Crucial T500 2TB
Crucial
Current comparison price
$420Value 56 · Balanced
from 1 offer · checked Oct 17
Capability highlights · price excluded
- S System Drive
- A Game & File Storage
- A Heavy Creative Work
Crucial T500 2TB vs Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB
Specifications, performance and current prices compared in United States · USD · prices checked through Oct 17, 2026
Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB
Samsung
Current comparison price
$350Value 66 · Balanced
from 2 offers at 2 retailers · checked Oct 17
Capability highlights · price excluded
- S System Drive
- S Heavy Creative Work
- A Game & File Storage
Key differences at a glance
Capabilityprice excluded
Crucial T500 2TB leads in 0 scenarios, Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB in 1, 2 even. Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB is ahead for Heavy Creative Work. View grades →
Valueunder Balanced
Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB has the higher Value under these priorities (66 vs 56).
Pricecurrent market snapshot
Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB costs less right now ($420 vs $350, 17% apart).
How priorities change the comparison Crucial T500 2TB has higher Value under 0 presets · Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB under 4 · 0 even
| Priority | Crucial T500 2TB | Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 56 | 66 | ||
| 25 | 30 | ||
| 62 | 70 | ||
| 19 | 23 |
Pick a preset to compare under it: the whole page follows. Within 2 points counts as even.
Price difference and break-even price
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 T500 2TB
Current comparison price
$420 Value 56
Crucial T500 2TB matches the Value of Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB (at $350) at $337 or less.
Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB
Current comparison price
$350 Value 66
Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB keeps the higher Value up to $437 (with Crucial T500 2TB at $420).
A crossover is a calculation under the active priorities and today's market frame, not a price forecast.
Price comparison: current offers
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 T500 2TB
- Check current priceAmazonAffiliate link · price shown on AmazonCheck price →
- $420Crucial T500 2TBNewegg · checked · Affiliate linkGo to offer →
- Currently unavailable · last seen
- $582Crucial T500 M.2 2 TB PCI Express 4.0 3D TLC NAND NVMeMemoryC · last seen · no longer in the retailer’s listingView listing
- $350Crucial CT2000T500SSD8 T500 2TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive 7400MB/s Reads 7000 MB/s Writes 1200TBWCentralComputer · last seen · no longer in the retailer’s listingView listing
- $500Crucial T500 2TB Gen4 NVMe M.2 Internal Gaming SSD with Heatsink, Up to 7400MB/s, PlayStation 5 Compatible + 1mo Adobe CC All Apps- CT2000T500SSD5Newegg · last seen · no longer in the retailer’s listing · Affiliate linkView listing
Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB
- Check current priceAmazonAffiliate link · price shown on AmazonCheck price →
- $350Best priceSamsung 990 EVO Plus 2TBCentralComputer · checked Go to offer →
- $351Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TBNewegg · checked · Affiliate linkGo to offer →
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Performance and key differences
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 T500 2TB | Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB | |
|---|---|---|
| System Drive | S #58 | S #55 |
| Game & File Storage | A #58 | A #57 |
| Heavy Creative Work | A #69 | S #60 |
| Drive performance | 7,200 | 7,250 |
| Sequential read | 7,200 | 7,250 |
| Sequential write | 5,700 | 6,300 |
Where each one leads
- Lower current price · Higher Value with these priorities · Higher sequential read · More offers
Specifications compared
Facts true of every board a product groups; a range or "varies" marks a fact that differs between boards.
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| Crucial T500 2TB | Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | ||
| Sequential read | 7,200 MB/s | 7,250 MB/s |
| Sequential write | 5,700 MB/s | 6,300 MB/s |
| Storage and endurance | ||
| NAND type | Micron 232-layer TLC | Samsung 8th-gen V-NAND TLC |
| DRAM cache | 2GB LPDDR4 | DRAM-less |
| Controller | Phison PS5025-E25 | Samsung 5nm In-house |
| Interface and fit | ||
| Interface | M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 | M.2 PCIe 5.0 x2 |
| Product | ||
| Brand | Crucial | Samsung |
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Which one to choose: where each wins
Conditions drawn from the data above, not a universal recommendation. The better choice depends on which of these matter to you.
Crucial T500 2TB fits better when…
No measured advantage in this data. Decide on availability, platform fit or the offer you find.
Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB fits better when…
- the job is Heavy Creative Work: higher capability grade
- Sequential write matters: higher index
- your priorities are Balanced: higher Value
- the budget decides: 17% lower current price
- Sequential read matters: 7,250 MB/s vs 7,200 MB/s
- Sequential write matters: 6,300 MB/s vs 5,700 MB/s
Nearby market alternative
Worth considering instead
Crucial T710 1TB — same S-tier capability for System Drive, about $130 cheaper · Value 100.
Neither of the two above is the only answer — this one clears the same bar for less. ⇄ Compare all three
Questions and methodology
Which one is better, Crucial T500 2TB or Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB?
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.
Which has the higher Value right now?
Under Balanced, Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB has the higher Value (66 vs 56) in the market snapshot of Oct 17, 2026. Value changes with your priorities and with prices.
At what price does the answer change?
Under Balanced, with Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB at its current price, Crucial T500 2TB reaches equal Value at $337. It is a calculation, not a price forecast.
Which one is more capable, ignoring price?
Crucial T500 2TB leads in 0 scenarios, Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB in 1, 2 even. Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB is ahead for Heavy Creative Work.
Where can I compare current offers?
The offers section lists every new offer we track for both products in United States, with the date each price was checked. Open in Compare to add more products.