Product Comparison: G-Technology G-DRIVE Mobile Pro SSD vs Samsung X5

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G-Technology G-DRIVE Mobile Pro SSD 1TB Portable Professional Grade External Storage

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Samsung X5 1TB External Solid State Drive with NVMe Interface

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General Specifications

Brand

G-Technology

Samsung

Model

G-DRIVE Mobile Pro SSD

Origin

China

About the Product

The G-DRIVE mobile Pro SSD lets you edit multi-stream 8K footage at full frame rate, quickly render VR projects and experience them at full resolution, and transfer as much as a terabyte of media in seven minutes or less.

Elevate your storage tasks to ultimate heights on PCs and Macs with Samsung's fastest-ever portable SSD. Designed with Thunderbolt 3 ports*, the X5 is perfect for tech-savvy professionals who want to render or compile high resolution contents without missing a beat.

Key Specs

Type

SSD

Available Capacities

500 GB, 1 TB, 2 TB

Max. Transfer Speed

2800 MB/sec

Max. Transfer Speed

What customers say about "Key Specs"

G-Technology G-DRIVE Mobile Pro SSD 1TB Portable Professional Grade External Storage

This is a blazingly fast SSD, and tests much faster than the 2TB one in my MBP 15" 2017.
My experience with this product has been very good. It’s write speed is Between 2200 to 2600 using my iMacs.
This thing is fast. Cant tell any speed difference between this and the internal SSD.
Faster than some of their single desktop drives and you don't need to plug in power. Awesome little drive.
Excellent product, very fast read and write, very happy with this buy.

Samsung X5 1TB External Solid State Drive with NVMe Interface

Had been using the SSD for about 3 weeks, and experience was superb. The design, the hard disk looks really sleek.
It’s fast!! I got the 1tb one and it’s more than twice the speed (in terms of seconds to transfer data) of my Sandisk extreme portable external ssd.
Speed of data transfer to the SSD from the Mac is faster than I've ever seen before.
The read and write speeds surpass the internal ssd on my 2018 MacBook Pro. I can edit 4K right off the drive and not miss a beat.
This drive is faster than the built-in ssd in my 2017 macbook pro.

Size & Weight

Color

Black / Silver

Black

Height

0.67 in.

0.77 in.

Width

4.41 in.

4.68 in.

Depth

3.15 in.

2.44 in.

Weight

7.2 oz.

5.29 oz.

Features

OS Compatibility

Windows, Mac OS X

Interfaces

Thunderbolt

Password Setting

Optional

Data Protection

Shock-resistant, Drop protection

AES 256-bit encryption

Extras

Portable, Durable Design, Cool, Aluminum Core to Protect Performance, Ideal Capacity For Intensive Production Workflows

Wield the power of Thunderbolt™ 3, Never slow down again, Revolutionary design, Thermal Management Technology, Protect your data

What customers say about "Features"

G-Technology G-DRIVE Mobile Pro SSD 1TB Portable Professional Grade External Storage

I haven't had any disconnects ever. Great SSD drive with perfect performance.
This is an excellent product and it works with by MacBook Pro seamlessly faster.
54 Mts video conversion from Camtasia taken hard 3 minutes. Excellent performance.
This is a blazingly fast SSD, and tests much faster than the 2TB one in my MBP 15" 2017.
It continually dismounts, often as much as 30 times a day.

Samsung X5 1TB External Solid State Drive with NVMe Interface

Connected the X5 directly to an open Thunderbolt-3 port on the Macbook.
Blazingly fast. Much better than other USB-C drives. Make SURE you have a Thundertbolt 3 port.
If you have a Thunderbolt 3-equipped computer, this drive provides speeds approaching the highest-end built-in SSDs.
On a MAC, with Thunderbolt-3, this is a great way to extend yourself into external storage with the best speed.
This DOES NOT work on USB 3.1 (despite USB-C plug), it must run on a Thunderbolt 3. Keep the cable really short to maintain performance.

Included

Additional Accessories

Thunderbolt Cable

Software

Portable SSD Software

Power

Power Supply

Via Thunderbolt

Warranty / Certifications

Manufacturer Warranty

5 year(s)

3 year(s)