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Compare Plextor M8Pe 256GB vs M6e 512GB

The main differences between Plextor M8Pe 256GB and Plextor M6e 512GB are in Performance (+46%), Capacity, Interface and NVME.

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Plextor M8Pe 256GB

Plextor M6e 512GB

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Brand

Plextor

Brand

Plextor

Model

PX-256M8PeGN

Model

PX-AG512M6e

Release Date

📅 October 2016

Release Date

📅 May 2014

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

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Performance (Charts)

139th / 1746

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Performance (Charts)

185th / 1746

(-46%)

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Price/GB

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Price/GB

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GB/$1

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Pros

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Pros

Amazing performance, over the SATA 3 bottleneck
Marvell controller

Cons

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Cons

Price is higher than SATA 3 drives, but still reasonable

Series

M8Pe

Series

M6e

Capacity

256 GB

Capacity

512 GB

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

Interface

PCIe Gen2 x2

NVME

Yes

NVME

No

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

PCIe

SSD Controller

Marvell 1093

SSD Controller

Marvell 9183

NAND Flash Type

MLC

NAND Flash Type

MLC (toggle)

Cache

512MB

Cache

-

Max Sequential Read

Up to 2000 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 770 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 900 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 625 MB/s

MTBF

2,400,000 hours

MTBF

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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

Options (1)

Plextor M6e 128GB

128GB

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Plextor M8Pe 256GB:

Much better performance, around +46%
Newer Product, it was released around 2 years later
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

Reasons to buy the Plextor M6e 512GB:

More Capacity (+256 GB available)

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