Product Comparison: Intel 520 vs Intel 530

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Intel 520 240GB Internal Solid State Drive

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Intel 530 240GB Solid State Drive

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General Specifications

Brand

Intel

Model

520

530

Origin

China

About the Product

Stay ahead of the competition with performance up to 6Gbps. Intel solid state drive technology continues to evolve. The Intel SSD 520 Series is available in a variety of capacities, with built-in data protection features, and vastly outperforms traditional hard drives.

The Intel SSD 530 Series accelerates platform performance with sequential read and write performance up to 540 and 490 megabytes per second (MB/s) Random read and write input/output operations per second (IOPs).

Key Specs

Capacity

240 GB

Read Speed

550 Mb/s

540 Mb/s

Write Speed

520 Mb/s

490 Mb/s

What customers say about "Key Specs"

Intel 520 240GB Internal Solid State Drive

It gives excellent speeds and has made a huge difference in performance.
SSD drives have three important qualities: speed, reliability, and cost.
The speed was what I needed.
This drive works flawlessly. Great speed.
SSD greatly sped up the performance of my corporate laptop.

Size & Weight

Height

0.28 in.

Width

3.96 in.

3.94 in.

Depth

2.76 in.

Weight

2.54 oz.

2.75 oz.

Features

Form Factor

2.5

Interface

SATA III

Memory Chip Type

MLC

Encryption Algorithm

AES 128-bit

AES 256-bit

Extras

Lower Operating Costs, Proven Reliability, Compact design, High reliability

Latest 20nm Intel NAND technology, Low power consumption, High quality and reliability, High performance for demanding applications

What customers say about "Features"

Intel 520 240GB Internal Solid State Drive

It was ready in just under 30 seconds. Blazing.
The general response time for desktop experience, launching apps all have slight improvement as well.
Windows is amazingly fast now with this SSD installed.
Programs start instantly and the computer is very quiet without the hard disk spinning!
High speed drive. Maintenance and data transfer software is excellent.

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

5 year(s)

Certifications

CE, FCC

Other Information

Manufacturer

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Manual

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