MYTH BUSTED! Best M1/M2 Mac SSD | Performance Tests
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 มิ.ย. 2024
- There are some myths spreading around about the M1 Macs and external SSD performance. Apple charges a premium for SSD upgrades on the #M1Macs and these drives can’t be upgraded later on which leaves you with a tough choice. Rather than upgrading the internal storage, you may want to get a less expensive external SSD which still gives you outstanding performance and saves you money.
I picked 6 different drives at different price points and ran them through several tests - both software-based and actual use - and I also did a comparison with the internal SSD.
What I noticed is that there is a significant difference in performance between the various options so I’m going to help you get past the numbers and pick a great SSD for your needs and budget.
#bestssd #bestm1macssd
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⭐️ Caldigit Tuff Nano: geni.us/P3w2oET (affiliate)
⭐️ Sandisk Extreme Pro SSD: geni.us/SVlv1 (affiliate)
⭐️ Samsung T7: geni.us/Qpa0ubJ (affiliate)
⭐️ PNY Pro Elite: geni.us/EjF2B (affiliate)
⭐️ Pioneer APS_XS03: geni.us/cFlMm (affiliate)
00:00 INTRODUCTION
00:53 DRIVES
03:39 BLACKMAGIC DISK SPEED TEST
04:47 SEQUENTIAL AND RANDOM SPEED TEST
05:58 REAL LIFE TEST
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What's up everyone?! Which SSD drive would you choose? I hope this review of my favorite M1 Mac SSDs. Did I cover what you wanted to know? What else did you want to see or learn about?
If you’re currently using another SSD, please share your experience with me. I am grateful in advance 🙏 (open for more)
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⭐️ Caldigit Tuff Nano: geni.us/P3w2oET (affiliate)
⭐️ Sandisk Extreme Pro SSD: geni.us/SVlv1 (affiliate)
⭐️ Samsung T7: geni.us/Qpa0ubJ (affiliate)
⭐️ PNY Pro Elite: geni.us/EjF2B (affiliate)
⭐️ Pioneer APS_XS03: geni.us/cFlMm (affiliate)
I would choose the Samsung T7.
Owc
Wonder how the LaCie rugged SSD pro (thunderbolt 3) would have stacked up. Transfer rates up to 2800mb/s. Thoughts, Sagi?
I have the Samsung T5 and haven’t had any issues.
I know you can’t include them all, but I love my 1TB Samsung Thunderbolt X5. A little pricier because of the Thunderbolt connection, but great speeds and, hey, a Star Trek space-age look to boot! (I also like my 1TB Sandisk Extreme Pro, even though it’s not a Thunderbolt and it doesn’t have such a fancy exterior.)
Thank you David Schwimmer.
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I like how you included the speed of the internal drive on your speed comparison chart. That was some key information I needed to see. Thanks!
This helped me out tremendously. I'm awaiting my M1 mini and did a lot of browsing trying to find the right external drive. I read a lot of material and view a lot of videos, but this one (yours) gave me clarity. I also commend you on your straight forward orator capabilities. Looking forward to your next video - thanks!
I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and for the kind words. Thank you for joining the community 🙏
@@TechGearTalk I have purchased a Samsung T7 for my M1 MacBook Air, but the speed that I am getting on it is pathetic.
If I connect the SSD using the USB-C cable that came in the box, the speed reaches upto 45 MB/s and when I use the USB-A cable via a thunderbolt usb hub the speed reaches upto 350 MB/s. Both the speeds are way less than the promised 1000+ MB/s speed.
Is there something that I am doing wrong?
Stumbled across your channel, and it is an instant favorite. Concise, quick, comprehensive reviews. Great stuff!
Really enjoy the format you use! Goes straight to the information that I'm looking for. Will definitely subscribe. Keep doing what you're doing 👍
I’ve watched at least a dozen of your vids. Right now, if I have questions/concern about my Mac Mini / iPad, I check out your videos. Your vid’s are top notch for several reason. Hope your “fan base” continues to increase! dlm
you are the only channel i watch that i feel bad if i skip the ads, so i dont. such high quality content and easy to understand way of explaining tech stuff. shout out from the Philippines :)
You have absolutely sold me on the Sandisk. Thank you for this extremely descriptive and visual representation. Subscribed!
Hey man, I dig the verbiage on your presentation. Voice tone and speed pleasing to the ears and dedication implied. I’ll be grasping either the T7 or SanDisk models with more terabytes depending on my wallet thickness. My Seagate one touch’s arm can’t handle traveling bumps evidently. Keep up the smooth talk. I was a little tardy, the speech was five months ago, let us know if there’s any more updates on new drives at your convenience. By the way, I pulled the trigger on the bell 🔔.
