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  3. WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB 🆚 WD Blue SN550 500GB
WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB and WD Blue SN550 500GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB) and NAND Flash Type (3D NAND). The main differences are in Performance (+98%), Interface, NVME and Form Factor.
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WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB SATA III 6 Gb/s 2.5" WDS500G2B0A
WD Blue 3D NAND 500GB
WD Blue SN550 500GB NVMe Gen3 x4 PCIe 8Gb/s M.2 2280 3D NAND WDS500G2B0C
WD Blue SN550 500GB
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$49.99
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Brand
Western Digital
Brand
Western Digital
Model
WDS500G2B0A
Model
WDS500G2B0C
Release Date
📅 July 2017
Release Date
📅 December 2019
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews
★★★★★
(290 reviews)
User reviews
★★★★★
(80 reviews)
Performance (Charts)
243rd / 1746
(-98%)
Performance (Charts)
131st / 1746
(0%)
Effective Value
172nd / 336
Effective Value
82nd / 336
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Price/GB
$0.10
Price/GB
$0.10
GB/$1
10
GB/$1
10
Series
Blue
Series
Blue SN550 NVMe
Capacity
500 GB
Capacity
500 GB
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
Interface
PCIe Gen3 x4
NVME
No
NVME
Yes
Form Factor
2.5"
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 2400 MB/s
Max Sequential Write
Up to 530 MB/s
Max Sequential Write
Up to 1750 MB/s
MTBF
Up to 1.75M hours
MTBF
1.7M hours
WD Blue 3D NAND 1TB SATA 1TB
$249.00
WD Blue 2TB WDS200T2B0A 2TB
$399.79
Western Digital WDS250G2B0A 250GB
$80.00
WD Blue SN550 250GB 250GB
$44.99
WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe 1TB
$178.27
WD Blue SN550 2TB 2TB
$165.99

Comparison and key differences summary

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

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Reasons to buy the WD Blue SN550 500GB:

  • 17% cheaper, you can save $30.99
  • Hugely better performance, around +98%
  • Much better effective value.
  • Newer Product, it was released around 2 years later
  • Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

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