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Compare Plextor M6S 256GB vs M6e 512GB

Plextor M6S 256GB and Plextor M6e 512GB are both solid state drives with the same NAND Flash Type (MLC (toggle)). The main differences are in Performance (+35%), Capacity, Interface and Form Factor.

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Plextor M6S 256GB

Plextor M6e 512GB

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Pangoly Score (How do we rate?)

87

Pangoly Score (How do we rate?)

93

Brand

Plextor

Brand

Plextor

Model

PX-256M6S

Model

PX-AG512M6e

Release Date

📅 April 2014

Release Date

📅 May 2014

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

User reviews

★★★★★

(22 reviews)

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★★★★★

(10 reviews)

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Performance (Charts)

265th / 1746

(-35%)

Performance (Charts)

185th / 1746

(0%)

Effective Value

302nd / 336

Effective Value

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Price/GB

$0.99

Price/GB

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GB/$1

1.01

GB/$1

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Pros

Marvell 88SS9188 controller
Solid performance

Pros

Amazing performance, over the SATA 3 bottleneck
Marvell controller

Cons

Not as fast as other high-end drives

Cons

Price is higher than SATA 3 drives, but still reasonable

Series

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Series

M6e

Capacity

256 GB

Capacity

512 GB

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

PCIe Gen2 x2

NVME

No

NVME

No

Form Factor

2.5"

Form Factor

PCIe

SSD Controller

Marvell 9188

SSD Controller

Marvell 9183

NAND Flash Type

MLC (toggle)

NAND Flash Type

MLC (toggle)

Max Sequential Read

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Max Sequential Read

Up to 770 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

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Max Sequential Write

Up to 625 MB/s

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Options (1)

Plextor M6e 128GB

128GB

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Plextor M6S 256GB:

Reasons to buy the Plextor M6e 512GB:

Better Pangoly Score. (How do we rate?)
Much better performance, around +35%
More Capacity (+256 GB available)
Newer interface (PCIe Gen2 x2)

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