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Compare Samsung PM961 Polaris 128GB M.2 vs 860 EVO 500GB M.2

Samsung PM961 Polaris 128GB M.2 and Samsung 860 EVO 500GB M.2 are both solid state drives with the same Form Factor (M.2-2280). The main differences are in Capacity, Interface and NVME.

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Samsung PM961 Polaris 128GB M.2

Samsung 860 EVO 500GB M.2

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Brand

Samsung

Brand

Samsung

Model

MZVLW128HEGR-00000

Model

MZ-N6E500BW

Release Date

📅 July 2018

Release Date

📅 January 2018

* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.

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Performance (Charts)

153rd / 1746

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Effective Value

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Price/GB

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Price/GB

$0.19

GB/$1

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GB/$1

5.26

Series

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Series

860 EVO Series

Capacity

128 GB

Capacity

500 GB

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

NVME

Yes

NVME

No

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

M.2-2280

SSD Controller

-

SSD Controller

Samsung MJX

NAND Flash Type

-

NAND Flash Type

V-NAND 3-bit MLC

Cache

-

Cache

Samsung 512MB Low Power DDR4 SDRAM

Max Sequential Read

-

Max Sequential Read

Up to 550 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

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Max Sequential Write

Up to 520 MB/s

MTBF

-

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

Options (1)

Samsung PM961 256GB

256GB

Options (3)

	1 TB $169.99
	2 TB $449.99
	250 GB $119.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Samsung PM961 Polaris 128GB M.2:

Newer Product, it was released around 6 months later
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

Reasons to buy the Samsung 860 EVO 500GB M.2:

More Capacity (+372 GB available)

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