Crucial P5

What’s the difference between the Crucial P5 and P5 Plus?

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Crucial recently released the P5 Plus. You can check out this comparison guide to see how the new M.2 solid state drive compares to the older P5.

Quick Summary

The Crucial P5 Plus is 94.12% faster than the Crucial P5 at maximum sequential reading. The Plus version is also 20% faster at the 500 GB capacity in addition to being 66.67% faster at the 1 TB and 2 TB capacities at maximum sequential writing.

Furthermore, the P5 Plus is the only one of these two products to come with support for Device Sleep and TCG OPAL 2.0.

While these two solid state drives have the same endurance (TBW) rating and warranty length, the Plus version does have a longer reliability (MTTF) rating.

Overall, we recommend getting the P5 Plus due to the better read and write speed performances in addition to better reliability.

You can also see how the P5 stacks up against the P1 and P2 with this article.

P5 vs. P5 Plus Comparison Chart

You can take a look at Seeking Tech’s comparison table for the P5 and P5 Plus below.

Crucial P5Crucial P5 Plus
Capacity Options250 GB

500 GB

1 TB

2 TB		500 GB

1 TB

2 TB
Model Numbers250 GB Crucial P5: CT250P5SSD8

500 GB Crucial P5: CT500P5SSD8

1 TB Crucial P5: CT1000P5SSD8

2 TB Crucial P5: CT2000P5SSD8		500 GB Crucial P5 Plus: CT500P5PSSD8

1 TB Crucial P5 Plus: CT1000P5PSSD8

2 TB Crucial P5 Plus: CT2000P5PSSD8
What’s in the BoxP5 Solid State Drive

Crucial Storage Executive

Acronis True Image for Crucial

Crucial Easy SSD Install Guide		P5 Plus Solid State Drive

Crucial Storage Executive

Acronis True Image for Crucial

Crucial Easy SSD Install Guide
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
Memory Components3D NAND3D NAND
InterfacePCIe Gen3 NVMePCIe Gen4 NVMe
Maximum Sequential Read Speed250 GB Crucial P5: Up to 3400 MB per second

500 GB Crucial P5: Up to 3400 MB per second

1 TB Crucial P5: Up to 3400 MB per second

2 TB Crucial P5: Up to 3400 MB per second		500 GB Crucial P5 Plus: Up to 6600 MB per second

1 TB Crucial P5 Plus: Up to 6600 MB per second

2 TB Crucial P5 Plus: Up to 6600 MB per second
Maximum Sequential Write Speed250 GB Crucial P5: Up to 1400 MB per second

500 GB Crucial P5: Up to 3000 MB per second

1 TB Crucial P5: Up to 3000 MB per second

2 TB Crucial P5: Up to 3000 MB per second		500 GB Crucial P5 Plus: Up to 3600 MB per second

1 TB Crucial P5 Plus: Up to 5000 MB per second

2 TB Crucial P5 Plus: Up to 5000 MB per second
General FeaturesActive Garbage Collection

Adaptive Thermal Protection

APST

Dynamic Write Acceleration

ECC

Integrated Power Loss Immunity

Multistep Data Integrity Algorithms

RAIN

SMART

TRIM		Active Garbage Collection

Adaptive Thermal Protection

APST

Device Sleep

Dynamic Write Acceleration

ECC

Integrated Power Loss Immunity

Multistep Data Integrity Algorithms

RAIN

SMART

TCG OPAL 2.0

TRIM
Endurance (TBW)250 GB Crucial P5: 150 TBW

500 GB Crucial P5: 300 TBW

1 TB Crucial P5: 600 TBW

2 TB Crucial P5: 1200 TBW		500 GB Crucial P5 Plus: 300 TBW

1 TB Crucial P5 Plus: 600 TBW

2 TB Crucial P5 Plus: 1200 TBW
Reliability (MTTF)1,800,000 hours2,000,000 hours
Operating Temperature0 °C to 70 °C0 °C to 70 °C
CompliancesBSMI

CE

China RoHS

Halogen Free

FCC

ICES

KC

Morocco

RCM

VCCI

TUV

Ukraine

UL

WEEE		BSMI

CE

China RoHS

FCC

Halogen Free

KC

ICES

Morocco

RCM

TUV

UKCA

Ukraine

UL

VCCI

WEEE
Warranty5-year warranty5-year warranty
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Capacity Options

When it comes to capacities, the P5 is the only product in this comparison to offer a 250 GB option.

