SAMSUNG 970 EVO Plus

Brand: SAMSUNG
Model: 970 EVO Plus

$285–$315estimated range · from catalog price Sep 3, 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 5% of storage drives

TierBudget?

ReleasedJan 2019

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Capacity2 TB

TypeSSD

InterfacePCIe

Read 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.

LifecycleDiscontinued 2024

Best for

boot drive
game library
budget upgrade

Official product specifications

Specifications

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Capacity2 TB