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Capacity

860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB 512 GB
970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB 512 GB
Difference: 0 (0%)

Random Read

970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB 480000 IOPS
860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB 97000 IOPS
Difference: 383000 (395%)

Random Write

970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB 550000 IOPS
860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB 88000 IOPS
Difference: 462000 (525%)

Sequential Read

970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB 3500 MB/sec
860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB 550 MB/sec
Difference: 2950 (536%)

Sequential Write

970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB 3200 MB/sec
860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB 520 MB/sec
Difference: 2680 (515%)

Endurance

860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB 300 TB
970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB 300 TB
Difference: 0 (0%)

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Model 860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB 970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD 500GB
Manufacturer Samsung Samsung
NAND Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC
Form Factor M.2 SATA M.2 (2280)
Capacity 512 GB 512 GB
Cache 512 MB (N/A) MB
Sequential Read 550 MB/s 3500 MB/s
Sequential Write 520 MB/s 3200 MB/s
Random Read 97000 IOPS 480000 IOPS
Random Write 88000 IOPS 550000 IOPS
Interface SATA III 6Gb/s NVMe 1.3
Controller Samsung MJX Controller Samsung Phoenix Controller
Date Released 2019 2019
Endurance 300 TB 300 TB
Notes 5-Year Limited Warranty 5-Year Limited Warranty

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