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Crucial P3 Plus 1TB against Samsung 870 EVO 1TB

Crucial P3 Plus 1TB leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    Crucial P3 Plus 1TB: 60

    Samsung 870 EVO 1TB: 40

    20 ptsto the left

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    Crucial P3 Plus 1TB: 18.2

    Samsung 870 EVO 1TB: 10.9

    67%to the left

  • Typical price

    Crucial P3 Plus 1TB: $330

    Samsung 870 EVO 1TB: $368

    $38to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Capacity

    Crucial P3 Plus 1TB: 1000 GB

    Samsung 870 EVO 1TB: 1000 GB

    level

  • Sequential read

    Crucial P3 Plus 1TB: 5000 MB/s

    Samsung 870 EVO 1TB: 560 MB/s

    793%to the left

  • Sequential write

    Crucial P3 Plus 1TB: 3600 MB/s

    Samsung 870 EVO 1TB: 530 MB/s

    579%to the left

The verdict

  • The Crucial P3 Plus 1TB scores 50% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The Crucial P3 Plus 1TB typically costs $38 less.
  • Per dollar, the Crucial P3 Plus 1TB is the better buy: 18.2 points per $100 against 10.9.

Specifications

SpecCrucial P3 Plus 1TBSamsung 870 EVO 1TB
InterfaceNVMe PCIe 4.0SATA
Capacity1 TB1 TB
Sequential read5,000 MB/s (better)560 MB/s
Sequential write3,600 MB/s (better)530 MB/s
DRAM cacheNoYes (better)
BrandCrucialSamsung
Released2022 (better)2021
Typical price$330 (better)$368

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.