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Samsung 860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB vs Western Digital WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB

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Capacity

860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB 512 GB
WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 500 GB
Difference: 12 (2%)

Random Read

WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 300000 IOPS
860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB 97000 IOPS
Difference: 203000 (209%)

Random Write

WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 240000 IOPS
860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB 88000 IOPS
Difference: 152000 (173%)

Sequential Read

WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 2400 MB/sec
860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB 550 MB/sec
Difference: 1850 (336%)

Sequential Write

WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 1750 MB/sec
860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB 520 MB/sec
Difference: 1230 (237%)

Endurance

860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB 300 TB
WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 300 TB
Difference: 0 (0%)

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Model 860 EVO M.2 SSD 500GB WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB
Manufacturer Samsung Western Digital
NAND Samsung V-NAND 3-bit MLC SanDisk 96L TLC
Form Factor M.2 SATA M.2 (2280)
Capacity 512 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 97000 IOPS 300000 IOPS
Random Write 88000 IOPS 240000 IOPS
Interface SATA III 6Gb/s NVMe 1.4
Controller Samsung MJX Controller WD Architecture
Date Released 2019 2019
Endurance 300 TB 300 TB
Notes 5-Year Limited Warranty 5-Year Warranty

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