- #WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT 1TB SPEC FULL#
- #WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT 1TB SPEC PORTABLE#
- #WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT 1TB SPEC PRO#
We believe that the 'E' suffix stands for 'External' - WD did confirm that the SSD being used was SN550-class, and it contained specific firmware tweaks for use as an external SSD. The SN550 is available in retail under the WD Blue branding.
#WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT 1TB SPEC PORTABLE#
The SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD v2 and the WD My Passport SSD (2020) use the same internal SSD - the Western Digital SN550E. In this review, we compare the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD v2 and the WD My Passport SSD (2020) against each other, as well as the following DAS units that we have reviewed before.Ī quick overview of the internal capabilities of the storage devices is given by CrystalDiskInfo. The rest of the review also tackles another interesting aspect - does the same internal hardware lead to similar performance profiles for the two SSDs? As we shall see further down in the 'Device Features & Characteristics' section, the internal hardware is identical. The My Passport SSD with its rounded edges and grooves / availability in multiple colors may hold appeal to the mainstream style-conscious audience. It has been particularly appreciated by content creators (photographers and videographers) on the go.
#WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT 1TB SPEC PRO#
The carabiner loop in the SanDisk Extreme / PRO line has proved to be a useful complement to the gumstick form-factor enforced by the usage of a M.2 NVMe SSD. The industrial design of the units is quite different, each appealing to its own target market. A Type-C to Type-A adaptor is supplied, similar to the ones with the previous generation external SSDs from Western Digital. The two products are packaged similarly and both come with short (15cm) USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C to Type-C cables. The company provided us with review samples of the 1TB versions of the My Passport SSD as well as the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD v2. The Extreme v2 is of particular interest here, as both the feature set and the performance specifications tally with that of the My Passport SSD. Today, the company is launching the SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD v2 (along with the Extreme PRO Portable SSD v2). Western Digital brought NVMe support to their My Passport SSD product line last month. In 2020, we have seen the market move en-masse to NVMe SSDs behind a USB 3.2 Gen 2 bridge for this market segment.
#WESTERN DIGITAL MY PASSPORT 1TB SPEC FULL#
Traditional SATA SSDs (saturating at 560 MBps) can hardly take full advantage of the bandwidth offered by USB 3.2 Gen 2. High-performance external storage devices use either Thunderbolt 3 or USB 3.2 Gen 2 for the host interface.
This review discusses the performance and characteristics of Western Digital's latest offerings (2020 catalog) supporting USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) speeds. While those speeds can be achieved with Thunderbolt 3, mass-market devices have to rely on USB. Thanks to rapid advancements in flash technology (including the advent of 3D NAND and NVMe) as well as faster host interfaces (such as Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.x), we now have palm-sized flash-based storage devices capable of delivering 2GBps+ speeds. Oddly, the lack of an official endurance rating is actually a plus, though – WD backs the drive with a five-year warranty, so if you have problems, you can RMA the drive during the duration of the warranty regardless of the amount of data you’ve written.External bus-powered storage devices have grown both in storage capacity as well as speeds over the last decade. However, at roughly $0.14-$018 per gigabyte, the My Passport SSD falls in line with competitors such as Samsung’s T7, Crucial’s X8, and the SanDisk Extreme v2.Īs per the norm for most portable SSDs, the My Passport lacks an endurance rating, but it’s rational to expect that it should have a similar life expectancy to the WD Blue SN550 that powers the device (300 and 600TB for the 500GB and 2TB models, respectively).
Pricing is a bit higher than your standard SATA or M.2 SSD, though. Ranging from 500GB up to a beefy 4TB, WD’s My Passport SSD comes in a variety of capacities, and all are rated to deliver up to 1,050/1,000 MBps of read/write performance under sequential workloads. USB Type-C & USB Type-C to USB Type-A Adapter
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