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Compare Kingston Q500 960GB vs Digital A1000 960GB

Kingston Q500 960GB and Kingston Digital A1000 960GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (960 GB) and MTBF (1,000,000 hours). The main differences are in Interface, NVME, Form Factor and NAND Flash Type.

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Kingston Q500 960GB

Kingston Digital A1000 960GB

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Brand

Kingston

Brand

Kingston

Model

SQ500S37/960G

Model

SA1000M8/960G

Release Date

📅 March 2022

Release Date

📅 December 2019

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Performance (Charts)

178th / 1746

Effective Value

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Effective Value

224th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.11

Price/GB

$0.21

GB/$1

9.06

GB/$1

4.8

Series

Q500

Series

A1000

Capacity

960 GB

Capacity

960 GB

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x2

NVME

No

NVME

Yes

Form Factor

2.5"

Form Factor

M.2-2280

SSD Controller

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SSD Controller

Phison E8

NAND Flash Type

TLC

NAND Flash Type

3D TLC

Max Sequential Read

Up to 500 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 1500 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 450 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 1000 MB/s

MTBF

1,000,000 hours

MTBF

1,000,000 hours

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Options (6)

	120G SATA3 $130.87
	240G SATA3 $78.75
	480G SATA3 $107.00
	960G SATA3 $179.00
	240G PCIe NVMe $319.70
	480G PCIe NVMe

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Kingston Q500 960GB:

Newer Product, it was released around 2 years later

Reasons to buy the Kingston Digital A1000 960GB:

12% cheaper, you can save $26.00
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x2)

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