The Crucial BX500 is a solid-state drive in the 2.5" form factor, launched in 2022. It is available in capacities ranging from 500 GB to 1 TB. This page reports specifications for the 500 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Crucial BX500 interfaces using a SATA 6 Gbps connection. The SSD controller is the SM2259XT2 from Silicon Motion, a DRAM cache is not available. Crucial has installed 176-layer QLC NAND flash on the BX500, the flash chips are made by Micron. Please note that this SSD is sold in multiple variants with different NAND flash or controller, which could affect performance, the "Notes" section at the end of this page has more info. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are processed more quickly. The cache is sized at 45 GB. Copying data out of the SLC cache (folding) completes at 44 MB/s. The BX500 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 540 MB/s and 500 MB/s write.
The SSD's price at launch is unknown. The warranty length is set to three years, which is above average, but shorter than the five years offered by many other vendors. Crucial guarantees an endurance rating of 120 TBW, a relatively low value compared to other SSDs.