Left · Crucial
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB
Spec score
Spec score 62
$350
typical price
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB against Samsung 870 EVO 1TB
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB 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.
Right · Samsung
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB
Spec score
Spec score 40
$368
typical price
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 2TB: 62
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB: 40
22 ptsto the left
Price and value
Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.
Value, points per $100
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB: 17.7
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB: 10.9
62%to the left
Typical price
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB: $350
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB: $368
$18to the left
From the spec sheets
Capacity
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB: 2000 GB
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB: 1000 GB
100%to the left
Sequential read
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB: 5000 MB/s
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB: 560 MB/s
793%to the left
Sequential write
Crucial P3 Plus 2TB: 4200 MB/s
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB: 530 MB/s
692%to the left
The verdict
- The Crucial P3 Plus 2TB scores 55% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
- The Crucial P3 Plus 2TB typically costs $18 less.
- Per dollar, the Crucial P3 Plus 2TB is the better buy: 17.7 points per $100 against 10.9.
Specifications
| Spec | Crucial P3 Plus 2TB | Samsung 870 EVO 1TB |
|---|---|---|
| Interface | NVMe PCIe 4.0 | SATA |
| Capacity | 2 TB (better) | 1 TB |
| Sequential read | 5,000 MB/s (better) | 560 MB/s |
| Sequential write | 4,200 MB/s (better) | 530 MB/s |
| DRAM cache | No | Yes (better) |
| Brand | Crucial | Samsung |
| Released | 2022 (better) | 2021 |
| Typical price | $350 (better) | $368 |
The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.