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Compare WD Blue SN550 500GB vs WD Blue SN500 500GB

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WD Blue SN550 500GB and WD Blue SN500 500GB 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 Performance (+7%), Interface, Max Sequential Read and Max Sequential Write.
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WD Blue SN550 500GB NVMe Gen3 x4 PCIe 8Gb/s M.2 2280 3D NAND WDS500G2B0C
WD Blue SN550 500GB
WD Blue SN500 500GB NVMe Gen3 PCIe M.2 2280 3D NAND WDS500G1B0C
WD Blue SN500 500GB
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$149.00
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$89.99
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$131.00
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Brand
Western Digital
Brand
Western Digital
Model
WDS500G2B0C
Model
WDS500G1B0C
Release Date
📅 December 2019
Release Date
📅 March 2019
* First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
User reviews
★★★★★
(80 reviews)
User reviews
★★★★★
(2 reviews)
Performance (Charts)
131st / 1746
(0%)
Performance (Charts)
144th / 1746
(-7%)
Effective Value
82nd / 336
Effective Value
128th / 336
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Price/GB
$0.10
Price/GB
$0.18
GB/$1
10
GB/$1
5.56
Series
Blue SN550 NVMe
Series
Blue SN500 NVMe
Capacity
500 GB
Capacity
500 GB
Interface
PCIe Gen3 x4
Interface
PCIe Gen3 x2
NVME
Yes
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 2400 MB/s
Max Sequential Read
Up to 1700 MB/s
Max Sequential Write
Up to 1750 MB/s
Max Sequential Write
Up to 1450 MB/s
MTBF
1.7M hours
MTBF
1.75M 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 SN550 500GB:

  • Slightly better performance, around +7%
  • Newer Product, it was released around 9 months later

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Reasons to buy the WD Blue SN500 500GB:

  • 40% cheaper, you can save $59.01
  • Moderately better effective value.

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