You can find a breakdown of the available options for both storage products below:

Crucial P5:

  • 250 GB
  • 500 GB
  • 1 TB
  • 2 TB

Crucial P5 Plus:

  • 500 GB
  • 1 TB
  • 2 TB

Model Numbers

You can also check out the model numbers for each of the aforementioned capacities below:

  • 250 GB Crucial P5: CT250P5SSD8
  • 500 GB Crucial P5: CT500P5SSD8
  • 1 TB Crucial P5: CT1000P5SSD8
  • 2 TB Crucial P5: CT2000P5SSD8
  • 500 GB Crucial P5 Plus: CT500P5PSSD8
  • 1 TB Crucial P5 Plus: CT1000P5PSSD8
  • 2 TB Crucial P5 Plus: CT2000P5PSSD8

What’s in the Box

In addition to the actual solid state drive, both products include the Crucial Storage Executive and Acronis True Image for Crucial software in addition to an installation guide.

You can check out a breakdown of the content included inside each box for both below:

Crucial P5:

  • P5 Solid State Drive
  • Crucial Storage Executive
  • Acronis True Image for Crucial
  • Crucial Easy SSD Install Guide

Crucial P5 Plus:

  • P5 Plus Solid State Drive
  • Crucial Storage Executive
  • Acronis True Image for Crucial
  • Crucial Easy SSD Install Guide

Form Factor

The P5 and P5 Plus are both M.2 2280 drives.

Memory Components

When it comes to the memory components, both of the solid state drives in this versus guide are equipped with 3D NAND.

Interface

As for the interface, the P5 uses PCIe Gen3 NVMe while the P5 Plus uses PCIe Gen4 NVMe.

Maximum Sequential Read Speed

When you compare the same capacities, the 500 GB, 1 TB and 2 TB versions of the Crucial P5 Plus are 3200 MB per second faster, or 94.12% faster, than the 500 GB, 1 TB and 2 TB versions of the Crucial P5 at maximum sequential reading.

You can check out the maximum sequential read speeds below:

  • 250 GB Crucial P5: Up to 3400 MB per second
  • 500 GB Crucial P5: Up to 3400 MB per second
  • 1 TB Crucial P5: Up to 3400 MB per second
  • 2 TB Crucial P5: Up to 3400 MB per second
  • 500 GB Crucial P5 Plus: Up to 6600 MB per second
  • 1 TB Crucial P5 Plus: Up to 6600 MB per second
  • 2 TB Crucial P5 Plus: Up to 6600 MB per second

Maximum Sequential Write Speed

As for maximum sequential writing, the 500 GB Crucial P5 Plus is 600 MB per second faster, or 20% faster, than the 500 GB Crucial P5.

The 1 TB and 2 TB versions of the Crucial P5 Plus are 2000 MB per second faster, or 66.67% faster, than the 1 TB and 2 TB versions of the Crucial P5.

You can take a look at the maximum sequential write speeds below:

  • 250 GB Crucial P5: Up to 1400 MB per second
  • 500 GB Crucial P5: Up to 3000 MB per second
  • 1 TB Crucial P5: Up to 3000 MB per second
  • 2 TB Crucial P5: Up to 3000 MB per second
  • 500 GB Crucial P5 Plus: Up to 3600 MB per second
  • 1 TB Crucial P5 Plus: Up to 5000 MB per second
  • 2 TB Crucial P5 Plus: Up to 5000 MB per second

General Features

When it comes to general features, the P5 Plus is the only one out of these two SSDs to support Device Sleep and TCG OPAL 2.0.

You can find the full list of general features for both storage drives below:

Crucial P5:

  • Active Garbage Collection
  • Adaptive Thermal Protection
  • APST
  • Dynamic Write Acceleration
  • ECC
  • Integrated Power Loss Immunity
  • Multistep Data Integrity Algorithms
  • RAIN
  • SMART
  • TRIM

Crucial P5 Plus:

  • Active Garbage Collection
  • Adaptive Thermal Protection
  • APST
  • Device Sleep
  • Dynamic Write Acceleration
  • ECC
  • Integrated Power Loss Immunity
  • Multistep Data Integrity Algorithms
  • RAIN
  • SMART
  • TCG OPAL 2.0
  • TRIM

Endurance (TBW)

When you compare the same capacity sizes, the P5 and P5 Plus have the same endurance rating.

You can check out the Terabytes Written specifications below:

  • 250 GB Crucial P5: 150 TBW
  • 500 GB Crucial P5: 300 TBW
  • 1 TB Crucial P5: 600 TBW
  • 2 TB Crucial P5: 1200 TBW
  • 500 GB Crucial P5 Plus: 300 TBW
  • 1 TB Crucial P5 Plus: 600 TBW
  • 2 TB Crucial P5 Plus: 1200 TBW

Reliability (MTTF)

The Plus version of the P5 does have a longer reliability rating than the regular version, however.

You can find the Mean Time to Failure specs below:

  • Crucial P5: 1,800,000 hours
  • Crucial P5 Plus: 2,000,000 hours

Operating Temperature

The P5 and P5 Plus have the same operating temperature range, which is from 0 °C to 70 °C.