Hey Sagi, its an amazing video... The way presentation in charts are absolutely insane 🔥... Keep creating like this charts for upcoming videos also 👍
Thanks so much! Appreciate you sharing the feedback!
Fantastic video, exactly everything I needed to know, you did not leave anything out, thank you, makes it super easy for me to make my decision
Thank you for this information. I have been looking for information about the right SSD option for me. I love your videos!
great video!!! really clear and thanks for just going to the results rather than showing the program test 😄 Subscribed ✅
Heads up PpL !
I own the sandisk extreme pro 2TB & Samsung T5 2TB. The sandisk gets really warm fast! No LED indicators to know it’s safe to unplug the drive. The Samsung’s got that indicator and stays super cool thru out. Not sure what the T7 run temperature is, if as cool as T5. Better safe than faster by a few MB/s. If this is helpful, pls like this comment so others can easily find it. Sagi, a solid upload as always ✊🏽
good to know thx
Agreed. Thanks for sharing. Gives me something to think about.
*throughout
Same experience.. I don’t have the the t5 or t7 I had to replace my sandisk drive and the new one is facing the same issue with sequential transfers.. it randomly stops responding 🤦🏾♂️
I have purchased a Samsung T7 for my M1 MacBook Air, but the speed that I am getting on it is pathetic.
If I connect the SSD using the USB-C cable that came in the box, the speed reaches upto 45 MB/s and when I use the USB-A cable via a thunderbolt usb hub the speed reaches upto 350 MB/s. Both the speeds are way less than the promised 1000+ MB/s speed.
Is there something that I am doing wrong?
This video is so helpful and professionally put together. Thank you!
Thank you so much for the kind words 🙏 Appreciate you being part of the channel!
Hi! Thanks for this video. I have one practical question though: how does it refer to viewing photos/movies stored on the external drive? Are there any lags there? And btw do you recommend any specific photo viewer for Mac? Thanks :)
Thanks for the review. I recently bought a Sabrent Thunderbolt 3 drive which I was pretty happy with, but unfortunately, I lost it on a shoot. It wasn't able to connect directly with my QNAP NAS despite it having thunderbolt ports which I was again disappointed. I think this video has really pushed me to look at other options. OWC seems like a good choice for me as well as the Cal Digit.
Love your lighting and studio setup. Also your B-Roll shots are fire!!!
Thanks TGT!
Hey I really appreciate this video!
Just an extra note (take it or leave it) but possibly slap a deesser on your audio in post as these iPhone speakers are really ssssssing
Super glad it was helpful. Let me mess with my desser settings. Appreciate the feedback 🙏🏻. Can you watch today’s video and see if it’s better (I had already updated them. Thanks!)
@@TechGearTalk definitely at least a bit better! (I've been having issues with my s's recently too hence why maybe I was just super clued in haha)
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Bro, can you use a little bit les deesser on your channel though? Evnin Edinger channel sounds like you have a lisp.
Literally the video I was looking for thanks!
Glad I could help!
Love to see an updated version of this, with larger drive sizes.
Thank you for showing external SSDs that are compatible with M1 Macs and M1 Mac Minis, complete with testing! It's so hard to find information on which drives will actually work! 💜
So glad I could help. Thank you for being part of the channel!
Pretty much ANY external SSD will work with an M1 Mac
Binge watching your channel, great heads up for hardware and software. Love the content. subbed!!!
I really appreciate you taking the time to watch and for the kind words. Thank you for joining the community 🙏
Thanks for a great test! Very helpful!
Clear concise and on point. Thanks for sharing your experiences with others
I feel like your content is being pushed by the TH-cam algorithm, as your two latest videos were both in my recommended, without me having been a subscriber of your channel, which I am now, so keep up the good work!
Super glad you found it. Thanks for being part of the channel!
This is really helpful in making my purchases ! Thanks
Really good video! I have a 10 y.o. 1TB drive I use for Time Machine backs and dupes of DVDs (that are backups of work from the last 20 years). I know it's on borrowed time. My deal is I only connect it when I need to TM backup, I never work from it, SO a normal drive would make sense. I'd read about the Sandisk and leaned towards it. Seems like what makes the difference in speed is the Thunderbolt 3 cable vs USB3 that all the others have, is that roughly correct? Apple sells SSDs w/ Thunderbolt 3, and the cost is much more, but that speed, tho. (I know it's not just the cable, but the associated components).
