Western Digital 500GB Caviar Green vs Caviar Blue 500GB Hard Disk Comparison

Western Digital 500GB Caviar Green and Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB are both hard disk drives with the same Capacity (500 GB) and Form Factor (3.5"). The main differences are in Performance (+32%), Cache, RPM and Interface.

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Western Digital 500GB Caviar Green	Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB
Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $24.46	Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $43.00 In Stock $45.98 Last updated 41 minutes ago.
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Brand Western Digital	Brand Western Digital
Model WD5000AADS	Model WD5000AAKX
Release Date 📅 October 2009	Release Date 📅 December 2010
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews Add a product review	User reviews ★★★★★ (110 reviews) Add a product review
Performance (Charts) 158th / 637 (-32%)	Performance (Charts) 117th / 637 (0%)
Effective Value 46th / 161	Effective Value 47th / 161
Price history View Details ►	Price history View Details ►
Price/GB $0.05	Price/GB $0.09
GB/$1 20.44	GB/$1 11.63
Pros -	Pros Reliability
Capacity 500 GB	Capacity 500 GB
Cache 32MB	Cache 16MB
RPM 5400	RPM 7200
Interface SATA 3 Gb/s	Interface SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor 3.5"	Form Factor 3.5"
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