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Compare Patriot P300 256GB vs Crucial M550 256GB

Patriot P300 256GB and Crucial M550 256GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (256 GB). The main differences are in Interface, NVME, Form Factor and Max Sequential Read.

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Patriot P300 256GB

Crucial M550 256GB

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Brand

Patriot

Brand

Crucial

Model

P300P256GM28
P300P256GM28US

Model

CT256M550SSD1

Release Date

📅 July 2020

Release Date

📅 March 2014

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Performance (Charts)

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Performance (Charts)

255th / 1746

Effective Value

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Effective Value

277th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.22

Price/GB

$0.70

GB/$1

4.57

GB/$1

1.44

Pros

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Pros

Strong performance
Good upgrade over the M500
Marvell 88SS9189 controller

Cons

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Cons

Not as fast as some high-end drives

Series

P300

Series

M550

Capacity

256 GB

Capacity

256 GB

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

NVME

Yes

NVME

No

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

2.5"

SSD Controller

-

SSD Controller

Marvell 9189

NAND Flash Type

-

NAND Flash Type

MLC

Max Sequential Read

Up to 1700 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 550 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 1100 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 500 MB/s

MTBF

-

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

Options (2)

	512GB $86.99
	1TB $144.99

Options (1)

Crucial M550 512GB

512 GB
$199.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Patriot P300 256GB:

69% cheaper, you can save $122.15
Newer Product, it was released around 6 years later
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

Reasons to buy the Crucial M550 256GB:

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