It is specifically 25 times to 100 times faster than HDD, which in turn, means wider bandwidth, quicker boot time, and faster file transfer.Ģ. Pros: The Advantages of Solid-State Drive Below are the pros and applications of SSDs:ġ. Compared to a hard disk drive or HDD, one of the advantages of a solid-state drive or SSD is that it has a faster read-write speed because of the absence of moving parts.