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Compare Crucial M550 512GB vs MX100 512GB

Crucial M550 512GB and Crucial MX100 512GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (512 GB), Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s) and Form Factor (2.5"). The main differences are in Performance (+5%) and MTBF.

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Crucial M550 512GB

Crucial MX100 512GB

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Pangoly Score (How do we rate?)

89

Pangoly Score (How do we rate?)

92

Brand

Crucial

Brand

Crucial

Model

CT512M550SSD1

Model

CT512MX100SSD1

Release Date

📅 March 2013

Release Date

📅 May 2014

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★★★★★

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Performance (Charts)

250th / 1746

(0%)

Performance (Charts)

269th / 1746

(-5%)

Effective Value

284th / 336

Effective Value

286th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.39

Price/GB

$0.39

GB/$1

2.56

GB/$1

2.56

Pros

Strong performance
Good upgrade over the M500
Marvell 88SS9189 controller

Pros

Marvell 88SS9189 controller
Competitive pricing
Great performance

Cons

Not as fast as some high-end drives

Cons

-

Series

M550

Series

MX100

Capacity

512 GB

Capacity

512 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 9189

SSD Controller

Marvell 9189

NAND Flash Type

MLC

NAND Flash Type

MLC

Max Sequential Read

Up to 550 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 550 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 500 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 500 MB/s

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

MTBF

MTTF: 1.5M Hours

Options (1)

Crucial MX100 128GB

128 GB
$150.24

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Crucial M550 512GB:

Slightly better performance, around +5%
Slightly better effective value.

Reasons to buy the Crucial MX100 512GB:

Better Pangoly Score. (How do we rate?)
Newer Product, it was released around 14 months later

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