@Tech Gear Talk, Hello there, and thank you so much for your hard work and great content. What you have been missing though in this test, is the option of putting your own drive together, using a Thunderbolt/USB-C enclosure with a SSD NVMe, we are talking here abt 100-120 USD for a 1Tb drive and abt 30-45 USD for an enclosure. Simple to put together and insane speeds on the Thunderbolt Ports.......for less than a 150 USD - give it a shot ;-)
Exactly what I was looking for, thank you
Yesterday Cody Warner posted a video where he made his own external SSD using an enclosure and a 4TB internal SSD. It sounds super fast for transferring files but would it make a difference in video editing on my 2019 MacBook Pro? After watching your video, I'm having second thoughts.
Thanks for the video I have been looking for .
Excellent video, and very helpful!
I subscribed a few days back and man I am loving this channel. Excellent content and love the way you handle the dilemma most of us consumers have.
I'm so glad my approach is being helpful. Appreciate you being part of the channel!
Thanks. Helpful. Love your graphics
You have an uncanny habit of answering the questions I'm facing. Thank you for doing the work to inform and educate us.
So glad I could help!
It's uncanny how when I go to the weather channel I always get information about the weather. It blows my mind every time.
Yes
@@craigdgriffiths6206 That's cute but that's obviously not what he meant.
Great video & test. Sandisk user here and been happy with them.
Appreciate the kind words and you sharing with the community
Thanks for the review. BTW nice Audioengine speakers! Have the same pair/color.
Question: I have the Snadisk Extreme Pro, the 2018 11” iPad Pro and I’m using LumaFusion to edit 4k footage from my Mavic Air2 drone. I thought I could edit (in real-time ) from the external drive but that’s not the case. So what should I use the Sandisk for.
P.S. I am now a subscriber and I really love your content. Keep up the great work.
This was extremely helpful, thank you
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 :/
very informative, thank you so much!
Great selection of drives for the comparison and really glad you made this video because it’s exactly what I was looking for.
this is my 1st video ever watched, and i subbed.
man this is such a clear video. Thanks a million!
Thank you so much. I had ordered a San Disk and it is in the mail, but this video made me feel much better about my choice. I'll be using it mainly for project backups on my M1 Mac Mini.
You're very welcome Riley! Glad I could help and CONGRATS on the Sandisk!
This was terrific and very helpful. However it looks like Owc has discontinued the one terabyte model. Any recommendation of an alternative from them? The rugged part isn’t mandatory but don’t know if the others would perform as well
Subscribed and liked!
Thank you for your videos!
Love your video very informative.
FYI: The SanDisk Extreme is a very rugged little drive and only weighs 2oz. I attached one to my 16" M1 Pro MBP on a 4" TB4 cable, configured it as a Time Machine backup disk and just let it dangle. When, a month later I had to send my MBP to Apple for diagnosis and repair, they did a clean MacOS install. 40 minutes from the time I unboxed it on return, I had the apps and data completely restored and was back in business. I don't use it for editing, I use it only for backup 24/7. It works a treat for that.
I swear your reading my mind, I was just thinking about the best SSD that I can use along side my computer or iPad Pro. Thanks for the video! I hope some of these goes on sale soon too. xD
Appreciate you sharing. Glad I could help.
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"Speed is just a question of money - How fast can you go."
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Nice!
I like how you presented the data in the figure. What application did you use to produce such excellent bar graph?
Thank you for putting in the work. Real shit
Those external hard drives were amazing and fast. I have here my 32gb flash drive and it performs really slow when transferring files from mac to the flash drive. Great video man!
Great vid, helpful - thx
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.
I am new subscriber, have been enjoying your videos. After watching this SSD performance videos, my interest was sparked. I have a iPad 8th gen, can I use the Samsung T5 with it?
great review, got the sandisk, thanks!
Check out this man’s other reviews. He always does excellent work and is very knowledgeable.
Thank you, this was very helpful
Very nice line up. If you get time, consider investigating the Sabrent offerings. The Sabrent Rocket XTRM-Q out performs pretty much all of these drives. It has the advantage of being usable with both Thunderbolt and USB-C 3.2.
Thanks Michael - appreciate the suggestion!
Hey Michael, what is the transfer speed like on those?
Specifically with video editing.
@@purehoops22 I guess we will never know. more important is if it will still work after mac wakes from sleep.
no one wants to reboot just to access the data drive
Hey man.
I'm currently looking into buying the MacBook air m1. Found your review. Subscribed and was happy.
In times of biased reviews and fake statements I highly appreciate your review style and honest opinions.
