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Compare Samsung 850 Pro 512GB vs 970 PRO 512GB

Samsung 850 Pro 512GB and Samsung 970 PRO 512GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (512 GB). The main differences are in Performance (+175%), Interface, NVME and Form Factor.

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Samsung 850 Pro 512GB

Samsung 970 PRO 512GB

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Brand

Samsung

Brand

Samsung

Model

MZ-7KE512BW

Model

MZ-V7P512BW

Release Date

📅 July 2014

Release Date

📅 May 2018

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★★★★★

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Performance (Charts)

216th / 1746

(-175%)

Performance (Charts)

65th / 1746

(0%)

Effective Value

306th / 336

Effective Value

107th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.70

Price/GB

$0.31

GB/$1

1.42

GB/$1

3.2

Pros

Great performance
Ten-year warranty
Samsung MEX controller

Pros

-

Cons

Not cheap

Cons

-

Series

850 PRO

Series

970 PRO

Capacity

512 GB

Capacity

512 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

3D NAND

NAND Flash Type

64L V-NAND MLC

Cache

-

Cache

512MB LPDDR4 DRAM

Max Sequential Read

Up to 550 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 3500 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 520 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 2300 MB/s

MTBF

2,000,000 hours

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

Options (3)

	1TB SSD Only $444.45
	256 GB SSD Only $199.99
	2TB SSD Only $844.45

Options (1)

Samsung 970 PRO 1TB

1 TB M.2 Internal SSD
$449.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Samsung 850 Pro 512GB:

Reasons to buy the Samsung 970 PRO 512GB:

31% cheaper, you can save $110.11
Monstrously better performance, around +175%
Hugely better effective value.
Newer Product, it was released around 4 years later
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

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