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Compare WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2 vs Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2

WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2 and Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2 are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB), Form Factor (M.2-2280) and NAND Flash Type (3D NAND). The main differences are in Interface, NVME, Max Sequential Read and Max Sequential Write.

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WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2

Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2

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Brand

Western Digital

Brand

Kingston

Model

WDS500G2B0B

Model

SA2000M8/500G

Release Date

📅 July 2017

Release Date

📅 August 2019

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Performance (Charts)

255th / 1746

Performance (Charts)

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Effective Value

178th / 336

Effective Value

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Price/GB

$0.11

Price/GB

$0.13

GB/$1

9.09

GB/$1

7.81

Series

Blue

Series

A2000

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 GB

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

PCIe Gen3 x4

NVME

No

NVME

Yes

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

M.2-2280

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

Max Sequential Read

Up to 560 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 2200 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 530 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 2000 MB/s

MTBF

Up to 1.75M hours

MTBF

2,000,000 hours

Options (3)

	1TB $89.99
	2TB $444.45
	250GB $54.99

Options (2)

	A2000 250G $221.96
	A2000 1000G $99.98

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB M.2:

Reasons to buy the Kingston 500GB A2000 M.2:

78% cheaper, you can save $223.46
Newer Product, it was released around 2 years later
Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

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