Product comparison · 2 internal solid state drives

Kingston Technology KC2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D TLC vs Kingston Technology Q500 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III

19specifications compared
15differ
4identical
12known for one product only

Key differences

SSD capacity
- KC2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D TLC:250 GB
- Q500 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III:120 GB
SSD form factor
- KC2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D TLC:M.2
- Q500 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III:2.5"
Interface
- KC2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D TLC:PCI Express 3.0
- Q500 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III:Serial ATA III
Component for
- KC2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D TLC:PC
- Q500 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III:PC/Laptop
Read speed
- KC2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D TLC:3000 MB/s
- Q500 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III:500 MB/s
Write speed
- KC2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D TLC:1100 MB/s
- Q500 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III:320 MB/s
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- KC2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D TLC:2000000 h
- Q500 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III:1000000 h
Power consumption (read)
- KC2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D TLC:2.1 W
- Q500 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III:0.642 W

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Comparison of KC2000, Q500
31 specifications	A Kingston Technology KC2000 250 GB M.2 PCI Express 3.0 NVMe 3D TLC Model KC2000 View product	B Kingston Technology Q500 120 GB 2.5" Serial ATA III Model Q500 View product
Features7 differ
SSD capacityDiffers	250 GB	120 GB
SSD form factorDiffers	M.2	2.5"
InterfaceDiffers	PCI Express 3.0	Serial ATA III
NVMeKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Memory typeKnown for one	3D TLC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Component forDiffers	PC	PC/Laptop
Hardware encryptionKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Security algorithmsKnown for one	256-bit AES	Unknown — not stated by the source
Read speedDiffers	3000 MB/s	500 MB/s
Write speedDiffers	1100 MB/s	320 MB/s
Random read (4KB)Known for one	350000 IOPS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Random write (4KB)Known for one	200000 IOPS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Controller typeKnown for one	SMI SM2262EN	Unknown — not stated by the source
PCI Express interface data lanesKnown for one	x4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	2000000 h	1000000 h
TBW ratingKnown for one	150	Unknown — not stated by the source
CertificationKnown for one	CE, FCC	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
Protection featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Vibration proof
Power4 differ
Power consumption (read)Differs	2.1 W	0.642 W
Power consumption (write)Differs	7 W	1.535 W
Power consumption (average)Differs	0.2 W	0.279 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	0.003 W	0.195 W
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	80 mm	100 mm
DepthDiffers	22 mm	7 mm
HeightDiffers	3.5 mm	69.9 mm
WeightDiffers	8 g	41 g
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 70 °C	0 - 70 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 85 °C	-40 - 85 °C
Operating vibration	2.17 G	2.17 G
Non-operating vibration	20 G	20 G

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