Just wanted to say thank you for your content, keep it up! :)
I'm so grateful that you took the time to leave feedback - means a lot to me. Appreciate you being part of the community!
Thanks for the informative content as always :)
Glad it's being helpful! Appreciate you!
Earned a new sub! Fantastic test. Do you think the Thunderbolt 3 cable to the OWC drive contributed much to the test results?
Thanks! I don’t believe. That was it. I was using a thunderbolt cable with the other drives too.
Great work! What speed do you need if you are editing ProRes or Braw off it in FCP or DaVinci?
Shooting 4K, editing in proxy mode, currently using the 2T Sandisk T5, I am running out of space inspite of deleting rendered files. Any suggestions? Thank you for your clear and concise content, beautifully presented.
Thanks for this. I plan to use this for storing my videos so just wondering which one of these can I edit them off the hard drive without having to transfer them? (I have heard that this can be done with the Samsung T5 but would that hold for the T7 that you reviewed?)
Would be nice to know what kind of SSD each one was and what controller chip they used and what was the real interface used. Most of this can be found by running the system report (easily found from the about this mac window). Generally, there are four types of connections USB 3.0, 3.1 gen 1, 3.1 gen 2, and Thunderbolt. Would also be nice to know which is using which type of SSD it was the NVMe SSD and the others are probably cheaper slower SSDs. For example, you can buy the OWC Rugged" bits.
love this! thank you for sharing
Very interesting. I was actually looking at getting an external drive for my iPad Pro
I've just bought mac m1 max in 2024, fast enough for me and thank you for your review. Back to the future about the past. Great review!!! Still! ANd many thanks.
Great comparison test. Would you consider testing some external nVme SSDs as well? Thanks.
The OWC is an external NVMe (same as the drive inside the M1) which is why it's so much faster than the other SATA based drives.
Great comparison and demystification of the subject l'd go with the SanDisk. Mucho gracias 🙏
I’d pick the Sandisk out of all. Good all rounder
I'd like to hear more, just generally curious.
I agree with that
Good job that Samsungs one may get scratched.🙂
I just bought it thankyou ☺
I got the Sandisk and it doesn’t work on my Mac m1 air - even after reformatting it seems to not read/write properly! Have you found this? 😔😭
Good video. Good hedge. So basically the conclusion was: choose the expensive one if you want the best performance, choose the 2 mid-range if want the mid-range performance, and choose one of the two cheaper ones if you don't need high performance. :D
This is an amazing video. Could you give results for the new SanDisk ssd pro V2 with 2000 MB/s on a new Mac? Could this reach to the internal ssd?
Hey I'm sure you already did this, but could you please do a video on your lighting set up and what you set each light too? Also, what lens you use along with the aperture, ISO, etc. Dude getting Godox SL-60 and Neewer Softbox, and a Neewer 660 for my hair light, and I'm using an M50 with a 22mm lens for my A Roll, and it def looks waaaaaay better than ever before, but I know it could look better. Thanks for all you do!!!! Your A Roll (and B Roll) is soooooo crispy!!!!
Hi there. Check out this video: th-cam.com/video/COubO-eCH9U/w-d-xo.html As far as actual settings, it won't help you because it's based on available light. Here is all my gear though: th-cam.com/video/Knqufkb35kY/w-d-xo.html
Is it true that you need a special cable for the San Disk Extreme Pro to maximize the speed? In reading the comments on the B&H site about this drive - this appears to be the case. (BTW LOVE your stuff!!) Newbie and now follower/fan.
Glad I'm early! Great to see you again Sagi!
Sorry I'm late to respond - was working on the next video!
don't worry about it! always here to support you no matter what!
How are you recording your audio? What's your mic set up look like, would be curious to see that.
Good job buddy - thanks for the GOOD work - I`ll go for the SanDisk Extrem Pro instead of Samsung T7 which I thought would be better ... so, pretty helpful video! =)
Please do a video on whether its better to use a mac plugged in or on battery (in relation to issue of battery cycle counts)
Very nice comparison video, I am using the OWC Envoy Pro EX with my iMac Pro, feel like using the internal drive speed, I also got the Samsung and SanDisk, and they seems pretty much identical in performance wise, but the SanDisk are the best bang for the buck :)
Thanks for your video. Answered my question from a few days ago.
I have the Samsung T7, 2 TB. Been using that on my iMac. Was easy to setup. Not certain if 10 to 20 seconds faster for what you were doing makes a big difference to the average user. I can see if you are a heavy user it could make a difference. Interesting how the highest read/write speeds only shaves off around 10 seconds. Perhaps in real life applications, speed may not be as significant as on might think.