Compliances

You can find a list of compliances for these Crucial SSDs below:

Crucial P5:

  • BSMI
  • CE
  • China RoHS
  • Halogen Free
  • FCC
  • ICES
  • KC
  • Morocco
  • RCM
  • VCCI
  • TUV
  • Ukraine
  • UL
  • WEEE

Crucial P5 Plus:

  • BSMI
  • CE
  • China RoHS
  • FCC
  • Halogen Free
  • KC
  • ICES
  • Morocco
  • RCM
  • TUV
  • UKCA
  • Ukraine
  • UL
  • VCCI
  • WEEE

Warranty

The Crucial P5 3D NAND NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive and Crucial P5 Plus PCIe 4.0 3D NAND NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive each comes with a 5-year warranty.

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What’s the difference between Crucial P1, P2 and P5?

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The P5 is the latest version of Crucial’s NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive series. So, how does the new product stack up against the older P1 and P2 versions?

You can find out in this comparison guide between the three SSDs.

Quick Summary

The newer Crucial P5 NVMe M.2 SSD is substantially faster than the Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 SSD and Crucial P2 NVMe M.2 SSD when it comes to sequential read and write speeds.

Not to mention that the P5 is also a lot more durable than the older solid state drives with much higher Mean Time to Failure (MTTF) and TWB (Terabytes Written).

Needless to say, the Crucial P5 is the best option out of the group.

Crucial P1 vs. P2 vs. P5 Comparison Chart

You can check out Seeking Tech’s comparison table between the three internal SSDs below.

Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 SSDCrucial P2 NVMe M.2 SSDCrucial P5 NVMe M.2 SSD
What's in the BoxP1 NVMe M.2 SSD

Acronis True Image for Crucial cloning software

Installation instructions		P2 NVMe M.2 SSD

Acronis True Image for Crucial cloning software

Crucial Easy SSD Install Guide		P5 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive

Crucial Storage Executive

Acronis True Image for Crucial cloning software

Crucial Easy SSD Install Guide
Capacity500 GB: Model Number CT500P1SSD8

1 TB: Model Number CT1000P1SSD8

2 TB: Model Number CT2000P1SSD8		250 GB: Model Number CT250P2SSD8

500 GB: Model Number CT500P2SSD8

1 TB: Model Number CT1000P2SSD8

2 TB: Model Number CT2000P2SSD8		250 GB: Model Number CT250P5SSD8

500 GB: Model Number CT500P5SSD8

1 TB: Model Number CT1000P5SSD8

2 TB: Model Number CT2000P5SSD8
Maximum Sequential Read Speed500 GB SSD: 1900 MB per second

1 TB SSD: 2000 MB per second

2 TB SSD: 2000 MB per second		250 GB SSD: 2100 MB per second

500 GB SSD: 2300 MB per second

1 TB SSD: 2400 MB per second

2 TB SSD: 2400 MB per second		250 GB SSD: 3400 MB per second

500 GB SSD: 3400 MB per second

1 TB SSD: 3400 MB per second

2 TB SSD: 3400 MB per second
Maximum Sequential Write Speed500 GB SSD: 950 MB per second

1 TB SSD: 1700 MB per second

2 TB SSD: 1700 MB per second		250 GB SSD: 1150 MB per second

500 GB SSD: 940 MB per second

1 TB SSD: 1800 MB per second

2 TB SSD: 1900 MB per second		250 GB SSD: 1400 MB per second

500 GB SSD: 3000 MB per second

1 TB SSD: 3000 MB per second

2 TB SSD: 3000 MB per second
Mean Time to Failure1.5 million hours1.5 million hours1.8 million hours
Terabytes Written500 GB SSD: 100 TB

1 TB SSD: 200 TB

2 TB SSD: 400 TB		250 GB SSD: 150 TB

500 GB SSD: 150 TB

1 TB SSD: 300 TB

2 TB SSD: 600 TB		250 GB SSD: 150 TB

500 GB SSD: 300 TB

1 TB SSD: 600 TB

2 TB SSD: 1200 TB
Data Transfer SoftwareAcronis True Image for Crucial cloning softwareAcronis True Image for Crucial cloning softwareAcronis True Image for Crucial cloning software
Operating Temperature0°C to 70°C (or -32°F to 158°F)0°C to 70°C (or -32°F to 158°F)0°C to 70°C (or -32°F to 158°F)
Warranty5-year limited warranty5-year limited warranty5-year limited warranty
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What’s in the Box

When compared to the other two products, the newer Crucial P5 comes with the Crucial Storage Executive, a SSD management program.

