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Compare Plextor M6e 128GB vs M8Pe 512GB M.2

The main differences between Plextor M6e 128GB and Plextor M8Pe 512GB M.2 are in Performance (+65%), Capacity, Interface and NVME.

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Plextor M6e 128GB

Plextor M8Pe 512GB M.2

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Brand

Plextor

Brand

Plextor

Model

PX-AG128M6e

Model

PX-512M8PeG

Release Date

📅 May 2014

Release Date

📅 January 2017

* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.

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Performance (Charts)

196th / 1746

(-65%)

Performance (Charts)

132nd / 1746

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Effective Value

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Effective Value

187th / 336

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Price/GB

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Price/GB

$0.49

GB/$1

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GB/$1

2.05

Pros

Amazing performance, over the SATA 3 bottleneck
Marvell controller

Pros

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Cons

Price is higher than SATA 3 drives, but still reasonable
The 128GB version has limited write speed

Cons

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Series

M6e

Series

M8Pe

Capacity

128 GB

Capacity

512 GB

Interface

PCIe Gen2 x2

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

NVME

No

NVME

Yes

Form Factor

PCIe

Form Factor

M.2-2280

SSD Controller

Marvell 9183

SSD Controller

Marvell 1093

NAND Flash Type

MLC (toggle)

NAND Flash Type

MLC

Cache

-

Cache

512MB

Max Sequential Read

Up to 770 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 2300 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 335 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 1300 MB/s

MTBF

-

MTBF

2,400,000 hours

Options (4)

	1T M.2
	256G M.2
	256G M.2 with HeatSink $251.07
	512G M.2

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Plextor M6e 128GB:

Reasons to buy the Plextor M8Pe 512GB M.2:

Hugely better performance, around +65%
Newer Product, it was released around 3 years later
More Capacity (+384 GB available)
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

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