Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB vs 950 PRO 256GB M.2 SSD Comparison

Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB and Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2 are both solid state drives with the same Interface (PCIe Gen3 x4), Form Factor (M.2-2280) and Cache (512MB). The main differences are in Performance (+2%), Capacity, SSD Controller and NAND Flash Type.

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Samsung 960 EVO Series 250GB	Samsung 950 PRO 256GB M.2
Prices (Change region) Out of Stock Free shipping $169.99 Out of Stock Free shipping $299.00 - Buy now	Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $199.99
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Brand Samsung	Brand Samsung
Model MZ-V6E250 MZ-V6E250BW	Model MZ-V5P256BW
Release Date 📅 December 2016	Release Date 📅 October 2015
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews ★★★★☆ (456 reviews) Add a product review	User reviews ★★★★★ (103 reviews) Add a product review
Performance (Charts) 129th / 1746 (0%)	Performance (Charts) 132nd / 1746 (-2%)
Effective Value 163rd / 336	Effective Value 175th / 336
Price history View Details ►	Price history View Details ►
Price/GB $0.68	Price/GB $0.78
GB/$1 1.47	GB/$1 1.28
Series 960 EVO	Series 950 PRO
Capacity 250 GB	Capacity 256 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 Samsung UBX
NAND Flash Type 3D NAND	NAND Flash Type Samsung V-NAND
Cache 512MB	Cache 512MB
Max Sequential Read Up to 3200 MB/s	Max Sequential Read Up to 2200 MB/s
Max Sequential Write Up to 1500 MB/s	Max Sequential Write Up to 900 MB/s
MTBF 1,500,000 hours	MTBF 1,500,000 hours