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Compare Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB vs 860 EVO 250GB

Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB and Samsung 860 EVO 250GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (250 GB) and MTBF (1,500,000 hours). The main differences are in Performance (+94%), Interface, NVME and Form Factor.

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Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB

Samsung 860 EVO 250GB

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Brand

Samsung

Brand

Samsung

Model

MZ-V6E250
MZ-V6E250BW

Model

MZ-76E250B/AM
MZ-76E250B/EU
MZ-76E250BW

Release Date

📅 December 2016

Release Date

📅 January 2018

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★★★★☆

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Performance (Charts)

129th / 1746

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Performance (Charts)

234th / 1746

(-94%)

Effective Value

163rd / 336

Effective Value

150th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.68

Price/GB

$0.15

GB/$1

1.47

GB/$1

6.58

Series

960 EVO

Series

860 EVO Series

Capacity

250 GB

Capacity

250 GB

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

NVME

Yes

NVME

No

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

2.5"

SSD Controller

Samsung Polaris

SSD Controller

Samsung MJX

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

NAND Flash Type

V-NAND 3-bit MLC

Cache

512MB

Cache

512MB Low Power DDR4 SDRAM

Max Sequential Read

Up to 3200 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 550 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 1500 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 520 MB/s

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

Options (2)

	1TB $299.99
	500GB $199.99

Options (4)

	1 TB SSD $399.00
	2 TB SSD $499.99
	4 TB SSD $1,144.45
	500 GB SSD $44.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB:

Hugely better performance, around +94%
Much better effective value.
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

Reasons to buy the Samsung 860 EVO 250GB:

18% cheaper, you can save $30.00
Newer Product, it was released around 13 months later

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