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Compare Samsung 850 EVO 500GB M.2 MZ-N5E500BW vs Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2

Samsung 850 EVO 500GB M.2 MZ-N5E500BW and Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2 are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB), Form Factor (M.2-2280) and NAND Flash Type (3D NAND). The main differences are in Interface, NVME, Max Sequential Read and Max Sequential Write.

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Samsung 850 EVO 500GB M.2 MZ-N5E500BW

Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2

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Brand

Samsung

Brand

Kingston

Model

MZ-N5E500BW

Model

SA2000M8/500G

Release Date

📅 February 2015

Release Date

📅 August 2019

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Price/GB

$0.30

Price/GB

$0.13

GB/$1

3.33

GB/$1

7.81

Series

850 EVO

Series

A2000

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 GB

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

NVME

No

NVME

Yes

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

M.2-2280

SSD Controller

Samsung MGX

SSD Controller

-

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

Max Sequential Read

Up to 540 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 2200 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 500 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 2000 MB/s

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

MTBF

2,000,000 hours

Options (2)

	1 TB $399.99
	250 GB $149.99

Options (2)

	A2000 250G $221.96
	A2000 1000G $99.98

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Samsung 850 EVO 500GB M.2 MZ-N5E500BW:

Reasons to buy the Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2:

57% cheaper, you can save $86.00
Newer Product, it was released around 5 years later
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

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