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Compare Samsung 980 500GB vs 970 EVO 500GB

Samsung 980 500GB and Samsung 970 EVO 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 (+19%), SSD Controller, NAND Flash Type and Max Sequential Read.

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Samsung 980 500GB

Samsung 970 EVO 500GB

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Brand

Samsung

Brand

Samsung

Model

MZ-V8V500B/AM
MZ-V8V500BW

Model

MZ-V7E500BW

Release Date

📅 March 2021

Release Date

📅 May 2018

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Performance (Charts)

111th / 1746

(-19%)

Performance (Charts)

83rd / 1746

(0%)

Effective Value

89th / 336

Effective Value

64th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.14

Price/GB

$0.16

GB/$1

7.14

GB/$1

6.25

Series

980

Series

970 EVO

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 Pablo

SSD Controller

Samsung Phoenix

NAND Flash Type

V-NAND MLC

NAND Flash Type

V-NAND 3-bit MLC

Cache

-

Cache

512MB LPDDR4 DRAM

Max Sequential Read

Up to 3100 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 3400 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 2600 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 2300 MB/s

MTBF

-

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

Options (2)

	250GB $129.99
	1TB $299.99

Options (3)

	1 TB $319.99
	2 TB $389.90
	250 GB $199.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Samsung 980 500GB:

Newer Product, it was released around 3 years later

Reasons to buy the Samsung 970 EVO 500GB:

21% cheaper, you can save $59.96
Moderately better performance, around +19%
Moderately better effective value.

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