Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB vs Kingston KC2500 500GB SSD Comparison

Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB and Kingston KC2500 500GB are both solid state drives with the same Interface (PCIe Gen3 x4) and Form Factor (M.2-2280). The main differences are in Capacity, SSD Controller, NAND Flash Type and Max Sequential Read.

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Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB	Kingston KC2500 500GB
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Brand Samsung	Brand Kingston
Model MZ-V6E250 MZ-V6E250BW	Model SKC2500M8/500G
Release Date 📅 December 2016	Release Date 📅 May 2020
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews ★★★★☆ (456 reviews) Add a product review	User reviews Add a product review
Performance (Charts) 129th / 1746	Performance (Charts) n/a
Effective Value 163rd / 336	Effective Value -
Price history View Details ►	Price history View Details ►
Price/GB $0.68	Price/GB $0.24
GB/$1 1.47	GB/$1 4.19
Series 960 EVO	Series KC2500
Capacity 250 GB	Capacity 500 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 Polaris	SSD Controller Silicon Motion SM2262EN
NAND Flash Type 3D NAND	NAND Flash Type 96-layer 3D TLC
Cache 512MB	Cache -
Max Sequential Read Up to 3200 MB/s	Max Sequential Read Up to 3500 MB/s
Max Sequential Write Up to 1500 MB/s	Max Sequential Write Up to 2500 MB/s
MTBF 1,500,000 hours	MTBF 2,000,000 hours