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Compare Plextor M6e 256GB vs M8Pe 256GB

Plextor M6e 256GB and Plextor M8Pe 256GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (256 GB). The main differences are in Performance (+56%), Interface, NVME and Form Factor.

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Plextor M6e 256GB

Plextor M8Pe 256GB

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Brand

Plextor

Brand

Plextor

Model

PX-AG256M6e

Model

PX-256M8PeGN

Release Date

📅 April 2014

Release Date

📅 October 2016

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

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★★★★★

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Performance (Charts)

193rd / 1746

(-56%)

Performance (Charts)

139th / 1746

(0%)

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Price/GB

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Price/GB

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GB/$1

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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

Cons

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Series

M6e

Series

M8Pe

Capacity

256 GB

Capacity

256 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 2000 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 580 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 900 MB/s

MTBF

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MTBF

2,400,000 hours

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Options (4)

	1T M.2
	256G M.2 with HeatSink $251.07
	512G M.2
	512G M.2 with HeatSink $249.72

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Plextor M6e 256GB:

Reasons to buy the Plextor M8Pe 256GB:

Much better performance, around +56%
Newer Product, it was released around 2 years later
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

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