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Compare Kingston KC3000 512GB vs Crucial MX100 512GB

Kingston KC3000 512GB and Crucial MX100 512GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (512 GB). The main differences are in Interface, NVME, Form Factor and SSD Controller.

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Kingston KC3000 512GB

Crucial MX100 512GB

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Brand

Kingston

Brand

Crucial

Model

SKC3000S/512G

Model

CT512MX100SSD1

Release Date

📅 January 2022

Release Date

📅 May 2014

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Performance (Charts)

269th / 1746

Effective Value

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Effective Value

286th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.19

Price/GB

$0.39

GB/$1

5.39

GB/$1

2.56

Pros

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Pros

Marvell 88SS9189 controller
Competitive pricing
Great performance

Series

KC3000

Series

MX100

Capacity

512 GB

Capacity

512 GB

Interface

PCIe Gen4 x4

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

NVME

Yes

NVME

No

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

2.5"

SSD Controller

Phison E18

SSD Controller

Marvell 9189

NAND Flash Type

3D TLC

NAND Flash Type

MLC

Max Sequential Read

Up to 7000 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 550 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 3900 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 500 MB/s

MTBF

1,800,000 hours

MTBF

MTTF: 1.5M Hours

Options (3)

	4096GB $999.99
	2048GB $455.95
	1024GB $299.85

Options (1)

Crucial MX100 128GB

128 GB
$150.24

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Kingston KC3000 512GB:

52% cheaper, you can save $104.50
Newer Product, it was released around 8 years later
Newer interface (PCIe Gen4 x4)

Reasons to buy the Crucial MX100 512GB:

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