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Compare Samsung 840 EVO 120GB vs 850 EVO 120GB

Samsung 840 EVO 120GB and Samsung 850 EVO 120GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (120 GB), Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s) and Form Factor (2.5"). The main differences are in Performance (+1%), SSD Controller, NAND Flash Type and MTBF.

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Samsung 840 EVO 120GB

Samsung 850 EVO 120GB

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Pangoly Score (How do we rate?)

91

Pangoly Score (How do we rate?)

89

Brand

Samsung

Brand

Samsung

Model

MZ-7TE120BW

Model

MZ-75E120B/AM
MZ-75E120B/EU
MZ-75E120BW/EU
MZ-75E120BW

Release Date

📅 August 2013

Release Date

📅 December 2014

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

User reviews

★★★★★

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★★★★★

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Performance (Charts)

258th / 1746

(-1%)

Performance (Charts)

255th / 1746

(0%)

Effective Value

223rd / 336

Effective Value

243rd / 336

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Price/GB

$0.83

Price/GB

$1.08

GB/$1

1.2

GB/$1

0.92

Pros

Great performance
Samsung MEX Controller
Very good pricing

Pros

Samsung MGX controller
3D V-NAND
Competitive pricing
Great performance

Cons

Questionable reliability compared to MLC NAND

Cons

-

Series

840 EVO

Series

850 EVO

Capacity

120 GB

Capacity

120 GB

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

NVME

No

NVME

No

Form Factor

2.5"

Form Factor

2.5"

SSD Controller

Samsung MEX

SSD Controller

Samsung MGX

NAND Flash Type

TLC

NAND Flash Type

32 layer 3D V-NAND

Cache

-

Cache

Samsung 256MB Low Power DDR3 SDRAM

Max Sequential Read

-

Max Sequential Read

Up to 540 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

-

Max Sequential Write

Up to 520 MB/s

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

MTBF

2,000,000 hours

Options (3)

	1 TB $399.99
	250 GB $119.99
	500 GB $199.99

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Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Samsung 840 EVO 120GB:

23% cheaper, you can save $30.00
Better Pangoly Score. (How do we rate?)
Moderately better effective value.

Reasons to buy the Samsung 850 EVO 120GB:

Slightly better performance, around +1%
Newer Product, it was released around 16 months later

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