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Compare WD Blue 500GB Internal SSD vs WD Blue SN550 500GB

WD Blue 500GB Internal SSD and WD Blue SN550 500GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB). The main differences are in Performance (+127%), Interface, NVME and Form Factor.
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Brand
Western Digital
Brand
Western Digital
Model
WDS500G1B0A
Model
WDS500G2B0C
Release Date
📅 January 2018
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)
311th / 1746
(-127%)
Performance (Charts)
131st / 1746
(0%)
Effective Value
275th / 336
Effective Value
81st / 336
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Price/GB
$0.28
Price/GB
$0.10
GB/$1
3.57
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
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 2400 MB/s
Max Sequential Write
Up to 525 MB/s
Max Sequential Write
Up to 1750 MB/s
MTBF
1,750,000 hours
MTBF
1.7M hours
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 500GB Internal SSD:

  • 6% cheaper, you can save $9.01

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Reasons to buy the WD Blue SN550 500GB:

  • Monstrously better performance, around +127%
  • Much better effective value.
  • Newer Product, it was released around 22 months later
  • Newer interface (PCIe Gen3 x4)

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