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Compare SAMSUNG 870 EVO 500GB vs 970 EVO 500GB

SAMSUNG 870 EVO 500GB and Samsung 970 EVO 500GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB) and MTBF (1,500,000 hours). The main differences are in Performance (+136%), Interface, NVME and Form Factor.

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SAMSUNG 870 EVO 500GB

Samsung 970 EVO 500GB

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Brand

SAMSUNG

Brand

Samsung

Model

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

Model

MZ-V7E500BW

Release Date

📅 January 2021

Release Date

📅 May 2018

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Performance (Charts)

207th / 1746

(-136%)

Performance (Charts)

83rd / 1746

(0%)

Effective Value

157th / 336

Effective Value

64th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.10

Price/GB

$0.16

GB/$1

10

GB/$1

6.25

Series

870 EVO Series

Series

970 EVO

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 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

-

SSD Controller

Samsung Phoenix

NAND Flash Type

V-NAND

NAND Flash Type

V-NAND 3-bit MLC

Cache

512MB

Cache

512MB LPDDR4 DRAM

Max Sequential Read

Up to 560 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 3400 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 530 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 2300 MB/s

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

Options (3)

	2TB $627.00
	250GB $183.56
	1TB $397.95

Options (3)

	1 TB $319.99
	2 TB $389.90
	250 GB $199.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the SAMSUNG 870 EVO 500GB:

76% cheaper, you can save $175.00
Newer Product, it was released around 3 years later

Reasons to buy the Samsung 970 EVO 500GB:

Monstrously better performance, around +136%
Moderately better effective value.
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

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