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Compare Crucial P310 2TB and Samsung 980 PRO 2TB in the United States side by side across price, specifications, capability by use case and the price at which the answer changes.
Market snapshot Nov 9, 2026 · USD
Specifications, performance and current prices compared in United States · USD · prices checked through Nov 9, 2026
Crucial
Current comparison price
$305Value · Balanced58
from 3 offers at 2 retailers · checked Nov 9
Capability highlights · price excluded
Samsung
Current comparison price
$460Value · Balanced42
from 2 offers at 2 retailers · checked Nov 9
Capability highlights · price excluded
Capabilityprice excluded
Scenarios won: Crucial P310 2TB 0, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB 1, even 2. Samsung 980 Pro 2TB is ahead for Heavy Creative Work. View grades →
Valueunder Balanced
Crucial P310 2TB has the higher Value under these priorities (58 vs 42).
Pricecurrent market snapshot
Crucial P310 2TB costs less right now ($305 vs $460, 34% apart).
| Priority | Crucial P310 2TB | Samsung 980 Pro 2TB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58 | 42 | ||
| 37 | 25 | ||
| 75 | 52 | ||
| 49 | 47 | even |
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Under Balanced, each product holds or loses the higher Value at one price, with the other held at its current price. Enter the prices you were actually offered to see the answer for your deal.
Crucial P310 2TB
Current comparison price
$305 58
Crucial P310 2TB keeps the higher Value up to $423 (with Samsung 980 Pro 2TB at $460).
Samsung 980 Pro 2TB
Current comparison price
$460 42
Samsung 980 Pro 2TB matches the Value of Crucial P310 2TB (at $305) at $331 or less.
A crossover is a calculation under the active priorities and today's market frame, not a price forecast.
New offers we track in United States (USD), cheapest first, with the date each was checked. Amazon appears as a link only: its price is not shown and never enters Value.
Crucial P310 2TB
Samsung 980 Pro 2TB
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What each product can do for a job, graded S to F with price left out, and the measured indexes behind it.
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| Crucial P310 2TB | Samsung 980 Pro 2TB | |
|---|---|---|
| System Drive | S #58 | S #65 |
| Game & File Storage | A #52 | A #55 |
| Heavy Creative Work | B #59 | A #70 |
| Drive performance | 7,100 | 7,000 |
| Sequential read | 7,100 | 7,000 |
| Sequential write | 6,000 | 5,100 |
Facts true of every board a product groups; a range or "varies" marks a fact that differs between boards.
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| Crucial P310 2TB | Samsung 980 Pro 2TB | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | ||
| Sequential read | 7,100 MB/s | 7,000 MB/s |
| Sequential write | 6,000 MB/s | 5,100 MB/s |
| Storage and endurance | ||
| Endurance | 440 TBW | 1,200 TBW |
| NAND type | Micron 176-layer QLC | Samsung TLC V-NAND |
| DRAM cache | DRAM-less | 2GB LPDDR4 |
| Controller | Phison PS5021-E21T | Samsung Elpis |
| Interface and fit | ||
| Heatsink included | varies by board | Yes |
| Product | ||
| Brand | Crucial | Samsung |
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Conditions drawn from the data above, not a universal recommendation. The better choice depends on which of these matter to you.
It depends on the question. For capability (price left out) see the grades by use case; for how good the current price is for what you get, see Value under your priorities; and for the cheapest option today, see current prices. This page keeps the three apart and does not name one overall winner.
Under Balanced, Crucial P310 2TB has the higher Value (58 vs 42) in the market snapshot of Nov 9, 2026. Value changes with your priorities and with prices.
Under Balanced, with Crucial P310 2TB at its current price, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB reaches equal Value at $331. It is a calculation, not a price forecast.
Scenarios won: Crucial P310 2TB 0, Samsung 980 Pro 2TB 1, even 2. Samsung 980 Pro 2TB is ahead for Heavy Creative Work.
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