$285–$315estimated range · from catalog price Oct 4, 2026
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB: Gen3 NVMe M.2 SSD with DRAM and 1,200 TBW; launched Jan 22, 2019 and discontinued (EOL) by Oct 2024.
Storage performance rankTop 3% of storage drives
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Capacity2 TB
TypeSSD
InterfacePCIe
Read speed3500 MB/s
Write speed3300 MB/s
Form factorM.2
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Product overview
Samsung’s 970 EVO Plus belongs to the 970 NVMe family and was announced on January 22, 2019; the 2TB variant followed shortly after in April 2019. It’s a PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD using Samsung V‑NAND (TLC) with onboard DRAM.
Positioned as a budget NVMe option today, it exists to deliver mature Gen3 speeds without Gen4 platform requirements. Rated up to 3,500/3,300 MB/s and 1,200 TBW for the 2TB model, its TLC NAND and full DRAM cache make it a strong fit as a boot drive and roomy game library, and a sensible budget upgrade for PCIe 3.0 systems. Unique: the 2TB model carries 2GB of LPDDR4 as a DRAM cache. Samsung marked the 970 EVO Plus EOL by October 2024.
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Current modelCatalog models
Capacity2 TB
870 EVOCapacity: 1 TBBX500Capacity: 1 TBExtreme M.2 NVMe SSD 1TBCapacity: 1 TBWD Blue SA510 SATACapacity: 1 TBWD_BLACKCapacity: 1 TB MP600 PRO LPXCapacity: 2 TB2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4Capacity: 2 TB870 EVOCapacity: 2 TB870 QVOCapacity: 2 TB970 EVO PlusCapacity: 2 TBThis part980 PROCapacity: 2 TB990 PRO 2TBCapacity: 2 TBBarraCuda 2TBCapacity: 2 TBKC3000 2TBCapacity: 2 TBMP700 Elite 2TBCapacity: 2 TBMX500Capacity: 2 TBQN322 2TBCapacity: 2 TBRocket 5 2TBCapacity: 2 TBT-FORCE A440 Aluminum Heatsink 2TBCapacity: 2 TBWD BlackCapacity: 2 TBWD_BLACK 2TB SN770Capacity: 2 TB4TB WD BlackCapacity: 4 TB870 EVOCapacity: 4 TBMX500Capacity: 4 TBPerformance Plus Capacity: 4 TBSkyhawk 4TBCapacity: 4 TBUltra 3D NANDCapacity: 4 TBWD Blue 6 TBCapacity: 6 TB IronWolf 8TBCapacity: 8 TB870 QVOCapacity: 8 TB8TB WD Red PlusCapacity: 8 TBBarraCuda 8TBCapacity: 8 TBWD BLACK 8TB Capacity: 8 TB10TB WD Purple ProCapacity: 10 TB10TB WD Red PlusCapacity: 10 TBIronWolf 10TB NASCapacity: 10 TB12TB WD Purple ProCapacity: 12 TBArsenalCapacity: 14 TBUltrastar DC HC530Capacity: 14 TBWD Purple Pro Surveillance HDDCapacity: 18 TBWD Red Pro NASCapacity: 18 TBWD Red Pro NAS Capacity: 20 TB
