Compare Solid State Drives

Compare Samsung 840 EVO 500GB vs 870 EVO 500GB

Samsung 840 EVO 500GB and SAMSUNG 870 EVO 500GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB), Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s) and Form Factor (2.5"). The main differences are in Performance (+2%) and NAND Flash Type.

Save comparison

Samsung 840 EVO 500GB

SAMSUNG 870 EVO 500GB

Prices
(Change region)

In Stock

Free shipping

Prices
(Change region)

Out of Stock

Out of Stock

In Stock

Free shipping

Show 5 more offers

* Pangoly may earn a commission when you use one of the links to make a purchase. (Disclosure)

* Product prices and availability are subject to change frequently. Any price and availability information displayed on Amazon at the time of purchase will apply.

Pangoly Score (How do we rate?)

91

Pangoly Score (How do we rate?)

-

Brand

Samsung

Brand

SAMSUNG

Model

MZ-7TE500BW

Model

MZ-77E500B/AM
MZ-77E500B/EU
MZ-77E500BW

Release Date

📅 August 2013

Release Date

📅 January 2021

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

User reviews

★★★★★

(150 reviews)

Add a product review

User reviews

★★★★★

(24 reviews)

Add a product review

Performance (Charts)

214th / 1746

(-2%)

Performance (Charts)

207th / 1746

(0%)

Effective Value

263rd / 336

Effective Value

157th / 336

Price history

View Details ►

Price history

View Details ►

Price/GB

$0.40

Price/GB

$0.10

GB/$1

2.5

GB/$1

10

Pros

Great performance
Samsung MEX Controller
Very good pricing

Pros

-

Cons

Questionable reliability compared to MLC NAND

Cons

-

Series

840 EVO

Series

870 EVO Series

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 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

-

NAND Flash Type

TLC

NAND Flash Type

V-NAND

Cache

-

Cache

512MB

Max Sequential Read

-

Max Sequential Read

Up to 560 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

-

Max Sequential Write

Up to 530 MB/s

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

Options (3)

	2TB $679.99
	250GB $188.23
	1TB $374.25

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Samsung 840 EVO 500GB:

Reasons to buy the SAMSUNG 870 EVO 500GB:

73% cheaper, you can save $145.00
Slightly better performance, around +2%
Much better effective value.
Newer Product, it was released around 8 years later

Have you found incorrect information on this page? Contact us and we will fix it as soon as possible.

Trending comparisons (Solid State Drives)

SAMSUNG 9100 PRO 2TB

VS

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB

SAMSUNG 9100 PRO 2TB

vs

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB

Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB

VS

XPG GAMMIX S50 Lite 1TB

Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB

vs

XPG GAMMIX S50 Lite 1TB

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 2TB

VS

Crucial P310 2TB

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN7100 2TB

vs

Crucial P310 2TB

Samsung 990 EVO 2TB

VS

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB

Samsung 990 EVO 2TB

vs

Western Digital WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB

Kingston NV3 1TB

VS

Crucial T710 1TB

Kingston NV3 1TB

vs

Crucial T710 1TB

Samsung 990 PRO 4TB

VS

Crucial T710 4TB

Samsung 990 PRO 4TB

vs

Crucial T710 4TB

Crucial P310 2TB

VS

Crucial P510 2TB

Crucial P310 2TB

vs

Crucial P510 2TB

Samsung 990 PRO 2TB

VS

Samsung 990 PRO 2TB + Heatsink

Samsung 990 PRO 2TB

vs

Samsung 990 PRO 2TB + Heatsink

Samsung 990 PRO 2TB

VS

Lexar EQ790 2TB

Samsung 990 PRO 2TB

vs

Lexar EQ790 2TB

Samsung 990 PRO 2TB

VS

Samsung 980 PRO 2TB

Samsung 990 PRO 2TB

vs

Samsung 980 PRO 2TB