Intel 520 vs 330

older Released February, 2012

Intel 520

240 GB
2.5" SATA III
0 MB

Front view of Intel 520

6.4 Out of 10

Intel is also happy to 'fess up to the fact that the peak IOPS speed relates to a completely box-fresh drive.

by Tech Radar (Feb, 2012)

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older Released April, 2012

Intel 330

180 GB
2.5" SATA III
0 MB

Front view of Intel 330

6.3 Out of 10

The AS SSD read test result of 369MB/s isn't spectacular, either, but peak sequential performance is just part of the story.

by Tech Radar (Jul, 2012)

	read performance
	How quickly data is read from the drive
Intel 520 5.5 Intel 330 5.8
4K Random Read

	write performance
	How quickly data is written to the drive
Intel 520 6.2 Intel 330 5.3
4K Random Write

	real world benchmarks
	How well the drive performs common tasks
Intel 520 6.5 Intel 330 6.0
Windows 7 Boot-up Time and AS SSD ISO Copy

	Benchmarks
	How well the drive performs on common benchmarks
Intel 520 7.5 Intel 330 8.0
Passmark Disk Rating, PCMark Vantage, AS SSD Score and 1 more

	SSDBoss Score
	read performance, write performance, real world benchmarks and Benchmarks
Intel 520 6.4 Intel 330 6.3

Winner
Intel 520

SSDBoss recommends the Intel 520 based on its write performance and real world benchmarks.

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Front view of Intel 520

Reasons to consider the
Intel 520

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Significantly faster 4k random write

81.39 MB/s

vs

17.45 MB/s

Around 4.8x faster 4k random write

Much faster windows 7 boot-up time

11.3 s

vs

16 s

Around 30% faster windows 7 boot-up time

Faster tom's storage bench application

629 pts

vs

524 pts

More than 20% faster tom's storage bench application

More capacity per dollar

2 GB/$

vs

0.99 GB/$

More than 2x more capacity per dollar

Higher passmark rating

3,909 pts

vs

3,408 pts

Around 15% higher passmark rating

Faster AS SSD ISO copy

262.98 MB/s

vs

146.23 MB/s

Around 80% faster AS SSD ISO copy

Faster sequential write

520 MB/s

vs

450 MB/s

More than 15% faster sequential write

Faster sequential read

550 MB/s

vs

500 MB/s

10% faster sequential read

Slightly faster random read

50,000 IOPS

vs

42,000 IOPS

Around 20% faster random read

Front view of Intel 330

Reasons to consider the
Intel 330

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Much higher PCMark vantage score

65,878 pts

vs

25,952 pts

More than 2.5x higher PCMark vantage score

Much lower avg. power consumption

1.2 Watts

vs

2.66 Watts

2.2x lower avg. power consumption

4K Random Read

88.59 MB/s

134.93 MB/s

4K Random Write

81.39 MB/s

17.45 MB/s

Windows 7 Boot-up Time

11.3 s

16 s

Avg. Power Consumption

2.66 Watts

1.2 Watts

Intel 520		vs	330

	7.6 read review		7.0 read review	When you consider that smaller drives fail faster in such conditions, well, it's pretty impressive. Intel 520

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