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Compare Samsung 840 EVO 250GB vs 970 EVO 250GB

Samsung 840 EVO 250GB and Samsung 970 EVO 250GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (250 GB) and MTBF (1,500,000 hours). The main differences are in Performance (+127%), Interface, NVME and Form Factor.

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Samsung 840 EVO 250GB

Samsung 970 EVO 250GB

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Brand

Samsung

Brand

Samsung

Model

MZ-7TE250BW

Model

MZ-V7E250BW

Release Date

📅 August 2013

Release Date

📅 May 2018

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★★★★★

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Performance (Charts)

235th / 1746

(-127%)

Performance (Charts)

104th / 1746

(0%)

Effective Value

226th / 336

Effective Value

153rd / 336

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Price/GB

$0.48

Price/GB

$0.80

GB/$1

2.08

GB/$1

1.25

Pros

Great performance
Samsung MEX Controller
Very good pricing

Pros

-

Cons

Questionable reliability compared to MLC NAND

Cons

-

Series

840 EVO

Series

970 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 Phoenix

NAND Flash Type

1x nm Samsung Toggle DDR 2.0 3-Bit MLC NAND Flash Memory (400Mbps)

NAND Flash Type

64L V-NAND MLC

Cache

512MB

Cache

512MB LPDDR4 DRAM

Max Sequential Read

-

Max Sequential Read

Up to 3400 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

-

Max Sequential Write

Up to 1500 MB/s

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

Options (1)

Samsung 840 EVO 500GB

500 GB
$199.99

Options (3)

	1 TB $319.99
	2 TB $389.90
	500 GB $229.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Samsung 840 EVO 250GB:

40% cheaper, you can save $80.00

Reasons to buy the Samsung 970 EVO 250GB:

Monstrously better performance, around +127%
Much better effective value.
Newer Product, it was released around 5 years later
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

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