Samsung 970 EVO Plus vs Samsung 980 Pro

[ebprince the computer nerd]

I have a 2TB 970 EVO Pro, but the 980 Pro is more expensive and is newer. Which one is better? Is the 970 EVO Plus Gen4? I think both are Gen4, but I don't know for sure.

[svmlegacy]

For most people they're going to perform identically.

[Chris Pratt]

970 Evo Plus is Gen3. 980 Pro is Gen4. As such, the 980 Pro is up to twice as fast, with sequential read around 7000MB/s. It's objectively "better", but there's very few applications where you can actually benefit from those kinds of speeds. In most workloads, the difference between Gen3 and Gen4 is imperceptible.

[RONOTHAN##]

50 minutes ago, ebprince the computer nerd said:

Is the 970 EVO Plus Gen4?

Nope, but it is basically the best performing Gen 3 drive on the market. In random performance (what matters for making the drive feel snappy) it beats a lot of the cheaper Gen 4 drives out there.

 

51 minutes ago, ebprince the computer nerd said:

Which one is better?

They have similar random performance, but the 980 Pro has double the sequential scores, so it is technically the better drive. The problem is, unless you're regularly moving 100GB+ around you're not gonna notice the difference between the two. I would feel more than comfortable using a 970 Evo Plus as any drive in my system, it's probably still overkill for most workloads.