Samsung recently announced the launch of their new 970 EVO Plus NVMe SSDs in the Indian market, and their cheaper than previous versions of Samsung's NVMe SSDs. The 970 EVO Plus is the first commercially released NVMe SSD to feature the new 96-layer 3D NAND flash memory. The new EVO Plus sets a new standard in high-performance storage. It is designed to aid gamers and IT professionals in seamlessly handling intense multitasking workloads on a PC or workstation.
Why a traditional SATA SSD is no match for an NVMe SSD?
The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) that’s present in standard SATA SSDs will probably be able to handle single tasks at a time, really fast, but throw multiple tasks at it, simultaneously, and the bottlenecked performance will become evident.
Enter Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe). NVMe allows you to take advantage of the SSD's ability to read and write multiple tasks at once by parallelising instructions, similar to how a multi-core processor can split specific workloads over multiple cores to get things done faster, giving NVMe SSDs a significant performance improvement over traditional SATA SSDs.
Why the Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe SSD?
Samsung continues to push the barriers of technology in the SSD storage arena, ever since the first NVMe SSD was introduced in 2015. The new Samsung 970 EVO Plus leverages the company’s fight-generation V-NAND technology to deliver unrivalled performance in 4K content editing, 3D modelling, simulation and intense gaming, all while offering improved power efficiency.
• 53% faster performance than its predecessor
• Five-year limited warranty or up to 1,200 terabytes written
• Nickel-coated controller and heat spreader enable superior heat dissipation
• Up to 2TB storage capacity onto the compact M.2 (2280) form factor
Samsung 970 EVO Plus Vs 970 Plus
| SKU | 970 EVO PLUS | 970 PLUS |
| 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 |
| Sequential Read/Write Speed | Up to 3,500/3,300 MB/s | Up to 3,500/2,500 MB/s |
| Random Read/Write Speed (QD32) | Up to 620,000/560,000 IOPS | Up to 500,000/480,000 IOPS |
| Management Software | Samsung Magician Software | Samsung Magician Software |
| Storage Capacity | Price (INR) |
| 250 GB | 6,479 |
| 500 GB | 9,359 |
| 1 TB | 17,999 |
| 2 TB | 35,999 |
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