Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB vs 980 500GB SSD Comparison

Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB and Samsung 980 500GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB), Interface (PCIe Gen3 x4) and Form Factor (M.2-2280). The main differences are in Performance (+27%), SSD Controller, NAND Flash Type and Max Sequential Read.

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Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB	Samsung 980 500GB
Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $249.99	Prices (Change region) In Stock $79.99 In Stock Free shipping $219.99
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Brand Samsung	Brand Samsung
Model MZ-V7S500B/AM MZ-V7S500BW	Model MZ-V8V500B/AM MZ-V8V500BW
Release Date 📅 February 2019	Release Date 📅 March 2021
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews ★★★★★ (40 reviews) Add a product review	User reviews Add a product review
Performance (Charts) 73rd / 1746 (0%)	Performance (Charts) 111th / 1746 (-27%)
Effective Value 11th / 336	Effective Value 91st / 336
Price history View Details ►	Price history View Details ►
Price/GB $0.50	Price/GB $0.16
GB/$1 2	GB/$1 6.25
Series 970 EVO PLUS	Series 980
Capacity 500 GB	Capacity 500 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 Phoenix	SSD Controller Samsung Pablo
NAND Flash Type V-NAND 3-bit MLC	NAND Flash Type V-NAND MLC
Cache Samsung 512MB Low Power DDR4 SDRAM	Cache -
Max Sequential Read Up to 3500 MB/s	Max Sequential Read Up to 3100 MB/s
Max Sequential Write Up to 3200 MB/s	Max Sequential Write Up to 2600 MB/s
MTBF 1,500,000 hours	MTBF -