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Crucial BX500 1TB vs Western Digital Green 1TB

Compare Crucial BX500 1TB and Western Digital Green 1TB in Canada side by side across price, specifications, capability by use case and the price at which the answer changes.

Market snapshot Nov 9, 2026 · CAD

Specifications, performance and current prices compared in Canada · CAD · prices checked through Nov 9, 2026

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Crucial BX500 1TB

Crucial

Current comparison price

CAD 293Value · Balanced21

from 2 offers at 2 retailers · checked Nov 9

Capability highlights · price excluded

  • A System Drive
+2 more · view all grades
  • A System Drive
  • B Game & File Storage
  • D Heavy Creative Work

Western Digital Green 1TB

Western Digital

Current comparison price

CAD 497Value · Balanced13

from 1 offer · checked Nov 9

Capability highlights · price excluded

  • A System Drive
+2 more · view all grades
  • A System Drive
  • B Game & File Storage
  • C Heavy Creative Work

Key differences at a glance

Capabilityprice excluded

Scenarios won: Crucial BX500 1TB 0, Western Digital Green 1TB 1, even 2. Western Digital Green 1TB is ahead for Heavy Creative Work. View grades →

Valueunder Balanced

Crucial BX500 1TB has the higher Value under these priorities (21 vs 13).

Pricecurrent market snapshot

Crucial BX500 1TB costs less right now (CAD 293 vs CAD 497, 41% apart).

How priorities change the comparison Presets with the higher Value: Crucial BX500 1TB 3 · Western Digital Green 1TB 0 · even 1
Priority Crucial BX500 1TB Western Digital Green 1TB
2113
74
4427
108even

Pick a preset to compare under it: the whole page follows. Within 2 points counts as even.

Price difference and break-even price

Under Balanced, each product holds or loses the higher Value at one price, with the other held at its current price. Enter the prices you were actually offered to see the answer for your deal.

Crucial BX500 1TB

Current comparison price

CAD 293 21

Crucial BX500 1TB keeps the higher Value up to CAD 481 (with Western Digital Green 1TB at CAD 497).

Western Digital Green 1TB

Current comparison price

CAD 497 13

Western Digital Green 1TB matches the Value of Crucial BX500 1TB (at CAD 293) at CAD 303 or less.

A crossover is a calculation under the active priorities and today's market frame, not a price forecast.

Price comparison: current offers

New offers we track in Canada (CAD), cheapest first, with the date each was checked. Amazon appears as a link only: its price is not shown and never enters Value.

Crucial BX500 1TB

  1. CAD 293Best priceCrucial BX500 1TBNewegg · checked · Affiliate linkGo to offer →
  2. Check on AmazonCrucial BX500 1TBAmazon · checked Go to offer →

Western Digital Green 1TB

  1. Check on AmazonAmazonAffiliate link · price shown on AmazonCheck price →
  2. CAD 497Western Digital Green 1TBNewegg · checked · Affiliate linkGo to offer →

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Performance and key differences

What each product can do for a job, graded S to F with price left out, and the measured indexes behind it.

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Crucial BX500 1TB Western Digital Green 1TB
System DriveA #157A #145
Game & File StorageB #131B #126
Heavy Creative WorkD #149C #178
Drive performance540545
Sequential read540545
Sequential write500430

Where each one leads

  • Lower current price · Higher Value with these priorities · More offers
  • Higher sequential read

Specifications compared

Facts true of every board a product groups; a range or "varies" marks a fact that differs between boards.

8 identical facts hidden

Crucial BX500 1TB Western Digital Green 1TB
Speed
Sequential read540 MB/s545 MB/s
Sequential write500 MB/s430 MB/s
Storage and endurance
Endurance360 TBW600 TBW
NAND typeMicron 3D QLC/TLCSanDisk TLC
Product
BrandCrucialWestern Digital

Not tracked means the source data does not have this fact. It is not assumed to be absent.

Which one to choose: where each wins

Conditions drawn from the data above, not a universal recommendation. The better choice depends on which of these matter to you.

Crucial BX500 1TB fits better when…

  • Sequential write matters: higher index
  • your priorities are Balanced: higher Value
  • the budget decides: 41% lower current price
  • Sequential write matters: 500 MB/s vs 430 MB/s

Western Digital Green 1TB fits better when…

  • the job is Heavy Creative Work: higher capability grade
  • Sequential read matters: 545 MB/s vs 540 MB/s
  • Endurance matters: 600 TBW vs 360 TBW

Nearby market alternative

Worth considering instead
TeamGroup MP44Q 1TB — same S-tier capability for System Drive, about CAD 53 cheaper · Value 80.
Neither of the two above is the only answer — this one clears the same bar for less. ⇄ Compare all three

Questions and methodology

Which one is better, Crucial BX500 1TB or Western Digital Green 1TB?

It depends on the question. For capability (price left out) see the grades by use case; for how good the current price is for what you get, see Value under your priorities; and for the cheapest option today, see current prices. This page keeps the three apart and does not name one overall winner.

Which has the higher Value right now?

Under Balanced, Crucial BX500 1TB has the higher Value (21 vs 13) in the market snapshot of Nov 9, 2026. Value changes with your priorities and with prices.

At what price does the answer change?

Under Balanced, with Crucial BX500 1TB at its current price, Western Digital Green 1TB reaches equal Value at CAD 303. It is a calculation, not a price forecast.

Which one is more capable, ignoring price?

Scenarios won: Crucial BX500 1TB 0, Western Digital Green 1TB 1, even 2. Western Digital Green 1TB is ahead for Heavy Creative Work.

Where can I compare current offers?

The offers section lists every new offer we track for both products in Canada, with the date each price was checked. Open in Compare to add more products.

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