Compare Hard Disk Drives

Compare Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB vs Caviar Blue 1TB

  1. Compare
  2. Hard Disk Drives
  3. Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 🆚 Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB and Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB are both hard disk drives with the same RPM (7200), Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s) and Form Factor (3.5"). The main differences are in Performance (+52%), Capacity and Cache.
Save comparison
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" SATA 3 7200RPM 16MB Cache WD5000AAKX
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" SATA 3 7200RPM 64MB Cache WD10EZEX
Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB
Prices
(Change region)
In Stock
Free shipping
$43.00
In Stock
$45.98
Last updated 2 minutes ago.
Prices
(Change region)
In Stock
Free shipping
$85.00
In Stock
$99.99
Last updated 2 minutes ago.
In Stock
$126.06
Show 1 more offers
* Pangoly may earn a commission when you use one of the links to make a purchase. (Disclosure)
* Product prices and availability are subject to change frequently. Any price and availability information displayed on Amazon at the time of purchase will apply.
Brand
Western Digital
Brand
Western Digital
Model
WD5000AAKX
Model
WD10EZEX
Release Date
📅 December 2010
Release Date
📅 August 2012
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews
★★★★★
(110 reviews)
User reviews
★★★★★
(111 reviews)
Performance (Charts)
117th / 637
(-52%)
Performance (Charts)
42nd / 637
(0%)
Effective Value
46th / 161
Effective Value
3rd / 161
Price history
View Details ►
Price history
View Details ►
Price/GB
$0.09
Price/GB
$0.04
GB/$1
11.63
GB/$1
25.01
Pros
  • Reliability
Pros
-
Capacity
500 GB
Capacity
1000 GB
Cache
16MB
Cache
64MB
RPM
7200
RPM
7200
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor
3.5"
Form Factor
3.5"

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB:

  • 49% cheaper, you can save $42.00

Buy now

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB:

  • Much better performance, around +52%
  • Slightly better effective value.
  • Newer Product, it was released around 20 months later
  • More Capacity (+500 GB available)
  • More Internal Cache (+48 MB available)

Buy now

Have you found incorrect information on this page? Contact us and we will fix it as soon as possible.

Trending comparisons (Hard Disk Drives)

Seagate Barracuda Compute 2TB
VS
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 1TB
Seagate Barracuda Compute 2TB

vs

HGST Travelstar 7K1000 1TB
Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS ST8000VNZ04/N004
VS
Western Digital WD Red Plus 8TB
Seagate IronWolf 8TB NAS ST8000VNZ04/N004

vs

Western Digital WD Red Plus 8TB
Toshiba X300 5TB
VS
HGST Ultrastar 7K6000 4TB
Toshiba X300 5TB

vs

HGST Ultrastar 7K6000 4TB
Seagate BarraCuda 3TB ST3000DM008
VS
Seagate Barracuda 3TB
Seagate BarraCuda 3TB ST3000DM008

vs

Seagate Barracuda 3TB
Western Digital Red Plus 6TB
VS
Western Digital 6TB WD Red Pro
Western Digital Red Plus 6TB

vs

Western Digital 6TB WD Red Pro
Toshiba X300 4TB HDWR440XZSTA
VS
Western Digital Purple Surveillance 4TB
Toshiba X300 4TB HDWR440XZSTA

vs

Western Digital Purple Surveillance 4TB
Seagate IronWolf 4TB ST4000VN006
VS
Western Digital Red Plus 4TB WD40EFPX
Seagate IronWolf 4TB ST4000VN006

vs

Western Digital Red Plus 4TB WD40EFPX
WD Blue 250GB WD2500AAKX
VS
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 500GB
WD Blue 250GB WD2500AAKX

vs

Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 500GB
Western Digital Gold 26TB
VS
Toshiba X300 PRO 16TB
Western Digital Gold 26TB

vs

Toshiba X300 PRO 16TB
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1TB
VS
Seagate 1TB Enterprise ST1000NM0033
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000 1TB

vs

Seagate 1TB Enterprise ST1000NM0033
    News
    Discover how NVIDIA's new RTX Spark superchip challenges Intel x86 and Apple Silicon with 1 Petaflop of local AI power and massive Blackwell graphics.
    NVIDIA RTX Spark: A New Threat to Intel x86 and Apple Chips
    Browse PC Parts
    Spotlight
    $214
    B760M GAMING WIFI PLUS
    Gigabyte B760M GAMING WIFI PLUS
    Trending PC Parts
    x