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Compare Crucial P3 Plus 500GB vs P5 500GB

Crucial P3 Plus 500GB and Crucial P5 500GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB), Form Factor (M.2-2280) and NAND Flash Type (3D NAND). The main differences are in Interface, Max Sequential Read and Max Sequential Write.

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Crucial P3 Plus 500GB

Crucial P5 500GB

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Brand

Crucial

Brand

Crucial

Model

CT500P3PSSD8

Model

CT500P5SSD8

Release Date

📅 June 2022

Release Date

📅 July 2020

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Performance (Charts)

89th / 1746

Effective Value

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Effective Value

66th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.07

Price/GB

$0.14

GB/$1

15.16

GB/$1

7.14

Series

P3 Plus

Series

P5

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 GB

Interface

PCIe Gen4 x4

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

NVME

Yes

NVME

Yes

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

M.2-2280

SSD Controller

-

SSD Controller

Micron in house design

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

Max Sequential Read

Up to 4700 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 3400 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 1900 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 3000 MB/s

MTBF

-

MTBF

1.8 million hours

Options (7)

	2TB P3 Plus $324.50
	500GB P3 $179.00
	2TB P3 $349.00
	1TB P3 Plus $227.00
	4TB P3 $249.99
	1TB P3 $256.49
	4TB P3 Plus $761.75

Options (3)

	1TB $199.59
	2 TB $447.03
	250 GB $54.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Crucial P3 Plus 500GB:

14% cheaper, you can save $26.34
Newer Product, it was released around 2 years later
Newer interface (PCIe Gen4 x4)

Reasons to buy the Crucial P5 500GB:

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