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970 EVO Plus 1TB vs 980 Pro 1TB | PCPartMatch

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970 EVO Plus 1TB vs 980 Pro 1TB

Samsung

970 EVO Plus 1TB

VS

Samsung

980 Pro 1TB

1specs won

of7specs

3specs won

The Samsung 980 Pro 1TB wins in 3 out of 7 comparable specs, with 3 ties. Its biggest advantage is Sequential Read (100% better).

970 EVO Plus 1TB wins in 1 spec (MSRP: 46% better).

Recommendation

Choose 980 Pro 1TB if you want the best overall performance — especially sequential read.

Choose 970 EVO Plus 1TB if msrp matters more to you.

Detailed Specifications

Specification

Samsung970 EVO Plus 1TB

Samsung980 Pro 1TB

Storage

Capacity

1000 GB

1000 GB

Type

NVMe SSD

NVMe SSD

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

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PCIe Gen4 x4

Form Factor

M.2-2280

M.2-2280

NAND Type

TLC

TLC

Performance

Sequential Read

3,500 MB/s

7,000 MB/s+100%

Sequential Write

3,300 MB/s

5,000 MB/s+52%

Endurance (TBW)

600

600

Features

DRAM Cache

Yes

Yes

Platform

Controller

Samsung Phoenix

Samsung Elpis

PCIe Gen

3

4+33%

Price

MSRP

$70−46%

$130

Release Date

Jan 2019

Sep 2020