Crucial P510 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD vs Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB

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all judged against NVMe SSDs at a similar price

The Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB scores 7.8/10 overall, ahead of the Crucial P510 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD at 6.9/10.

The Crucial P510 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD leads on performance.

The Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB leads on endurance, warranty and software.

They score the same on efficiency and thermals.

The biggest difference is warranty, where the Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB scores 9/10 to the Crucial P510 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD's 6/10.

Crucial P510 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD

6.9/10verdict: good, not the best

The Crucial P510 1TB suits buyers who want a PCIe 5.0 x4 M.2 drive with high rated sequential speeds and low reported heat. It fits workstations and homelab hosts that mostly do bursty reads and moderate writes. Buyers who write large volumes continuously, or who want a bargain price, should check the cache and value notes first.

Typically about £88.99 in the UK when we researched itCheck price at Amazon UK

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Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB

7.8/10verdict: buy

The Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB is for buyers who want a 2TB M.2 2280 NVMe drive with a five-year warranty and a management tool that covers firmware updates and drive health. It suits desktop and workstation builds that already have a motherboard heatsink for the drive. It is a weaker fit for workloads that write huge volumes continuously or lean on sustained random I/O.

Typically about £279.99 in the UK when we researched itCheck price at Amazon UK

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Scores, criterion by criterion

Criterion	Weight	Crucial P510 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD	Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB
Performance	35%	8/10	7/10
Endurance	20%	6/10	8/10
Warranty	15%	6/10	9/10
Efficiency and thermals	15%	7/10	7/10
Software	15%	6/10	9/10
Overall		6.9/10	7.8/10

Specifications

Spec	Crucial P510 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD	Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x4, M.2 NVMe	PCIe 4.0 x4 / 5.0 x2, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read	up to 11,000 MB/s	Up to 7,250 MB/s
Sequential write	up to 9,500 MB/s	Up to 6,300 MB/s
Endurance (2TB)	600 TBW (1TB)	1,200 TBW
Form factor	M.2 2280 (22 × 80 mm)	M.2 (2280)
Warranty	Three or five years, whichever comes first, with a TBW limit	Five years or total bytes written (TBW), whichever comes first

Strengths and weaknesses

Crucial P510 1TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD

+ Rated up to 11,000 MB/s read and 9,500 MB/s write
+ 1.5M random IOPS at QD32 for both read and write
+ Owners report it runs cool with little need for cooling
− No DRAM cache; owners report fluctuating write speeds
− Limited fast cache, estimated at about 67GB on the 2TB model
− Owners say it costs more than rivals once sales are counted

Skip it if:

Buyers who write large volumes continuously and need steady write speeds
Buyers who want the lowest price and will rely on regular sales
Anyone who wants a clear five-year warranty without a TBW cap

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Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB

+ 1,200 TBW rating with a five-year warranty
+ Samsung Magician handles firmware updates and drive health
+ Owners report cool, efficient running under load
− No heatsink included in the box
− DRAM-less design trails DRAM rivals in sustained random I/O
− Writes slow on very large transfers once cache is exhausted

Skip it if:

Buyers who need the best sustained random I/O and want a DRAM-equipped drive.
Anyone who wants a heatsink included and has no motherboard heatsink for the drive.
Users who regularly run very large continuous write jobs.

Read the full Samsung SSD 990 EVO Plus 2TB review ›

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