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Compare Western Digital Purple 8TB vs 8TB WD Purple

Western Digital Purple 8TB and Western Digital 8TB WD Purple are both hard disk drives with the same Capacity (8000 GB), Cache (256MB) and Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s). The main differences are in RPM.

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Western Digital Purple 8TB

Western Digital 8TB WD Purple

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Brand

Western Digital

Brand

Western Digital

Model

WD8001PURP

Model

WD81PURZ

Release Date

📅 May 2021

Release Date

📅 July 2018

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Price/GB

$0.04

Price/GB

$0.02

GB/$1

26.67

GB/$1

46.3

Capacity

8000 GB

Capacity

8000 GB

Cache

256MB

Cache

256MB

RPM

7200

RPM

5400

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Form Factor

3.5"

Form Factor

3.5"

Options (3)

	14TB HDD $299.99
	22TB HDD $869.00
	18TB HDD $734.99

Options (2)

	10TB $529.45
	500GB $285.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Western Digital Purple 8TB:

Newer Product, it was released around 3 years later
Higher Revolutions Per Minute (+1800 RPM)

Reasons to buy the Western Digital 8TB WD Purple:

10% cheaper, you can save $45.89

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