Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2 vs Western Digital SA530 512GB M.2 SSD Comparison

Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2 and Western Digital SA530 512GB M.2 are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (512 GB) and Form Factor (M.2-2280). The main differences are in Interface, NVME, SSD Controller and NAND Flash Type.

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Samsung 950 PRO 512GB M.2	Western Digital SA530 512GB M.2
Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $499.99	Prices (Change region) Out of Stock $151.99 Out of Stock + $8.29 Shipping $145.99 Out of Stock Free shipping $154.28
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Pangoly Score (How do we rate?) 95	Pangoly Score (How do we rate?) -
Brand Samsung	Brand Western Digital
Model MZ-V5P512BW	Model SDASN8Y-512G
Release Date 📅 October 2015	Release Date 📅 October 2020
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews ★★★★★ (104 reviews) Add a product review	User reviews Add a product review
Performance (Charts) 109th / 1746	Performance (Charts) n/a
Effective Value 215th / 336	Effective Value -
Price history View Details ►	Price history View Details ►
Price/GB $0.98	Price/GB $0.30
GB/$1 1.02	GB/$1 3.37
Series 950 PRO	Series PC SA530
Capacity 512 GB	Capacity 512 GB
Interface PCIe Gen3 x4	Interface SATA 6 Gb/s
NVME Yes	NVME No
Form Factor M.2-2280	Form Factor M.2-2280
SSD Controller Samsung UBX	SSD Controller SanDisk
NAND Flash Type Samsung V-NAND	NAND Flash Type 3D NAND
Cache 512MB	Cache -
Max Sequential Read Up to 2500 MB/s	Max Sequential Read 560 MB/s
Max Sequential Write Up to 1500 MB/s	Max Sequential Write 530 MB/s
MTBF 1,500,000 hours	MTBF 1,750,000 hours