Samsung 850 EVO Series SSDs vs Intel SSD Series 5 (2012)

The Samsung 850 EVO M.2 1TB is a great choice for people with a $300 budget. The Intel SSD 520 240GB, however, is merely decent when compared to its direct competitors.

MakeUseOf, a review site with a history of doing objective hands-on testing, has great things to say about the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 1TB. In fact, it's "Ranked 1 out of 3" in its "SSDs Are About to Skyrocket in Cost: Should You Upgrade in 2017? - Which SSDs Should I Buy?" roundup, which points toward it being a good Internal Hard Drive.

Moving on to the Intel SSD 520 240GB: it was unable to reach the very top of any roundups from sources that conduct reliable and unbiased testing. Nonetheless, it still managed to impress reviewers from a number of such sites, like TechSpot, CNET, hardwarezone.com.sg, Techradar, and Expert Reviews, enough for them to include them on those lists.

We also performed a thorough Samsung 850 EVO M.2 1TB vs. Intel SSD 520 240GB review score analysis - it turns out that all of the sources that have tested both Internal Hard Drives, including Expert Reviews, TechSpot, Techradar, and CNET, preferred the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 1TB over the Intel SSD 520 240GB.

Out of all the sources that reviewed them, the Samsung 850 EVO M.2 1TB turned out to be most loved by Expert Reviews, which gave it a score of 10, whereas the Intel SSD 520 240GB got its highest, 8.5, rating from reviewers at TechSpot.