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Compare Plextor M8Pe 256GB M.2 PX-256M8PeG vs Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2

Plextor M8Pe 256GB M.2 PX-256M8PeG and Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2 are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (256 GB), Interface (PCIe Gen3 x4) and Form Factor (M.2-2280). The main differences are in Performance (+4%), SSD Controller, Cache and Max Sequential Read.

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Plextor M8Pe 256GB M.2 PX-256M8PeG

Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2

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Brand

Plextor

Brand

Samsung

Model

PX-256M8PeG

Model

MZ-V5P256BW

Release Date

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Release Date

📅 October 2015

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Performance (Charts)

139th / 1746

(-4%)

Performance (Charts)

132nd / 1746

(0%)

Effective Value

194th / 336

Effective Value

175th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.98

Price/GB

$0.78

GB/$1

1.02

GB/$1

1.28

Series

M8Pe(G)

Series

950 PRO

Capacity

256 GB

Capacity

256 GB

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

NVME

Yes

NVME

Yes

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

M.2-2280

SSD Controller

Marvell 1093

SSD Controller

Samsung UBX

NAND Flash Type

-

NAND Flash Type

Samsung V-NAND

Cache

512MB LPDDR3

Cache

512MB

Max Sequential Read

Up to 2000 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 2200 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 900 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 900 MB/s

MTBF

2,400,000 hours

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

Options (4)

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

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Comparison and key differences summary

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

Reasons to buy the Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2:

20% cheaper, you can save $51.08
Slightly better performance, around +4%
Moderately better effective value.

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