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Compare Plextor M6S 256GB vs M8Pe 256GB M.2 PX-256M8PeG

Plextor M6S 256GB and Plextor M8Pe 256GB M.2 PX-256M8PeG are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (256 GB). The main differences are in Performance (+97%), Interface, NVME and Form Factor.

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Plextor M6S 256GB

Plextor M8Pe 256GB M.2 PX-256M8PeG

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Brand

Plextor

Brand

Plextor

Model

PX-256M6S

Model

PX-256M8PeG

Release Date

📅 April 2014

Release Date

-

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

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★★★★★

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Performance (Charts)

265th / 1746

(-97%)

Performance (Charts)

139th / 1746

(0%)

Effective Value

302nd / 336

Effective Value

194th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.99

Price/GB

$0.98

GB/$1

1.01

GB/$1

1.02

Pros

Marvell 88SS9188 controller
Solid performance

Pros

-

Cons

Not as fast as other high-end drives

Cons

-

Series

-

Series

M8Pe(G)

Capacity

256 GB

Capacity

256 GB

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

NVME

No

NVME

Yes

Form Factor

2.5"

Form Factor

M.2-2280

SSD Controller

Marvell 9188

SSD Controller

Marvell 1093

NAND Flash Type

MLC (toggle)

NAND Flash Type

-

Cache

-

Cache

512MB LPDDR3

Max Sequential Read

-

Max Sequential Read

Up to 2000 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

-

Max Sequential Write

Up to 900 MB/s

MTBF

-

MTBF

2,400,000 hours

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Options (4)

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

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Plextor M6S 256GB:

Reasons to buy the Plextor M8Pe 256GB M.2 PX-256M8PeG:

Hugely better performance, around +97%
Much better effective value.
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

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