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Compare Crucial BX500 1TB and Western Digital Green 1TB in the United States side by side across price, specifications, capability by use case and the price at which the answer changes.
Market snapshot Nov 9, 2026 · USD
Specifications, performance and current prices compared in United States · USD · prices checked through Nov 9, 2026
Crucial
Current comparison price
$195Value · Balanced20
from 4 offers at 4 retailers · checked Nov 9
Capability highlights · price excluded
Western Digital
Current comparison price
$138Value · Balanced29
from 2 offers at 2 retailers · checked Nov 9
Capability highlights · price excluded
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
Western Digital Green 1TB has the higher Value under these priorities (29 vs 20).
Pricecurrent market snapshot
Western Digital Green 1TB costs less right now ($138 vs $195, 29% apart).
| Priority | Crucial BX500 1TB | Western Digital Green 1TB | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 29 | ||
| 6 | 9 | ||
| 46 | 66 | ||
| 9 | 12 |
Pick a preset to compare under it: the whole page follows. Within 2 points counts as even.
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
$195 20
Crucial BX500 1TB matches the Value of Western Digital Green 1TB (at $138) at $133 or less.
Western Digital Green 1TB
Current comparison price
$138 29
Western Digital Green 1TB keeps the higher Value up to $202 (with Crucial BX500 1TB at $195).
A crossover is a calculation under the active priorities and today's market frame, not a price forecast.
New offers we track in United States (USD), 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
Western Digital Green 1TB
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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 Drive | A #199 | A #188 |
| Game & File Storage | B #166 | B #161 |
| Heavy Creative Work | D #197 | C #234 |
| Drive performance | 540 | 545 |
| Sequential read | 540 | 545 |
| Sequential write | 500 | 430 |
Facts true of every board a product groups; a range or "varies" marks a fact that differs between boards.
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| Crucial BX500 1TB | Western Digital Green 1TB | |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | ||
| Sequential read | 540 MB/s | 545 MB/s |
| Sequential write | 500 MB/s | 430 MB/s |
| Storage and endurance | ||
| Endurance | 360 TBW | 600 TBW |
| NAND type | Micron 3D QLC/TLC | SanDisk TLC |
| Product | ||
| Brand | Crucial | Western Digital |
Not tracked means the source data does not have this fact. It is not assumed to be absent.
Conditions drawn from the data above, not a universal recommendation. The better choice depends on which of these matter to you.
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.
Under Balanced, Western Digital Green 1TB has the higher Value (29 vs 20) in the market snapshot of Nov 9, 2026. Value changes with your priorities and with prices.
Under Balanced, with Western Digital Green 1TB at its current price, Crucial BX500 1TB reaches equal Value at $133. It is a calculation, not a price forecast.
Scenarios won: Crucial BX500 1TB 0, Western Digital Green 1TB 1, even 2. Western Digital Green 1TB is ahead for Heavy Creative Work.
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