB 320 TB
850 Pro 256GB 150 TB
Difference: 170 (113%)

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Model 850 Pro 256GB BarraCuda 510 512GB
Manufacturer Samsung Seagate
NAND Samsung 2nd Gen 86Gbit 40nm MLC V-NAND Toshiba BiCS3 64L TLC
Form Factor 2.5" M.2 (2280)
Capacity 256 GB 512 GB
Cache 512 MB (N/A) MB
Sequential Read 550 MB/s 3400 MB/s
Sequential Write 520 MB/s 2100 MB/s
Random Read 100000 IOPS 340000 IOPS
Random Write 90000 IOPS 500000 IOPS
Interface SATA III 6Gb/s NVMe 1.3
Controller Samsung 3-core MEX controller Phison E12
Date Released 2014 2019
Endurance 150 TB 320 TB
Notes 10 years limited warranty AES 256-bit Full Disk Encryption (FDE) TCG/Opal v2.0, Encrypted Drive (IEEE1667) 5-Year Warranty

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