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Compare WD Black 500GB WDS500G2X0C vs WD Red SA500 NAS 500GB

WD Black 500GB WDS500G2X0C and WD Red SA500 NAS 500GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB). The main differences are in Interface, NVME, Form Factor and Max Sequential Read.

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WD Black 500GB WDS500G2X0C

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Brand

Western Digital

Brand

Western Digital

Model

WDS500G2X0C

Model

WDS500G1R0A

Release Date

📅 May 2018

Release Date

📅 October 2019

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Performance (Charts)

111th / 1746

Performance (Charts)

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Effective Value

85th / 336

Effective Value

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Price/GB

$0.13

Price/GB

$0.10

GB/$1

7.46

GB/$1

10

Series

Black NVMe

Series

Red SA500

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 GB

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

NVME

Yes

NVME

No

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

2.5"

NAND Flash Type

-

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

Max Sequential Read

Up to 3400 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 560 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 2500 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 530 MB/s

MTBF

-

MTBF

Up to 2M hours

Options (2)

	1TB $139.99
	250GB $65.00

Options (3)

	4TB $845.49
	2TB $399.14
	1TB $458.05

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the WD Black 500GB WDS500G2X0C:

58% cheaper, you can save $91.01
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

Reasons to buy the WD Red SA500 NAS 500GB:

Newer Product, it was released around 17 months later

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