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Compare Crucial M550 512GB vs Patriot P400 512GB

Crucial M550 512GB and Patriot P400 512GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (512 GB). The main differences are in Interface, NVME, Form Factor and Max Sequential Read.

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Crucial M550 512GB

Patriot P400 512GB

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Brand

Crucial

Brand

Patriot

Model

CT512M550SSD1

Model

P400P512GM28H

Release Date

📅 March 2013

Release Date

📅 December 2021

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Performance (Charts)

250th / 1746

Performance (Charts)

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Effective Value

284th / 336

Effective Value

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Price/GB

$0.39

Price/GB

$0.10

GB/$1

2.56

GB/$1

10.24

Pros

Strong performance
Good upgrade over the M500
Marvell 88SS9189 controller

Pros

-

Cons

Not as fast as some high-end drives

Cons

-

Series

M550

Series

P400

Capacity

512 GB

Capacity

512 GB

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

PCIe Gen4 x4

NVME

No

NVME

Yes

Form Factor

2.5"

Form Factor

M.2-2280

SSD Controller

Marvell 9189

SSD Controller

-

NAND Flash Type

MLC

NAND Flash Type

-

Max Sequential Read

Up to 550 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 5000 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 500 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 3300 MB/s

MTBF

1,500,000 hours

MTBF

-

Options (1)

Patriot P400 1TB

1TB
$69.99

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Crucial M550 512GB:

Reasons to buy the Patriot P400 512GB:

75% cheaper, you can save $150.00
Newer Product, it was released around 9 years later
Newer interface (PCIe Gen4 x4)

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