Western Digital 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

Western Digital
49 Overall Score
vs
SanDisk 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

SanDisk
88 Overall Score

Scores

Laptop
Western Digital
53
SanDisk
92
Workstation
Western Digital
46
SanDisk
90
Gaming
Western Digital
41
SanDisk
88
Budget
Western Digital
52
SanDisk
86
Console
Western Digital
31
SanDisk
83
Portable
Western Digital
13
SanDisk
23

Specifications

Western Digital 500GB SSDSanDisk 2TB SSD
Drive
Capacity
500
2,000
Form FactorM.2 2280M.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0PCIe 5.0 x4
ProtocolNVMeNVMe
PCIe Generation45★
External✗✗
Performance
Sequential Read (MB/s)
5,000
14,900
Sequential Write (MB/s)
4,100
14,000
Random Read (IOPS)No data
2,300,000
Random Write (IOPS)No data
2,400,000
Hardware
NAND—TLC★
DRAM Cache—✓★
Reliability
Endurance (TBW)No data
1,200
MTBF (hours)No data
1,750,000
Warranty (years)33
Features
Heatsink—✗
Hardware Encryption—✓★

Pros & Cons

Western Digital 500GB SSD PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong speed (71st percentile)
  • Below average feature (14th percentile)14th %ile
  • Below average capacity (26th percentile)

SanDisk 2TB SSD PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280

  • Strong speed (100th percentile)100th %ile
  • Strong random (99th percentile)99th %ile
  • Strong feature (97th percentile)97th %ile
  • Strong endurance (81st percentile)81st %ile

Verdict

★ Winner: SanDisk 2TB SSD

Scores 88 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 11 of 17 specs.

SanDisk 2TB SSD Better at:

BudgetGamingLaptopConsolePortableWorkstation