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990 EVO Plus 2TB vs Barracuda 8TB | PCPartMatch

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990 EVO Plus 2TB vs Barracuda 8TB

Samsung

990 EVO Plus 2TB

VS

Seagate

Barracuda 8TB

2specs won

of5specs

3specs won

The Seagate Barracuda 8TB wins in 3 out of 5 comparable specs. Its biggest advantage is Capacity (300% better).

990 EVO Plus 2TB wins in 2 specs (Sequential Read: 3716% better).

Recommendation

Choose Barracuda 8TB if you want the best overall performance — especially capacity.

Choose 990 EVO Plus 2TB if sequential read matters more to you.

Detailed Specifications

Specification

Samsung990 EVO Plus 2TB

SeagateBarracuda 8TB

Storage

Capacity

2000 GB

8000 GB+300%

Type

NVMe SSD

HDD

Interface

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PCIe Gen5 x2 / Gen4 x4

SATA 6 Gb/s

Form Factor

M.2-2280

3.5"

NAND Type

TLC

N/A

Performance

Sequential Read

7,250 MB/s+3716%

190 MB/s

Sequential Write

6,300 MB/s+3216%

190 MB/s

Endurance (TBW)

1,200

N/A

Features

DRAM Cache

No

Yes+100%

Platform

Controller

Samsung Pascal

N/A

PCIe Gen

5

N/A

Price

MSRP

$170

$130−24%

Release Date

Sep 2024

Jun 2020