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Compare WD Black 4TB WD4001FAEX vs WD Blue 4TB

WD Black 4TB WD4001FAEX and Western Digital WD Blue 4TB are both hard disk drives with the same Capacity (4000 GB) and Form Factor (3.5"). The main differences are in Cache, RPM and Interface.

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WD Black 4TB WD4001FAEX

Western Digital WD Blue 4TB

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Brand

Western Digital

Brand

Western Digital

Model

WD4001FAEX

Model

WD40EZAX

Release Date

📅 November 2012

Release Date

📅 March 2023

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Performance (Charts)

76th / 637

Performance (Charts)

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Effective Value

103rd / 161

Effective Value

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Price/GB

$0.03

Price/GB

$0.02

GB/$1

28.64

GB/$1

47.06

Capacity

4000 GB

Capacity

4000 GB

Cache

64MB

Cache

256MB

RPM

7200

RPM

5400

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

SATA 3 Gb/s

Form Factor

3.5"

Form Factor

3.5"

Options (2)

	1 TB $109.20
	2 TB $154.49

Options (4)

	6TB $203.99
	2TB $88.99
	8TB $286.99
	1TB $85.00

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the WD Black 4TB WD4001FAEX:

Higher Revolutions Per Minute (+1800 RPM)

Reasons to buy the Western Digital WD Blue 4TB:

48% cheaper, you can save $164.76
Newer Product, it was released around 10 years later
More Internal Cache (+192 MB available)

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