Samsung 980 250GB vs 970 EVO Plus 250GB SSD Comparison

Samsung 980 250GB and Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (250 GB), Interface (PCIe Gen3 x4) and Form Factor (M.2-2280). The main differences are in Performance (+26%), SSD Controller, NAND Flash Type and Max Sequential Read.

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Samsung 980 250GB	Samsung 970 EVO Plus 250GB
Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $129.99	Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $189.99 - Buy now
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Brand Samsung	Brand Samsung
Model MZ-V8V250B/AM MZ-V8V250BW	Model MZ-V7S250B/AM MZ-V7S250BW
Release Date 📅 March 2021	Release Date 📅 February 2019
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews Add a product review	User reviews ★★★★★ (40 reviews) Add a product review
Performance (Charts) 135th / 1746 (-26%)	Performance (Charts) 94th / 1746 (0%)
Effective Value 73rd / 336	Effective Value 1st / 336
Price history View Details ►	Price history View Details ►
Price/GB $0.52	Price/GB $0.76
GB/$1 1.92	GB/$1 1.32
Series 980	Series 970 EVO PLUS
Capacity 250 GB	Capacity 250 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 Pablo	SSD Controller Samsung Phoenix
NAND Flash Type V-NAND MLC	NAND Flash Type V-NAND 3-bit MLC
Cache -	Cache Samsung 512MB Low Power DDR4 SDRAM
Max Sequential Read Up to 2900 MB/s	Max Sequential Read Up to 3500 MB/s
Max Sequential Write Up to 1300 MB/s	Max Sequential Write Up to 2300 MB/s
MTBF -	MTBF 1,500,000 hours