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Compare Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2 vs Samsung 860 EVO 500GB M.2

Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2 and Samsung 860 EVO 500GB M.2 are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB) and Form Factor (M.2-2280). The main differences are in Interface, NVME, NAND Flash Type and Max Sequential Read.

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Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2

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Brand

Kingston

Brand

Samsung

Model

SA2000M8/500G

Model

MZ-N6E500BW

Release Date

📅 August 2019

Release Date

📅 January 2018

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Price/GB

$0.13

Price/GB

$0.19

GB/$1

7.81

GB/$1

5.26

Series

A2000

Series

860 EVO Series

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 GB

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

NVME

Yes

NVME

No

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

M.2-2280

SSD Controller

-

SSD Controller

Samsung MJX

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

NAND Flash Type

V-NAND 3-bit MLC

Cache

-

Cache

Samsung 512MB Low Power DDR4 SDRAM

Max Sequential Read

Up to 2200 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 550 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 2000 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 520 MB/s

MTBF

2,000,000 hours

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

Options (2)

	A2000 250G $221.84
	A2000 1000G $99.98

Options (3)

	1 TB $169.99
	2 TB $449.99
	250 GB $119.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2:

33% cheaper, you can save $31.00
Newer Product, it was released around 18 months later
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

Reasons to buy the Samsung 860 EVO 500GB M.2:

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