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Compare Crucial M500 120GB vs M500 240GB

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Crucial M500 120GB and Crucial M500 240GB are both solid state drives with the same Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s), Form Factor (2.5") and SSD Controller (Marvell 9187). The main differences are in Performance (+18%), Capacity and Max Sequential Write.
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Crucial M500 120GB SATA3 2.5" CT120M500SSD1
Crucial M500 120GB
Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" SATA3 CT240M500SSD1
Crucial M500 240GB
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$89.75
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$129.99
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Pangoly Score (How do we rate?)
84
Pangoly Score (How do we rate?)
86
Brand
Crucial
Brand
Crucial
Model
CT120M500SSD1
Model
CT240M500SSD1
Release Date
📅 June 2013
Release Date
📅 June 2013
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews
★★★★★
(263 reviews)
User reviews
★★★★★
(263 reviews)
Performance (Charts)
364th / 1746
(-18%)
Performance (Charts)
329th / 1746
(0%)
Effective Value
274th / 336
Effective Value
280th / 336
Price history
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Price/GB
$0.75
Price/GB
$0.54
GB/$1
1.34
GB/$1
1.85
Pros
  • Solid read performance
  • Price
  • Marvell 88SS9187 controller
Pros
  • Solid read performance
  • Price
  • Marvell 88SS9187 controller
Cons
  • Write performance below the average
Cons
  • Write performance below the average
Series
M500
Series
M500
Capacity
120 GB
Capacity
240 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
Marvell 9187
NAND Flash Type
MLC
NAND Flash Type
MLC
Max Sequential Read
Up to 500MB/s
Max Sequential Read
Up to 500MB/s
Max Sequential Write
Up to 130MB/s
Max Sequential Write
Up to 250MB/s
MTBF
1,200,000 hours
MTBF
1,200,000 hours

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Crucial M500 120GB:

  • 31% cheaper, you can save $40.24
  • Slightly better effective value.

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Reasons to buy the Crucial M500 240GB:

  • Better Pangoly Score. (How do we rate?)
  • Moderately better performance, around +18%
  • More Capacity (+120 GB available)

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