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Samsung 970 EVO NVMe SSD 500GB vs Western Digital WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB

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Capacity

970 EVO NVMe SSD 500GB 500 GB
WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 500 GB
Difference: 0 (0%)

Random Read

970 EVO NVMe SSD 500GB 370000 IOPS
WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 300000 IOPS
Difference: 70000 (23%)

Random Write

970 EVO NVMe SSD 500GB 450000 IOPS
WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 240000 IOPS
Difference: 210000 (88%)

Sequential Read

970 EVO NVMe SSD 500GB 3400 MB/sec
WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 2400 MB/sec
Difference: 1000 (42%)

Sequential Write

970 EVO NVMe SSD 500GB 2300 MB/sec
WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 1750 MB/sec
Difference: 550 (31%)

Endurance

970 EVO NVMe SSD 500GB 300 TB
WD Blue SN550 NVMe SSD 500GB 300 TB
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Model 970 EVO NVMe 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 (2280) M.2 (2280)
Capacity 500 GB 500 GB
Cache N/A MB (N/A) MB
Sequential Read 3400 MB/s 2400 MB/s
Sequential Write 2300 MB/s 1750 MB/s
Random Read 370000 IOPS 300000 IOPS
Random Write 450000 IOPS 240000 IOPS
Interface NVMe 1.3 NVMe 1.4
Controller Samsung Phoenix Controller WD Architecture
Date Released 2019 2019
Endurance 300 TB 300 TB
Notes 5-Year Limited Warranty 5-Year Warranty

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