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Samsung 970 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD 1TB vs Western Digital WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 500GB

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Capacity

970 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD 1TB 1024 GB
WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 500GB 512 GB
Difference: 512 (100%)

Random Read

970 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD 1TB 500000 IOPS
WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 500GB 95000 IOPS
Difference: 405000 (426%)

Random Write

970 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD 1TB 500000 IOPS
WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 500GB 84000 IOPS
Difference: 416000 (495%)

Sequential Read

970 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD 1TB 3500 MB/sec
WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 500GB 560 MB/sec
Difference: 2940 (525%)

Sequential Write

970 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD 1TB 2700 MB/sec
WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 500GB 530 MB/sec
Difference: 2170 (409%)

Endurance

970 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD 1TB 1200 TB
WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 500GB 200 TB
Difference: 1000 (500%)

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Model 970 PRO NVMe M.2 SSD 1TB WD Blue 3D NAND SATA SSD 500GB
Manufacturer Samsung Western Digital
NAND Samsung V-NAND 2-bit MLC SanDisk 64-layer 3D TLC
Form Factor M.2 (2280) 2.5" SATA III
Capacity 1024 GB 512 GB
Cache N/A MB (N/A) MB
Sequential Read 3500 MB/s 560 MB/s
Sequential Write 2700 MB/s 530 MB/s
Random Read 500000 IOPS 95000 IOPS
Random Write 500000 IOPS 84000 IOPS
Interface NVMe 1.3 SATA III 6Gb/s
Controller Samsung Phoenix Controller Marvell 88SS1074
Date Released 2018 2018
Endurance 1200 TB 200 TB
Notes 5-Year Limited Warranty 3-Year Warranty

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