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WD Blue 500GB Internal SSD and WD Blue SN500 500GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB). The main differences are in Performance (+112%), Interface, NVME and Form Factor.
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WD Blue 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" WDS500G1B0A
WD Blue 500GB Internal SSD
WD Blue SN500 500GB NVMe Gen3 PCIe M.2 2280 3D NAND WDS500G1B0C
WD Blue SN500 500GB
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$139.99
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$89.99
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Brand
Western Digital
Brand
Western Digital
Model
WDS500G1B0A
Model
WDS500G1B0C
Release Date
📅 January 2018
Release Date
📅 March 2019
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews
★★★★★
(290 reviews)
User reviews
★★★★★
(2 reviews)
Performance (Charts)
311th / 1746
(-112%)
Performance (Charts)
144th / 1746
(0%)
Effective Value
275th / 336
Effective Value
128th / 336
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Price/GB
$0.28
Price/GB
$0.18
GB/$1
3.57
GB/$1
5.56
Series
Blue
Series
Blue SN500 NVMe
Capacity
500 GB
Capacity
500 GB
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
Interface
PCIe Gen3 x2
NVME
No
NVME
Yes
Form Factor
2.5"
Form Factor
M.2-2280
SSD Controller
Marvell 1074
SSD Controller
-
NAND Flash Type
2D NAND
NAND Flash Type
3D NAND
Max Sequential Read
Up to 545 MB/s
Max Sequential Read
Up to 1700 MB/s
Max Sequential Write
Up to 525 MB/s
Max Sequential Write
Up to 1450 MB/s
MTBF
1,750,000 hours
MTBF
1.75M hours

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the WD Blue 500GB Internal SSD:

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Reasons to buy the WD Blue SN500 500GB:

  • 36% cheaper, you can save $50.00
  • Monstrously better performance, around +112%
  • Hugely better effective value.
  • Newer Product, it was released around 13 months later
  • Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x2)

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