Samsung 840 EVO 250GB vs 960 EVO Series 250GB SSD Comparison

Samsung 840 EVO 250GB and Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (250 GB), Cache (512MB) and MTBF (1,500,000 hours). The main differences are in Performance (+96%), Interface, NVME and Form Factor.

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Samsung 840 EVO 250GB	Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB
Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $119.99	Prices (Change region) Out of Stock Free shipping $169.99 Out of Stock Free shipping $299.00 - Buy now
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Pangoly Score (How do we rate?) 91	Pangoly Score (How do we rate?) -
Brand Samsung	Brand Samsung
Model MZ-7TE250BW	Model MZ-V6E250 MZ-V6E250BW
Release Date 📅 August 2013	Release Date 📅 December 2016
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews ★★★★★ (150 reviews) Add a product review	User reviews ★★★★☆ (456 reviews) Add a product review
Performance (Charts) 235th / 1746 (-96%)	Performance (Charts) 129th / 1746 (0%)
Effective Value 226th / 336	Effective Value 163rd / 336
Price history View Details ►	Price history View Details ►
Price/GB $0.48	Price/GB $0.68
GB/$1 2.08	GB/$1 1.47
Pros Great performance Samsung MEX Controller Very good pricing	Pros -
Cons Questionable reliability compared to MLC NAND	Cons -
Series 840 EVO	Series 960 EVO
Capacity 250 GB	Capacity 250 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 Samsung MEX	SSD Controller Samsung Polaris
NAND Flash Type 1x nm Samsung Toggle DDR 2.0 3-Bit MLC NAND Flash Memory (400Mbps)	NAND Flash Type 3D NAND
Cache 512MB	Cache 512MB
Max Sequential Read -	Max Sequential Read Up to 3200 MB/s
Max Sequential Write -	Max Sequential Write Up to 1500 MB/s
MTBF 1,500,000 hours	MTBF 1,500,000 hours