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Compare Samsung 960 PRO Series 1TB vs 970 PRO 1TB

Samsung 960 PRO Series 1TB and Samsung 970 PRO 1TB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (1000 GB), Interface (PCIe Gen3 x4) and Form Factor (M.2-2280). The main differences are in Performance (+20%), SSD Controller, NAND Flash Type and Cache.

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Samsung 960 PRO Series 1TB

Samsung 970 PRO 1TB

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Brand

Samsung

Brand

Samsung

Model

MZ-V6P1T0BW
MZ-V6P1T0

Model

MZ-V7P1T0BW

Release Date

📅 December 2016

Release Date

📅 May 2018

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Performance (Charts)

85th / 1746

(-20%)

Performance (Charts)

58th / 1746

(0%)

Effective Value

188th / 336

Effective Value

114th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.45

Price/GB

$0.20

GB/$1

2.22

GB/$1

5

Series

960 PRO

Series

970 PRO

Capacity

1000 GB

Capacity

1000 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 Phoenix

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

NAND Flash Type

64L V-NAND MLC

Cache

1024MB

Cache

1GB LPDDR4 DRAM

Max Sequential Read

Up to 3500 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 3500 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 2100 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 2700 MB/s

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

Options (2)

	2TB $799.99
	512 GB $229.99

Options (1)

Samsung 970 PRO 512GB

512 GB M.2 Internal SSD
$249.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Samsung 960 PRO Series 1TB:

Reasons to buy the Samsung 970 PRO 1TB:

Moderately better performance, around +20%
Moderately better effective value.
Newer Product, it was released around 16 months later

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