Western Digital WD Red SA500 500GB vs WD Blue SN5000 500GB SSD Comparison

Western Digital WD Red SA500 500GB and Western Digital WD Blue SN5000 500GB are both solid state drives with the same Capacity (500 GB) and Form Factor (M.2-2280). 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 WD Blue SN5000 500GB

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Brand

Western Digital

Brand

Western Digital

Model

WDS500G1R0B

Model

WDS500G4B0E
WDBS3F5000ANC-WRSN

Release Date

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Price/GB

$0.10

Price/GB

$0.09

GB/$1

11.11

Series

Red SA500

Series

Blue SN5000 NVMe

Capacity

500 GB

Capacity

500 GB

Interface

SATA 6 Gb/s

Interface

PCIe Gen4 x4

NVME

Yes

Form Factor

M.2-2280

Form Factor

M.2-2280

NAND Flash Type

3D NAND

NAND Flash Type

Max Sequential Read

Up to 560 MB/s

Max Sequential Read

Up to 5000 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 530 MB/s

Max Sequential Write

Up to 4000 MB/s

MTBF

Up to 2M hours

MTBF

1,750,000 hours

Options (2)

	2TB $380.99
	1TB $249.99

Options (7)

	2TB New Generation $299.99
	250GB Previous Generation $32.99
	4TB New Generation $402.84
	2TB Previous Generation $278.29
	1TB Previous Generation $193.11
	500GB Previous Generation $153.26
	1TB New Generation $185.00