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Crucial T500 2TB against Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB

Crucial T500 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.

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 T500 2TB: 84

    Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB: 78

    6 ptsto the left

Price and value

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

  • Value, points per $100

    Crucial T500 2TB: 21.5

    Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB: 21.1

    2%to the left

  • Typical price

    Crucial T500 2TB: $390

    Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB: $370

    $20to the right

From the spec sheets

  • Capacity

    Crucial T500 2TB: 2000 GB

    Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB: 2000 GB

    level

  • Sequential read

    Crucial T500 2TB: 7400 MB/s

    Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB: 7250 MB/s

    2%to the left

  • Sequential write

    Crucial T500 2TB: 7000 MB/s

    Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB: 6300 MB/s

    11%to the left

The verdict

  • The Crucial T500 2TB scores 8% higher on the ScoutSpecs index.
  • The Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB typically costs $20 less.

Specifications

SpecCrucial T500 2TBSamsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB
InterfaceNVMe PCIe 4.0NVMe PCIe 4.0
Capacity2 TB2 TB
Sequential read7,400 MB/s (better)7,250 MB/s
Sequential write7,000 MB/s (better)6,300 MB/s
DRAM cacheYes (better)No
BrandCrucialSamsung
Released20232024 (better)
Typical price$390$370 (better)

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

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