Fastest micro-sd card?

[KingGheedora]

What's the absolute fastest SD-card one can put into a galaxy S4?

 

[Oyeve]

I hear from poofyguy that hes yielding fast results from Samsung.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Yup. Samsung cards are the fastest.

For 32GB, get the blue Samsung (its "Class 6" on the label but faster than every non-Samsung Class 10 card I have).

For 64GB, get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820147220

 

[vshah]

just remember that fastest for sequential will usually be slower for random access, and vice versa.

 

[poofyhairguy]

just remember that fastest for sequential will usually be slower for random access, and vice versa.

Used to be that way. Good Samsung cards are just faster across the board.

 

[vshah]

Used to be that way. Good Samsung cards are just faster across the board.

good to know, thanks!

 

[poofyhairguy]

good to know, thanks!

No problem.

That is why I recommend the blue Samsungs over the orange ones (even though the orange ones have a higher rating). The blue ones lack this flaw (as does the 64GB one).

 

[Dari]

Yup. Samsung cards are the fastest.

For 32GB, get the blue Samsung (its "Class 6" on the label but faster than every non-Samsung Class 10 card I have).

For 64GB, get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820147220

I thought you got the Samsungs because you got the wrong Sandisk micro-SD cards...

 

[poofyhairguy]

I thought you got the Samsungs because you got the wrong Sandisk micro-SD cards...

I got the 64GB Samsung because the 64GB Sandisk was slower than my old 32GB Samsung.

 

[Kenmitch]

This is what to expect out of a 32gb Samsung blue class 6

I didnt bench mine but my writes were dead on using usb 3 with mem card adapter.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Yup. Those blue cards are gold.

 

[AkumaX]

+ 1 for samsung blue's

however, i read the OP's question in parts:

"What's the absolute fastest SD-card"

here it is! - http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1972/2/

I can only think of 1, to rule them all

but then:
"... one can put into a galaxy S4?"

the S4 wouldn't take advantage of those speeds, so the samsung blue or pro would be fine

 

[AkumaX]

just remember that fastest for sequential will usually be slower for random access, and vice versa.

generally that was the case, but its slowly becoming the exception

in the end, you just have to research each card to see how well it performs (especially for random 4k write)

baddd class 10 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-me...images_pl_link
goood class 10 - http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-me...images_pl_link

 

[poofyhairguy]

"What's the absolute fastest SD-card"

here it is! - http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1972/2/

Meh, pretty average 4K write speeds. A blue is better. That is how I judge cards nowadays because it is often the main bottleneck for performance in mobile devices.

 

[Apex]

What's the absolute fastest SD-card one can put into a galaxy S4?

Here you go:

http://www.sandisk.com/products/memory-cards/microsd/extremepro-uhs-i/?capacity=16GB

Totally not worth the money for most folks though.

 

[Dari]

I got the 64GB Samsung because the 64GB Sandisk was slower than my old 32GB Samsung.

But the Sandisk card you got was for cameras, not smartphones, right? I remember the other thread where someone made that correction for you...

 

[poofyhairguy]

But the Sandisk card you got was for cameras, not smartphones, right? I remember the other thread where someone made that correction for you...

On another thread similar to this one on the XDA forum I compared my numbers to those who had the "smartphone" version and they were similar. I mean mine was a little slower than a few other Sandisks, but the Samsung is twice as fast. Nothing on any forum or anywhere I have seen comes close on 4K.

The Sandisk is not a bad card in any way. It was faster than any other class 10 card I have (especially on 4K for some). Samsung's current lineup is just far beyond any of the competitors. They must be using a superior process and not sharing. One thing that supports that is the older orange cards have way worse performance.

 

[trmiv]

What is the advantage of a super fast SD card in say an S4 besides being able to transfer files from PC to it faster? I have a 32gb sandisk ultra am I missing out?

 

[poofyhairguy]

If you ever run tons of app straight off it (or all your apps using a hack) it makes it as close to internal memory as possible.

For every thing else the Sandisk is perfect, especially if you are using it for media.

Seriously I have had a bunch of Class 10 cards and Sandisks are a clear number 2.

 

[Oyeve]

If you ever run tons of app straight off it (or all your apps using a hack) it makes it as close to internal memory as possible.

For every thing else the Sandisk is perfect, especially if you are using it for media.

Seriously I have had a bunch of Class 10 cards and Sandisks are a clear number 2.

What are you using as a test? I have 3 64gb SanDisk cards and am interested to see how they fare.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Are you talking benchmarks or apps where I can tell a difference?

Edit: Either way I like A1 SD bench (or Crystal) and honestly when it comes to apps I think 4K writes are important for things like web browsing (worst thing about crappy Transformer NAND or when I ran my Nook Color on a class ten card). But who knows if I could easily tell between the two best cards for that. I think for things like games even a Sandisk would be fine.

Edit 2: A1 SD Bench:

Edit3: To compare 4K speeds there is no way on Android. But you can use Androbench to see what the internal 4K speeds are.

 

[lothar]

But the Sandisk card you got was for cameras, not smartphones, right? I remember the other thread where someone made that correction for you...

Yup.

 

[Oyeve]

Are you talking benchmarks or apps where I can tell a difference?

Edit: Either way I like A1 SD bench (or Crystal) and honestly when it comes to apps I think 4K writes are important for things like web browsing (worst thing about crappy Transformer NAND or when I ran my Nook Color on a class ten card). But who knows if I could easily tell between the two best cards for that. I think for things like games even a Sandisk would be fine.

Edit 2: A1 SD Bench:

Edit3: To compare 4K speeds there is no way on Android. But you can use Androbench to see what the internal 4K speeds are.

Thanks.

 

[Crono]

Are you talking benchmarks or apps where I can tell a difference?

Edit: Either way I like A1 SD bench (or Crystal) and honestly when it comes to apps I think 4K writes are important for things like web browsing (worst thing about crappy Transformer NAND or when I ran my Nook Color on a class ten card). But who knows if I could easily tell between the two best cards for that. I think for things like games even a Sandisk would be fine.

Edit 2: A1 SD Bench:

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Nice, just downloaded A1 SD bench. I don't have external SD card support, but was wondering how fast internal was.
Benchess RAM, too.

 

[trmiv]

Just ordered one of those blue Samsung 32gb cards. Not that easy to find. I ordered it from a fulfilled by amazon place, hope it's legit. My wife is getting an S4 too so I'll give her my Sandisk and take the Samsung.