MYTH BUSTED! Best M1/M2 Mac SSD | Performance Tests

LaCie Rugged SSD Pro all the way. Steady 2800 MB/s Thunderbolt 3 read and write speed.

Bro pls do this video again 👍🏿 with newer models this is quite old

you failed to mention that these drives are M.2 NVMe not M.2 SATA

On all of the test where does gaming place in those? Im planning on buying an external ssd and place my steam games there

@TechGearTalk Can you tell me please what song is playing on the intro?

Thanks Ross!

The SanDisk is HORRIBLE, great on paper but I've had TWO of mine lose all of their data and cost me tens of thousands.

Love to see an updated version of this, with larger drive sizes.

Many SSD writing speeds slow down dramatically after only 25 percent full using a buffer that can’t keep up. The T7 is an example. This seems like a very important piece of info. Did you test for this?

No Samsung X5???🤦🏽

Tekq

Great vid, helpful - thx

Why does Apple reduce external SSD speeds by around 30% ??? My Samsung T7 reaches only around 750 MB/s on Macbook M1 PRO and 1050 MB/s on windows with the same cable. Does anyone know if it's possible to reach the same speed on MAC???

you look like rishi sunak by the way

What about now? Which is the best in 2023? Thanks, greetings. 😊

I would go with Samsung t7, the only thing I wish they had is bigger storage sizes like 5tb

What cable was used?
The sandisc extreme pro should have been alot faster than the samsung T7 with 2000 read/ write speed.

thxxx my friend!!

I just watched a video that showed the 14 inch M1 pro 512g SSD speeds at 4,900 MB/s read speed and 3,951 MB/s write speed. not sure where you get this 2800 from. These speeds debunk your entire video...

Thank you, Borat.

Thunderbolt 4 enclosure and a gen 4 nvme anyone?

What is the best ssd ?
Crucial X8 4TB Portable SSD or the SanDisk 4TB
Extreme Portable SSD , a ssd with out any
heat & broken issues for the future .

I actually had a call with an Apple Support supervisor the other day regarding the SanDisk Extreme Pro (4TB was the one I planned on going for). They say read/write speeds of 2000mb/s, however I saw alot of users (specifically M1/M1 Pro/M1 Max users) complaining that they are only reaching 700-1000mb/s speeds. Apple stated that you'd have to use a Thunderbolt 3 or 4 cable between the computer and the drive in order to achieve these speeds, as the included USB-C cable can only reach 700-1000mb/s. So unless you wanna buy the separate Thunderbolt cable, the Extreme version (speeds of 1000mb/s) is probably your best bet.

make shore you got thunderbolt port not any usb c port will do should be a warning before you buy the external ssd where I found out the hard way but there still faster than a normal external hard drive but only 4 times faster and not ten times

So can I install logic and final cut on external ssd of my mac m1 and not using internal space at all? What about things like playing instruments via interface through daw with plugins? Will it affect latency compared to local m1 storage usage?

This was extremely helpful, thank you

Well said - buy it Nice or Buy it twice

I have a Samsung T5 and it is junk. It ejects from the Mac if you try to open it or open disk utility. Unusable.

The video is great and then u add ur motto makes it a mater piece. Get this like here lol

Great video! I have one question tho, i have that sandisk pro 1 tb, but it has 2000mbps speed. On my mac pro m1 16, im getting only 870...so is it the thunderbolt compatibility on the hard disc or is it something else? Cuz this one works perfectly on the PC, but on the mac is waaay slover...i can still work with 4k files fine, but like...i paid for that speed goddamn :/

this is my 1st video ever watched, and i subbed.

The USB-C ports on M1 macs does not support the full 10Gbps speed. To make full advantage of the USB-C ports, a USB 4 drive is the best option. Unfortunately, one has to build such drives manually and the parts are so expensive. It is so frustrating to buy an external ssd for Apple silicone macs.

Helpful 👍👍

At an affordable rate. It seems like Sandisk and Samsung are the best external SSD. Sandisk might look cool and funky- Carry it anywhere it might not be damaged quickly etc b/c of the cover of the Sandisk SSD, but I like the Samsung because of the indicator lights. Letting me know if it's working not. Because of that I might just go with Samsung for 1TB. I am glad that I came across this video. I was confused what to get b/c I want free my computer. (UPDATE: October 8, 2022. I got the Samsung SSW)

i feel the sandisk gives you more bang for your buck

Thank you so much Tech Gear Talk for this great great video!!! I immediately liked this vid and subs your channel without hesitation.

It seems that the CP value of Scandisk Extreme Pro is considerably great.

May I ask you a question? I am a computer idiot. I am new the broadcasting and I recently try to broadcast mobile game (iPhone 13 Pro Max) through my iMac bought in 2019. However a bit laggy sometimes and do you think adding this 1TB Scandisk Extreme Pro to my iMac would help? Thank you indeed for your valuable time to answer my question...

Hi to everybody! So I bought two SanDisk Extreme Pro Portable SSD 1TB each for editing my photos from them. I have two MBP's, the M1 2020 and 2016 on Intel and a stationary PC.
So when I work from my M1 mbp, those drives are getting really really hot, even when idling... But when I work from my other computers, they are warm, or a bit more than warm.
Do I miss on something or I have a faulty M1 MPB ?
My other external SSD's are fine, but they are SATA, not NVMe (like those SanDisk's are).

Best info so My final decision was sandisk extreme pro based on my 5 year experience and also being an user of M1 Mac Pro

Need update for m2

I picked up the 1TB SanDisk Extreme Pro v2 from Costco for $99. Great durable and fast SSD.

hey man, just a quick audio processing suggestions > use a de-esser, it’s a little difficult to listen to the audio for long.

The sandisk now it´s $300 :O

Just got the T7 500GB on sale at Walmart and Coupert had a coupon for $10. $59+tax...

SV, WOT, TMOFADFI

With M1 MBA I got 600R/W on T7 with ExFat format and 700R/W with AFSP.
How can I improve performance?

Buy nice or buy it twice. So which one do you recommend?

my Mac mini m1 write at 3360 and read 3040...I thing t7 I best money solution

Nothing whatsoever in this video comparing what in my opinion is the most important factor of all . . . . . RELIABILITY!