WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe vs Crucial P5 500GB SSD Comparison

WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe and Crucial P5 500GB are both solid state drives with the same Interface (PCIe Gen3 x4), Form Factor (M.2-2280) and NAND Flash Type (3D NAND). The main differences are in Performance (+12%), Capacity, Max Sequential Read and Max Sequential Write.

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WD Blue SN550 1TB NVMe	Crucial P5 500GB
Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $148.08	Prices (Change region) In Stock Free shipping $174.89
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Brand Western Digital	Brand Crucial
Model WDS100T2B0C	Model CT500P5SSD8
Release Date 📅 December 2019	Release Date 📅 July 2020
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews ★★★★★ (6 reviews) Add a product review	User reviews ★★★★★ (27 reviews) Add a product review
Performance (Charts) 114th / 1753 (-12%)	Performance (Charts) 89th / 1753 (0%)
Effective Value 103rd / 336	Effective Value 68th / 336
Price history View Details ►	Price history View Details ►
Price/GB $0.15	Price/GB $0.35
GB/$1 6.75	GB/$1 2.86
Series Blue SN550 NVMe	Series P5
Capacity 1000 GB	Capacity 500 GB
Interface PCIe Gen3 x4	Interface PCIe Gen3 x4
NVME Yes	NVME Yes
Form Factor M.2-2280	Form Factor M.2-2280
SSD Controller -	SSD Controller Micron in house design
NAND Flash Type 3D NAND	NAND Flash Type 3D NAND
Max Sequential Read Up to 2400 MB/s	Max Sequential Read Up to 3400 MB/s
Max Sequential Write Up to 1950 MB/s	Max Sequential Write Up to 3000 MB/s
MTBF 1.7M hours	MTBF 1.8 million hours