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Compare Western Digital WD Red SA500 500GB vs SN850 500GB

Western Digital WD Red SA500 500GB and Western Digital SN850 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 Interface, NVME, Max Sequential Read and Max Sequential Write.

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Western Digital WD Red SA500 500GB

Western Digital SN850 500GB

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Brand

Western Digital

Brand

Western Digital

Model

WDS500G1R0B

Model

WDS500G1X0E

Release Date

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Release Date

📅 October 2020

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Performance (Charts)

51st / 1746

Effective Value

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Effective Value

13th / 336

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Price/GB

$0.10

Price/GB

$0.12

GB/$1

10

GB/$1

8.33

Series

Red SA500

Series

BLACK SN850 NVMe

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 GB

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

PCIe Gen4 x4

NVME

No

NVME

Yes

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

M.2-2280

SSD Controller

-

SSD Controller

WD/SanDisk NVMe G2

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

Max Sequential Read

Up to 560 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 7000 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 530 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 4100 MB/s

MTBF

Up to 2M hours

MTBF

1.75M Hours

Options (2)

	2TB $380.99
	1TB $249.99

Options (3)

	1TB Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Special Edition $69.99
	1TB Standard Edition $187.61
	2TB Standard Edition $303.95

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Western Digital WD Red SA500 500GB:

Reasons to buy the Western Digital SN850 500GB:

43% cheaper, you can save $116.48
Newer interface (PCIe Gen4 x4)

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