2.5-inch SATA SSDs

Crucial MX500 500GB

Why choose it

Choose this 500GB SATA drive when your existing computer needs room for applications and files with five years of warranty coverage.¹

Before you buy

Its rated write allowance is 180TB, a budget to compare with your expected writes if the drive will hold frequent backups.¹

Explore 2.5-inch SATA SSDs Explore specifications

Capacity: 500 GB¹
Interface: SATA 6Gb/s¹
Warranty: 5 years¹

The details

Specifications

Core specifications4

Crucial MX500 500GB: core specifications
Capacity	500 GB¹
Flash type	Tlc²
Write endurance	180 TB¹
Warranty	5 years¹

More specifications2

Crucial MX500 500GB: more specifications
Write cache	Dynamic Write Acceleration¹
Interface	SATA 6Gb/s¹

Specifications not documented (9)

Sequential read speed, Sequential write speed, Random read speed, Random write speed, Hardware encryption, DRAM cache, Controller, Management software, Rated write after cache.

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Alternatives

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Crucial MX500 1 TB

Capacity: 1,000 GB³
Flash type: Tlc⁴
Write endurance: 360 TB⁴

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Crucial MX500 2TB

Capacity: 2,000 GB⁵
Flash type: Tlc⁶
Write endurance: 700 TB⁵

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Crucial MX500 250GB

Capacity: 250 GB⁷
Flash type: Tlc⁸
Write endurance: 100 TB⁷

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