You can take a look at what’s included in each box below:

Crucial P1:

  • P1 NVMe M.2 Solid State Dtive
  • Acronis True Image for Crucial cloning software
  • Installation instructions

Crucial P2:

  • P2 NVMe M.2 Solid State Dtive
  • Acronis True Image for Crucial cloning software
  • Crucial Easy SSD Install Guide

Crucial P5:

  • P5 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive
  • Crucial Storage Executive
  • Acronis True Image for Crucial cloning software
  • Crucial Easy SSD Install Guide

Capacity

The P2 and P5 offer the most variety when it comes to size options as you can pick between 250 GB, 500 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB. With the P1, your choices are between 500 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB.

You can check out a list of the size options, as well as the respective model numbers, below:

  • 500 GB Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 SSD: Model Number CT500P1SSD8
  • 1 TB Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 SSD: Model Number CT1000P1SSD8
  • 2 TB Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 SSD: Model Number CT2000P1SSD8
  • 250 GB Crucial P2 NVMe M.2 SSD: Model Number CT250P2SSD8
  • 500 GB Crucial P2 NVMe M.2 SSD: Model Number CT500P2SSD8
  • 1 TB Crucial P2 NVMe M.2 SSD: Model Number CT1000P2SSD8
  • 2 TB Crucial P2 NVMe M.2 SSD: Model Number CT2000P2SSD8
  • 250 GB Crucial P5 NVMe M.2 SSD: Model Number CT250P5SSD8
  • 500 GB Crucial P5 NVMe M.2 SSD: Model Number CT500P5SSD8
  • 1 TB Crucial P5 NVMe M.2 SSD: Model Number CT1000P5SSD8
  • 2 TB Crucial P5 NVMe M.2 SSD: Model Number CT2000P5SSD8

Maximum Sequential Read Speed

At 3400 MB per second, the Crucial P5 NVMe M.2 SSD has a much faster maximum sequential read speed when compared to the Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 SSD (which tops out at 2000 MB per second) and Crucial P2 NVMe M.2 SSD (which has a max of 2400 MB per second).

In some cases, the read speeds depend on the model number. You can find the complete list of maximum sequential read speeds below:

  • 500 GB P1: 1900 MB per second
  • 1 TB P1: 2000 MB per second
  • 2 TB P1: 2000 MB per second
  • 250 GB P2: 2100 MB per second
  • 500 GB P2: 2300 MB per second
  • 1 TB P2: 2400 MB per second
  • 2 TB P2: 2400 MB per second
  • 250 GB P5: 3400 MB per second
  • 500 GB P5: 3400 MB per second
  • 1 TB P5: 3400 MB per second
  • 2 TB P5: 3400 MB per second

Maximum Sequential Write Speed

At up to 3000 MB per second when it comes to maximum sequential write speed, the Crucial P5 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive also has a major advantage over the Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (which has a maximum of 1700 MB per second) and Crucial P2 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (topping out at 1900 MB per second).

You can check out the full list of sequential write speeds below:

  • 500 GB P1: 950 MB per second
  • 1 TB P1: 1700 MB per second
  • 2 TB P1: 1700 MB per second
  • 250 GB P2: 1150 MB per second
  • 500 GB P2: 940 MB per second
  • 1 TB P2: 1800 MB per second
  • 2 TB P2: 1900 MB per second
  • 250 GB P5: 1400 MB per second
  • 500 GB P5: 3000 MB per second
  • 1 TB P5: 3000 MB per second
  • 2 TB P5: 3000 MB per second

Mean Time to Failure

The mean time to failure (or MTTF) measures the average length a solid state drive is expected to last in between hardware failures.

The Crucial P5 NVMe M.2 SSD is the best out of this group with a MTTF of 1.8 million hours.

In comparison, both the Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 SSD and Crucial P2 NVMe M.2 SSD have a MTTF of 1.5 million hours.

Terabytes Written

Another durability metric is terabytes written (or TBW), which measures how much data can be written on the SSD before the drive is likely to fail.

The Crucial P5 is once again the big winner when you compared it to similar size options of the Crucial P1 and Crucial P2.

The TBW is based on specific models. You can find the specs for each below:

  • 500 GB Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 SSD: 100 TB
  • 1 TB Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 SSD: 200 TB
  • 2 TB Crucial P1 NVMe M.2 SSD: 400 TB
  • 250 GB Crucial P2 NVMe M.2 SSD: 150 TB
  • 500 GB Crucial P2 NVMe M.2 SSD: 150 TB
  • 1 TB Crucial P2 NVMe M.2 SSD: 300 TB
  • 2 TB Crucial P2 NVMe M.2 SSD: 600 TB
  • 250 GB P5: 150 TB
  • 500 GB P5: 300 TB
  • 1 TB P5: 600 TB
  • 2 TB P5: 1200 TB

Data Transfer Software

All three products use the Acronis True Image for Crucial to transfer data.

Operating Temperature

The solid state drives have an operating temperature range of 0°C to 70°C (or -32°F to 158°F)

Warranty

The three products come with a 5-year limited warranty.

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