Samsung 870 EVO vs Samsung 990 EVO Plus

The two products' specifications row by row. Rows where they differ are marked; a missing value is unknown, never equal.

11 differences
SpecificationSamsung 870 EVOSamsung 990 EVO Plus
Component forDiffersPC/LaptopPC
Memory typeDiffersV-NANDV-NAND TLC
Write speedDiffers530 MB/s6300 MB/s
Power consumption (idle)Differs0.03 W0.06 W
DepthDiffers6.9 mm2.38 mm
HeightDiffers69.9 mm80.2 mm
WeightDiffers86.2 g9 g
NVMeDiffersNoYes
SSD form factorDiffers2.5 inchM.2
Read speedDiffers560 MB/s7250 MB/s
InterfaceDiffersSATA IIIPCIe 4.0 x4 / 5.0 x2 NVMe 2.0
DevSlp (device sleep) supportSameYesYes
Hardware encryptionSameYesYes
S.M.A.R.T. supportSameYesYes
TRIM supportSameYesYes
Operating shockSame1500 G1500 G
Security algorithmsSame256-bit AES256-bit AES
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Same1500000 h1500000 h
Controller typenot knownSamsung MKXnot known
NVMe versionnot knownnot known2.0
Random read (4KB)not knownnot known1050000 IOPS
Random write (4KB)not knownnot known1400000 IOPS
Windows operating systems supportednot knownWindows 10, Windows 10 x64, Windows 7, Windows 7 x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 x64, Windows Vistanot known
Operating voltagenot knownnot known3.3 V
Power consumption (average)not known2.2 Wnot known
Power consumption (max)not known3.5 Wnot known
Power consumption (read)not knownnot known5.5 W
Power consumption (write)not knownnot known4.8 W
Power consumption DevSlp (device sleep)not knownnot known5 mW
Widthnot known100.1 mmnot known
M.2 SSD sizenot knownnot known2280 (22 x 80 mm)
Data transfer ratenot known6 Gbit/snot known
Operating temperature (T-T)not knownnot known0 - 70 °C
Linux operating systems supportednot knownYesnot known
Mac operating systems supportednot knownYesnot known
Product seriesnot known870 EVOnot known
Server operating systems supportednot knownWindows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 x64not known
NAND controllernot knownnot knownSamsung in-house Controller
Product namenot knownnot known990 EVO Plus, PCIe 4.0/5.0, NVMe M.2 SSD
Package depthnot knownnot known100 mm
Package heightnot knownnot known22 mm
Package typenot knownBoxnot known
Package weightnot knownnot known70 g
Package widthnot knownnot known148 mm