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Compare Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB vs 860 EVO 500GB

Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB and Samsung 860 EVO 500GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB), NAND Flash Type (V-NAND 3-bit MLC) and Cache (Samsung 512MB Low Power DDR4 SDRAM). The main differences are in Performance (+161%), Interface, NVME and Form Factor.

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Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB

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Brand

Samsung

Brand

Samsung

Model

MZ-V7S500B/AM
MZ-V7S500BW

Model

MZ-76E500B/AM
MZ-76E500B/EU
MZ-76E500BW

Release Date

📅 February 2019

Release Date

📅 January 2018

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Performance (Charts)

73rd / 1746

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Performance (Charts)

220th / 1746

(-161%)

Effective Value

12th / 336

Effective Value

156th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.08

Price/GB

$0.09

GB/$1

13.03

GB/$1

11.11

Series

970 EVO PLUS

Series

860 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 Phoenix

SSD Controller

Samsung MJX

NAND Flash Type

V-NAND 3-bit MLC

NAND Flash Type

V-NAND 3-bit MLC

Cache

Samsung 512MB Low Power DDR4 SDRAM

Cache

Samsung 512MB Low Power DDR4 SDRAM

Max Sequential Read

Up to 3500 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 550 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 3200 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 520 MB/s

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

Options (2)

	1TB $349.25
	250 GB $14.99

Options (4)

	1 TB SSD $399.00
	2 TB SSD $499.99
	4 TB SSD $1,144.45
	250 GB SSD $139.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB:

Monstrously better performance, around +161%
Moderately better effective value.
Newer Product, it was released around 12 months later
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

Reasons to buy the Samsung 860 EVO 500GB:

80% cheaper, you can save $174.96

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