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Compare Samsung 960 EVO Series 500GB vs 840 EVO 500GB

Samsung 960 EVO Series 500GB and Samsung 840 EVO 500GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB) and MTBF (1,500,000 hours). The main differences are in Performance (+95%), Interface, NVME and Form Factor.

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Samsung 960 EVO Series 500GB

Samsung 840 EVO 500GB

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Brand

Samsung

Brand

Samsung

Model

MZ-V6E500
MZ-V6E500BW

Model

MZ-7TE500BW

Release Date

📅 December 2016

Release Date

📅 August 2013

* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.

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Performance (Charts)

117th / 1746

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Performance (Charts)

214th / 1746

(-95%)

Effective Value

164th / 336

Effective Value

263rd / 336

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Price/GB

$0.40

Price/GB

$0.40

GB/$1

2.5

GB/$1

2.5

Pros

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Pros

Great performance
Samsung MEX Controller
Very good pricing

Cons

-

Cons

Questionable reliability compared to MLC NAND

Series

960 EVO

Series

840 EVO

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 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 MEX

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

NAND Flash Type

TLC

Cache

512MB

Cache

-

Max Sequential Read

Up to 3200 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

-

Max Sequential Write

Up to 1800 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

-

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

Options (2)

	1TB $299.99
	250GB $169.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Samsung 960 EVO Series 500GB:

Hugely better performance, around +95%
Much better effective value.
Newer Product, it was released around 3 years later
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

Reasons to buy the Samsung 840 EVO 500GB:

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