Crucial M500 120GB vs BX500 120GB SSD Comparison

Crucial M500 120GB and Crucial BX500 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 (+30%), NAND Flash Type, Max Sequential Read and Max Sequential Write.

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Crucial M500 120GB	Crucial BX500 120GB
Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $89.75	Prices (Change region) Out of Stock $24.99 Out of Stock Free shipping $79.99 - Buy now
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Pangoly Score (How do we rate?) 84	Pangoly Score (How do we rate?) -
Brand Crucial	Brand Crucial
Model CT120M500SSD1	Model CT120BX500SSD1
Release Date 📅 June 2013	Release Date 📅 September 2018
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews ★★★★★ (263 reviews) Add a product review	User reviews ★★★★☆ (2 reviews) Add a product review
Performance (Charts) 364th / 1746 (0%)	Performance (Charts) 389th / 1746 (-30%)
Effective Value 273rd / 336	Effective Value 207th / 336
Price history View Details ►	Price history View Details ►
Price/GB $0.75	Price/GB $0.21
GB/$1 1.34	GB/$1 4.8
Pros Solid read performance Price Marvell 88SS9187 controller	Pros -
Cons Write performance below the average	Cons -
Series M500	Series BX500
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 Marvell 9187	SSD Controller -
NAND Flash Type MLC	NAND Flash Type 3D NAND
Max Sequential Read Up to 500MB/s	Max Sequential Read Up to 540 MB/s
Max Sequential Write Up to 130MB/s	Max Sequential Write Up to 500 MB/s
MTBF 1,200,000 hours	MTBF 1.5M hours