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Corsair Force 3 Series 480GB vs. Crucial MX500 2.5" 7mm 1TB + 9
External connection
No
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
Firewire
No
Thunderbolt
No
USB
Yes
Yes
Type of USB connector
USB (Type C)
USB (Type C)
USB version
3 (Gen 2)
3 (Gen 2)
Internal connection
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Connection
S-ATA
S-ATA
S-ATA
S-ATA
M.2
M.2
S-ATA
S-ATA
M.2
Interface
S-ATA 6Gb/s
S-ATA 6Gb/s
S-ATA 6Gb/s
S-ATA 6Gb/s
PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe
PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe
S-ATA 6Gb/s
S-ATA 6Gb/s
PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe
Dimensions (WxHxD)
Depth
111.3 mm
100 mm
100 mm
100 mm
80 mm
80 mm
8.85 mm
100.2 mm
100 mm
82 mm
74 mm
Height
29.97 mm
7 mm
7 mm
6.8 mm
2.4 mm
2.4 mm
96.2 mm
7 mm
6.8 mm
2.38 mm
10.5 mm
Width
136.7 mm
70 mm
70 mm
69.85 mm
22 mm
22 mm
49.55 mm
69.8 mm
69.85 mm
22 mm
57.3 mm
Form factor
2.5 inches
2.5 inches
2.5 inches
2.5 inches
M.2 Card
M.2 Card
2.5 inches
2.5 inches
2.5 inches
M.2 Card
2.5 inches
M.2 form factor
M.2 Type 2280
M.2 Type 2280
M.2 Type 2280
Product weight
80 g
51 g
73 g
50 g
8 g
8 g
38.9 g
37.4 g
50 g
6.5 g
51 g
Features
TRIM support
TRIM support, SED/FDE (disk encryption)
TRIM support
TRIM support, SED/FDE (disk encryption)
TRIM support, SED/FDE (disk encryption)
TRIM support, SED/FDE (disk encryption)
TRIM support
TRIM support, SED/FDE (disk encryption)
4KB random read
95000 IOPS
95000 IOPS
98000 IOPS
600000 IOPS
620000 IOPS
95000 IOPS
98000 IOPS
410000 IOPS
4KB random write
85000 IOPS
90000 IOPS
90000 IOPS
90000 IOPS
550000 IOPS
560000 IOPS
84000 IOPS
90000 IOPS
405000 IOPS
Cache memory
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Cache size
2048 MB
1024 MB
1024 MB
2048 MB
512 MB
Controller chip
SandForce SF-2200
Silicon Motion SM2258
Silicon Motion SM2258
Samsung S4LR030
Samsung S4LR020
Samsung S4LR020
Marvell 88SS1074
Samsung S4LR030
Samsung S4LN062X01
Maximum read speed
540 MB/s
560 MB/s
560 MB/s
550 MB/s
3500 MB/s
3500 MB/s
550 MB/s
560 MB/s
550 MB/s
2400 MB/s
540 MB/s
Maximum write speed
425 MB/s
510 MB/s
510 MB/s
520 MB/s
3300 MB/s
3300 MB/s
500 MB/s
530 MB/s
520 MB/s
1950 MB/s
540 MB/s
Size
480 GB
1000 GB
2000 GB
1000 GB
1000 GB
2000 GB
1000 GB
1000 GB
500 GB
1000 GB
1000 GB
Price/GB
0.09 £/GB
0.09 £/GB
0.1 £/GB
0.15 £/GB
0.14 £/GB
0.13 £/GB
0.08 £/GB
0.12 £/GB
0.09 £/GB
0.12 £/GB
TBW (Terabytes written)
360
700
600
600
1200
400
300
600
Type of flash memory
MLC
3D TLC
3D TLC
3D TLC
3D TLC
3D TLC
TLC
3D TLC
3D MLC
TLC
3D TLC
Manufacturer warranty
3 Years
5 Years
5 Years
5 Years
5 Years
5 Years
3 Years
5 Years
5 Years
5 Years
3 Years
Operational Power Consumption (min-max)
2 W
5 W
3 W
6 - 9 W
5 - 6 W
3.75 - 2.55 W
2.5 W
0.2 - 4.9 W
Power consumption (standby)
0.5 W
4 W
0.03 W
0.03 W
0.06 W
0.5 W
0.05 W