Head to head

Samsung 870 EVO 2TB vs OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 4TB

Our pick

Samsung 870 EVO 2TB

2.5-inch SATA SSDs

Why this one

  • Choose the 870 EVO 2TB for a SATA upgrade with room for a large working-file collection. It uses a SATA 6 Gb/s interface.1
  • Samsung lists a five-year warranty term and a 1,200 TB write allowance. Check the exact warranty’s time and write limits for frequent-write use.1

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Samsung 870 EVO 2TBOWC Mercury Extreme Pro 4TB

Product photographs. Not to scale.

What OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 4TB offers

Choose the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 4TB for twice the default’s capacity while retaining a five-year warranty.12

2 models / at a glance

Key differences

Every specification ↗
Capacity · GB2,000 GB1Higher preferred ↑
Write endurance · TB1,200 TB1Higher preferred ↑

What differs

SpecificationSamsung 870 EVO 2TBOWC Mercury Extreme Pro 4TB
Capacity2,000 GB14,000 GB2
Write endurance1,200 TB113,800 TB3

More details

SpecificationSamsung 870 EVO 2TBOWC Mercury Extreme Pro 4TB
Flash typeTlc1Tlc3
Warranty5 years15 years2
Sequential read speedNot published550 MB/s3
Sequential write speedNot published530 MB/s3
DRAM cache2 GB1Not published

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Sources

  1. www.samsung.com
  2. www.owc.com
  3. www.bhphotovideo.com