Name: Western Digital WD Green 500GB
Brand: Western Digital

Specifications

DRAM cache

545 MB/s

Sequential read

480 MB/s

Sequential write

	WD Green This model	WD Red SA500	WD Blue SA510
Released	2016	2019	2022
Interface	SATA III	SATA III	SATA III
Read	545 MB/s	560 MB/s	560 MB/s
Write	480 MB/s	530 MB/s	510 MB/s
Endurance	Not available	350 TBW	200 TBW
Summary	DRAM-less.	Made for NAS use, with a DRAM cache but no power-loss protection.	SanDisk now sells it as the SanDisk 520.

Capacity grid

	240GB	250GB	480GB	500GB	1TB	2TB	4TB
WD Green	$49.99	$89	$129.99	$134.99 This model	$174.99	$279.99	Not available
WD Red SA500	Not available	Not available	Not available	$388.65	$435.71	$499.99	$1,379.99
WD Blue SA510	Not available	$57.22	Not available	$159.99	$143.70	$276.93	$894.45

Form factor

2.5" is the recorded form factor.

SSD form factors

Price history

$700$525$350$175$0

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Price history excludes Amazon sources

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Western Digital WD Green Internal Solid State Drive 500GB, Up to 545MB/s, 2.5 Inch/7 mm, 3 Year Warranty (WDS500G5G0A-00CPT0) Amazon USA $134.99 WD Green SATA 500GB Internal SSD, Up to 545MB/s, 2.5"/7mm WDS500G5G0A Ebay USA $134.99