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Samsung 850 Pro 256GB vs Western Digital WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB

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Capacity

WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 500 GB
850 Pro 256GB 256 GB
Difference: 244 (95%)

Random Read

WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 300000 IOPS
850 Pro 256GB 100000 IOPS
Difference: 200000 (200%)

Random Write

WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 240000 IOPS
850 Pro 256GB 90000 IOPS
Difference: 150000 (167%)

Sequential Read

WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 2400 MB/sec
850 Pro 256GB 550 MB/sec
Difference: 1850 (336%)

Sequential Write

WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 1750 MB/sec
850 Pro 256GB 520 MB/sec
Difference: 1230 (237%)

Endurance

WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 300 TB
850 Pro 256GB 150 TB
Difference: 150 (100%)

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Model 850 Pro 256GB WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB
Manufacturer Samsung Western Digital
NAND Samsung 2nd Gen 86Gbit 40nm MLC V-NAND SanDisk 96L TLC
Form Factor 2.5" M.2 (2280)
Capacity 256 GB 500 GB
Cache 512 MB (N/A) MB
Sequential Read 550 MB/s 2400 MB/s
Sequential Write 520 MB/s 1750 MB/s
Random Read 100000 IOPS 300000 IOPS
Random Write 90000 IOPS 240000 IOPS
Interface SATA III 6Gb/s NVMe 1.4
Controller Samsung 3-core MEX controller WD Architecture
Date Released 2014 2019
Endurance 150 TB 300 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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