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Compare Samsung 960 EVO Series 500GB vs 870 EVO 500GB

Samsung 960 EVO Series 500GB and SAMSUNG 870 EVO 500GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB), Cache (512MB) and MTBF (1,500,000 hours). The main differences are in Performance (+91%), Interface, NVME and Form Factor.
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Brand
Samsung
Brand
SAMSUNG
Model
  • MZ-V6E500
  • MZ-V6E500BW
Model
  • MZ-77E500B/AM
  • MZ-77E500B/EU
  • MZ-77E500BW
Release Date
📅 December 2016
Release Date
📅 January 2021
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews
★★★★☆
(482 reviews)
User reviews
★★★★★
(24 reviews)
Performance (Charts)
117th / 1746
(0%)
Performance (Charts)
207th / 1746
(-91%)
Effective Value
164th / 336
Effective Value
157th / 336
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Price/GB
$0.40
Price/GB
$0.11
GB/$1
2.5
GB/$1
9.09
Series
960 EVO
Series
870 EVO Series
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
-
NAND Flash Type
3D NAND
NAND Flash Type
V-NAND
Cache
512MB
Cache
512MB
Max Sequential Read
Up to 3200 MB/s
Max Sequential Read
Up to 560 MB/s
Max Sequential Write
Up to 1800 MB/s
Max Sequential Write
Up to 530 MB/s
MTBF
1,500,000 hours
MTBF
1,500,000 hours

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Samsung 960 EVO Series 500GB:

  • Hugely better performance, around +91%
  • Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

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Reasons to buy the SAMSUNG 870 EVO 500GB:

  • 73% cheaper, you can save $145.00
  • Newer Product, it was released around 4 years later

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