970 EVO Plus 1TB vs 980 1TB
Samsung · Released Jan 7, 2019
Discontinued970 EVO Plus 1TB
- Form factorM.2 2280
- ConnectorM key
- InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe
- M key: Fits M.2 slots with an M key, the usual NVMe slot.
- Sequential Read
- 3,500MB/s
- Random Read
- 600K IOPS
- Sequential Write
- 3,300MB/s
- Capacity
- 1,000GB
- Endurance
- 600TBW
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970 EVO Plus 1TB has about a 6% higher spec score than 980 1TB and launched at $119 more.
$249
Launch MSRP
$130(better)
49.7(better)
Spec score
47.1
3,500MB/s
Sequential Read
3,500MB/s
600K IOPS(better)
Random Read
500K IOPS
3,300MB/s(better)
Sequential Write
3,000MB/s
1,000GB
Capacity
1,000GB
600TBW
Endurance
600TBW
2.41TBW/$
Endurance per $
4.62TBW/$(better)
M.2 2280
Form factorSame
M.2 2280
M key
ConnectorSame
M key
PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe
InterfaceSame
PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe
No (needs a PCIe 4.0 or 5.0 M.2 NVMe drive)
PS5 storage upgradeSame
No (needs a PCIe 4.0 or 5.0 M.2 NVMe drive)
Jan 7, 2019
Released
Mar 9, 2021