Samsung 970 evo plus: cheaper and faster nvme

Solid state drives (SSDs) in NVMe format are getting faster and cheaper. Last week we had the WD Black SN750 and now Samsung is responding with a revamped Samsung 970 Evo Plus.

Samsung improves the performance of its NVMe SSDs with the Samsung 970 EVO Plus

Although Samsung did not use a completely new model name, it does present significantly improved specs over the latest Samsung 970 Evo (and even the 970 Pro) announced last April. For starters, the 970 Evo Plus offers sequential read speeds of up to 3, 500 MB / s and sequential write speeds of up to 3, 300 MB / s.

Comparatively, the Samsung 970 Evo worked with sequential reads of up to 3, 500 MB / s and sequential writes of 2, 500 MB / s. The 'Plus' model is even faster than the Pro variant.

This new speed is due to Samsung's newly introduced 96-layer V-NAND, which offers more density and speed than the 64-layer V-NAND memory found in its previous units.

Samsung has even lowered the price of its latest drive, and the 970 Evo Plus family will start with 250GB drives that cost $ 89. The 970 Evo Plus will also be available in 500GB for $ 129, 1TB for $ 249 and a 2TB capacity that will arrive in mid-April at an undisclosed price.

Comparison chart

Category	970 EVO Plus	970 EVO
Interface	PCIe Gen 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3	PCIe Gen 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3
Form factor	M.2 (2280)	M.2 (2280)
Storage Memory	Samsung 9x-layer V-NAND 3-bit MLC	Samsung 64-layer V-NAND 3-bit MLC
Controller	Samsung Phoenix Controller	Samsung Phoenix Controller
DRAM	2GB LPDDR4 DRAM (2TB) 1GB LPDDR4 DRAM (1TB) 512MB LPDDR4 DRAM (250 / 500GB)	2GB LPDDR4 DRAM (2TB) 1GB LPDDR4 DRAM (1TB) 512MB LPDDR4 DRAM (250GB / 500GB)
Capacity	2TB, 1TB, 500GB, 250GB	2TB, 1TB, 500GB, 250GB
Sequential write / read speed	Up to 3, 500 / 3, 300 MB / s	Up to 3, 500 / 2, 500 MB / s
Random write / read speed (QD32)	Up to 620, 000 / 560, 000 IOPS	Up to 500, 000 / 480, 000 IOPS
Software manager	Samsung Magician Software	Samsung Magician Software
Encrypted	Class 0 (AES 256), TCG / Opal v2.0, MS eDrive (IEEE1667)	Class 0 (AES 256), TCG / Opal v2.0, MS eDrive (IEEE1667)
Total Written Bytes	1, 200TB (2TB) 600TB (1TB) 300TB (500GB) 150TB (250GB)	1, 200TB (2TB) 600TB (1TB) 300TB (500GB) 150TB (250GB)
Warranty	Five year limited warranty	Five year limited warranty

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We will soon see how the Samsung 970 Evo Plus faces the WD Black SN 750 and its other rivals in this segment. With a sufficient number of SSDs like these, even the best hard drives are already starting to retire, bit by bit.

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