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Compare Crucial P5 Plus 500GB vs P3 500GB

Crucial P5 Plus 500GB and Crucial P3 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 P5 Plus 500GB

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Brand

Crucial

Brand

Crucial

Model

CT500P5PSSD8

Model

CT500P3SSD8

Release Date

📅 August 2021

Release Date

📅 June 2022

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Performance (Charts)

54th / 1746

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Effective Value

21st / 336

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Price/GB

$0.12

Price/GB

$0.08

GB/$1

8.33

GB/$1

12.82

Series

P5 Plus

Series

P3

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

Micron in house design

SSD Controller

-

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

Max Sequential Read

Up to 6600 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 3500 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 4000 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 1900 MB/s

MTBF

2 million

MTBF

-

Options (6)

	250 GB P5 $54.99
	1TB P5 $199.59
	1TB P5 Plus $214.99
	500GB P5 $185.34
	2TB P5 Plus $116.99
	2TB P5 $447.03

Options (7)

	1TB P3 Plus $227.00
	4TB P3 $249.99
	2TB P3 $349.00
	2TB P3 Plus $324.50
	4TB P3 Plus $761.75
	1TB P3 $256.49
	500GB P3 Plus $159.00

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Crucial P5 Plus 500GB:

66% cheaper, you can save $119.01
Newer interface (PCIe Gen4 x4)

Reasons to buy the Crucial P3 500GB:

Newer Product, it was released around 11 months later

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