Hey could you tell me what speeds do you get on black magic speed test?
I should be able to get around 900 but i only get around 700...as shown in this video...isnt it weird ?
Great video, thanks for sharing
Glad you liked it! Appreciate you taking the time to leave feedback 🙏
Planning on getting SanDisk, thank you for this video
Glad I could help! Thank you for being part of the channel!
I went with a 1TB Samsung T7 touch and love the thing. If you hit it on a sale you can get it at $140. The added biometric security is awesome.
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...
Exactly what I was looking for. 👍
thanks for these comparisons and helping us to save hundreds of dollars on SSDs!
I have the Samsung drive. I love it! Another fantastic video Sagi! 😎🔥🔥🔥
It's such a good value! Thanks brother!
I Really enjoy your Videos! Do you have a series on the best way to back up a system/ archive ? As well as advantages to partition a drive. THANKS !!!!
Thanks Warren - not yet. Working on one!
@@TechGearTalk Awesome!!! Looking Forward To it!! Really enjoy your Channel.
Thanks for the advice!
Hope it was helpful!
I bought a Samsung T5 1TB a few months ago and I'm quite satisfied with it. I also tried a DIY external drive with an ASUS STRIX Arion enclosure with a Crucial 1TB SSD, which was worth the price and the speed. In this test, as Sandisk has also a good reputation and the speed seems quite right, it could be my next choice. A question though : how to know which one will last longer without crashing/dying ?
Thanks for the video !
Appreciate you sharing!!! The larger SSDs have a higher rating in terms of the number of TB that can be written to before any problems happen. I still have never had an SSD die... ever
I don’t know about everyone else but I was just focused on owc vs the Mac internal drive. Pretty impressive
For me, the best option turned out to be an external enclosure with an NVMe disk. But only very few combos do actually deliver on performance, longeviity, price and temperature. I eventually settled on the Samsung 980 Pro and more importantly, the USB 4.0 aluminium enclosure from Chinese Acasis. The combo is both faster (on a M1 Pro) and cheaper than the OWC and does also work with older USB PCs.
Do these enclosures work good if someone is recording audio with over 70 tracks and lots of plug ins , stopping and starting. Also for someone who needs at least 2 drives one for samples and audio libraries and once for recording the audio, are these good? I'm thinking of getting a new mac studio but need advise on audio drives.
Yes, I agree with that. On M1 MacBook Pro I get 4000-5000 transfer speed with Black Magic, on internal Nvme, and some external Nvme drives can match that. Often best performance is with a particular Nvme, coupled with fast Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 compatible enclosure.
I had problems connecting a Samsung 1Tb EVO, in a UGreen USB C enclosure on M1 MacBook Pro, with any USB C cable, especially with Time Machine, where it would disconnect, and disconnect another partition. It was supplied with USB C to type A cable. However, connecting it to a Hackintosh laptop, with USB 3 works; and am able to write to both partitions from the M1, where the volumes show up on the desktop. Time Machine is a bit slow, but working now. External Nvme on Thunderbolt is better.
@@michaelbouckley4455 You realize I talked about an Acasis USB4 enclosure, not UGreen ...
What I want to know is what the max possible performance is with the m1's. There's lots of conflicting information that the thunderbolt ports cannot utilize the full speed of the fast drives. I don't want to waste money on a drive that is too fast and I don't trust the reviews or influencers.
Very useful one this 👍🏻 Was thinking of a drive for backups. That Sandisk Extreme Pro seems the best for price to performance and the OWC is just insane 😮 UK prices are higher too. The Sandisk is.
So glad to hear it. Yeah, the OWC is bonkers 🤯
Thanks, I was looking at SSD's and will buy one this week. This is great info.
Glad it was helpful Robert! Appreciate you being part of the channel!
@@TechGearTalk Glad to be here. Like you, I have both Apple and PCs. I have not made the M1 leap yet. I notice that early adopters often are the troubleshooting experiments for hardware manufacturers. I'm keeping my old Mac until all the bugs are out, and discovered. I appreciate your reviews, and I will use the affiliate link to help support the channel. Keep doing what you are doing.
Hi! The external hard drive solution has additional benefits...it can be partitioned for access by time machine and general storage plus formatted to be compatible in the MAC and Windows environment. A 256mb SSD internal would need at least 256MB of external memory for time machine backups. I use a 2TB Samsung T7 in this manor. Nobody seems to mention TIme Machine....no matter what, MACs need an external drive for backups. IMHO.