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Compare Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2 vs Plextor M8Pe 512GB M.2

Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2 and Plextor M8Pe 512GB M.2 are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (512 GB), Interface (PCIe Gen3 x4) and Form Factor (M.2-2280). The main differences are in Performance (+16%), SSD Controller, NAND Flash Type and Max Sequential Read.

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Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2

Plextor M8Pe 512GB M.2

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Brand

Samsung

Brand

Plextor

Model

MZ-V5P512BW

Model

PX-512M8PeG

Release Date

📅 October 2015

Release Date

📅 January 2017

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Performance (Charts)

109th / 1746

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Performance (Charts)

132nd / 1746

(-16%)

Effective Value

215th / 336

Effective Value

187th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.98

Price/GB

$0.49

GB/$1

1.02

GB/$1

2.05

Series

950 PRO

Series

M8Pe

Capacity

512 GB

Capacity

512 GB

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

NVME

Yes

NVME

Yes

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

M.2-2280

SSD Controller

Samsung UBX

SSD Controller

Marvell 1093

NAND Flash Type

Samsung V-NAND

NAND Flash Type

MLC

Cache

512MB

Cache

512MB

Max Sequential Read

Up to 2500 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 2300 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 1500 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 1300 MB/s

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

MTBF

2,400,000 hours

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Options (4)

	1T M.2
	256G M.2
	256G M.2 with HeatSink $251.07
	512G M.2

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2:

Moderately better performance, around +16%

Reasons to buy the Plextor M8Pe 512GB M.2:

50% cheaper, you can save $250.27
Moderately better effective value.
Newer Product, it was released around 14 months later

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