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Compare Crucial BX100 120GB vs M500 120GB

Crucial BX100 120GB and Crucial M500 120GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (120 GB), Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s) and Form Factor (2.5"). The main differences are in Performance (+8%), SSD Controller, NAND Flash Type and Max Sequential Read.

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Crucial BX100 120GB

Crucial M500 120GB

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Pangoly Score (How do we rate?)

85

Pangoly Score (How do we rate?)

84

Brand

Crucial

Brand

Crucial

Model

CT120BX100SSD1

Model

CT120M500SSD1

Release Date

📅 January 2015

Release Date

📅 June 2013

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Performance (Charts)

349th / 1746

(0%)

Performance (Charts)

364th / 1746

(-8%)

Effective Value

155th / 336

Effective Value

274th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.18

Price/GB

$0.75

GB/$1

5.65

GB/$1

1.34

Pros

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Pros

Solid read performance
Price
Marvell 88SS9187 controller

Cons

-

Cons

Write performance below the average

Series

BX100

Series

M500

Capacity

120 GB

Capacity

120 GB

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

NVME

No

NVME

No

Form Factor

2.5"

Form Factor

2.5"

SSD Controller

Silicon Motion SM2246EN

SSD Controller

Marvell 9187

NAND Flash Type

Micron 16nm MLC NAND

NAND Flash Type

MLC

Max Sequential Read

Up to 535 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 500MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 185 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 130MB/s

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

MTBF

1,200,000 hours

Options (2)

	250GB $119.00
	500GB $39.99

Options (1)

Crucial M500 240GB

240 GB
$129.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Crucial BX100 120GB:

76% cheaper, you can save $68.51
Better Pangoly Score. (How do we rate?)
Slightly better performance, around +8%
Much better effective value.
Newer Product, it was released around 19 months later

Reasons to buy the Crucial M500 120GB:

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