Crucial P3 Plus 1TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD (CT1000P3PSSD8) vs WD My Passport 2TB Portable External Hard Drive (WDBYVG0020BBK)
What separates them
These two differ on 8 recorded specifications. The Crucial P3 Plus 1TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD (CT1000P3PSSD8) is ₹200 dearer. They are different kinds of product — internal ssd against external hard drive — so read the table as two spec sheets rather than a like-for-like.
Crucial P3 Plus 1TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD (CT1000P3PSSD8) vs WD My Passport 2TB Portable External Hard Drive (WDBYVG0020BBK)
Crucial
Crucial P3 Plus 1TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD (CT1000P3PSSD8)
₹6,499
The Crucial P3 Plus reaches 5000 MB/s sequential read and suits an OS or game drive well. It uses QLC NAND, so sustained large-file writes slow substantially once the SLC cache fills — worth knowing if you transfer video in bulk.
Full details →Western Digital
WD My Passport 2TB Portable External Hard Drive (WDBYVG0020BBK)
₹6,299
A 2 TB mechanical portable drive costs roughly a fifth per terabyte of a portable SSD, transferring at around 120 MB/s against about 1000 MB/s. That suits archival backup and media libraries, but not working directly off the drive.
Full details →Who the Crucial P3 Plus 1TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD is for
Buy it if: Anyone upgrading an operating system drive or expanding game storage, where reads dominate and writes are bursty.
Avoid it if: Video editors making sustained multi-hundred-gigabyte writes, who should choose a TLC drive.
Who the WD My Passport 2TB Portable External Hard Drive is for
Buy it if: Anyone storing photo archives, backups or media libraries where capacity per rupee matters more than speed.
Avoid it if: Users editing directly off the drive, or who need shock resistance while carrying it — choose a portable SSD instead.
Specifications, side by side
8 of 13 rows differ. Differences first.
| Specification | Crucial P3 Plus 1TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 SSD | WD My Passport 2TB Portable External Hard Drive |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ₹6,499 | ₹6,299 |
| Battery | Not applicable | Bus powered |
| Form factor | M.2 2280 internal SSD | 2.5-inch portable hard drive |
| Memory | No DRAM cache | Not applicable |
| Ports | PCIe Gen4 x4 NVMe | USB 3.2 Gen 1 Micro-B |
| Storage | 1000 GB | 2000 GB |
| Sustained TDP | 7 W peak | 2.5 W |
| Warranty | 5 year limited | 3 year limited |
| Weight | 0.01 kg | 0.22 kg |
| Brightness | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Display size | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Panel type | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Processor | Not applicable | Not applicable |
| Refresh rate | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Every row is a figure one or both products record. A blank is a figure the catalogue does not hold, not a zero.
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