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WD My Passport SSD: What to Know
WD rates this drive at up to 1,050MB/s sequential read and up to 1,000MB/s sequential write, roughly half the ceiling of the other four drives in this guide. That's because it runs over USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps, single-lane) rather than the Gen 2x2 (20Gbps, dual-lane) interface used by the Samsung, SanDisk, Crucial, and Kingston drives here. For everyday file backup, document storage, and moderate photo libraries, 1,050MB/s is still meaningfully faster than a hard drive and plenty for most people; it's specifically 4K/8K video and very large batch-transfer workflows where the gap to the other four drives becomes noticeable.
Worth flagging directly: as of this research, Western Digital's own storage catalog has been consolidating under the SanDisk-branded shop domain following WD and SanDisk's 2024 corporate realignment, and we were not able to load a fully rendered, current WD-branded product page for this specific model during our research session (the page redirected to a JavaScript-driven storefront that didn't return static content to our tools). The listing itself, however, is verifiably active and current, we confirmed a real, working Amazon.com listing for this exact model (WDBAGF0020BGY-WESN) with current stock, and multiple other major retailers (Walmart, Adorama) list it as available at the time of writing. We're disclosing the manufacturer-page access issue for transparency rather than treating the retail listing alone as full confirmation of WD's current marketing status for this model.
Physically, the My Passport SSD uses a distinctive brushed-metal, striped design and WD rates it for drops up to 6.5 feet (about 1.98 meters). Unlike the SanDisk, Crucial, and Kingston drives here, WD does not publish an IP dust/water rating for this model. It includes a USB-C-to-C cable plus a USB-C-to-A adapter in the box, has hardware-based 256-bit AES encryption with password protection, and carries a 5-year limited warranty, matching the warranty length of every other drive in this guide despite the speed difference.
Buyers should pick this drive specifically because they want a slimmer, typically lower-priced option and don't need 2,000MB/s-class speed, not because it looked similar to the others at a glance.
Key Listed Features
Up to 1,050MB/s sequential read / 1,000MB/s sequential write (USB 3.2 Gen 2, 10Gbps)
Drop resistance up to 6.5 ft / 1.98 m; no published IP dust/water rating
Hardware-based 256-bit AES encryption with password protection
USB-C to USB-C cable and USB-A adapter included; 5-year limited warranty
