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Compare Crucial P5 Plus 500GB vs P5 250GB

Crucial P5 Plus 500GB and Crucial P5 250GB are both solid state drives with the same Form Factor (M.2-2280), SSD Controller (Micron in house design) and NAND Flash Type (3D NAND). The main differences are in Performance (+50%), Capacity, Interface and Max Sequential Read.

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Crucial P5 Plus 500GB

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Brand

Crucial

Brand

Crucial

Model

CT500P5PSSD8

Model

CT250P5SSD8

Release Date

📅 August 2021

Release Date

📅 July 2020

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Performance (Charts)

54th / 1746

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Performance (Charts)

115th / 1746

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Effective Value

21st / 336

Effective Value

70th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.12

Price/GB

$0.22

GB/$1

8.33

GB/$1

4.55

Series

P5 Plus

Series

P5

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

250 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

Micron in house design

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

Max Sequential Read

Up to 6600 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 3400 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 4000 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 1400 MB/s

MTBF

2 million

MTBF

1.8 million hours

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 (3)

	1TB $199.59
	2 TB $447.03
	500GB $185.34

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Crucial P5 Plus 500GB:

Much better performance, around +50%
Much better effective value.
Newer Product, it was released around 13 months later
More Capacity (+250 GB available)
Newer interface (PCIe Gen4 x4)

Reasons to buy the Crucial P5 250GB:

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