The latest portable SSDs from SanDisk have increased speed and security

The SanDisk Extreme and Sandisk Extreme Pro are a pair of fast external SSDs that also have the hardware to keep your data safe and secure. The more expensive SanDisk Extreme Pro claims speeds of up to 2000MB / s for both read and write, while the regular SanDisk Extreme offers transfer speeds of up to 1050MB / s read and 1000MB / s write.

This places the new SanDisk Extreme Pro among some of the fastest drives on the market, without having to support the more limited compatibility of a drive that connects via Thunderbolt 3. Tom Hardware has already put the 2TB version of the drive to the test and notes that it offers “very strong sequential read and write performance” over the latest 20Gbps USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 standard, and even outperformed some Thunderbolt 3 drives on certain loads job.

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In addition to offering faster data transfer speeds, the drives are also more secure than their predecessors thanks to their included 256-bit AES hardware encryption. That’s superior to the software-based 128-bit encryption used in older drives, Tom Hardware notes. Not only is security stronger, but it should also affect performance less if you encrypt your data.

In addition to its support for hardware encryption, the drives are also physically protected against hazards. They have an IP55 rating for dust and water resistance (which gives them some protection, but don’t immerse them in water), and SanDisk says the drives should also withstand drops from up to six feet.

However, neither the SanDisk Extreme nor the Extreme Pro are particularly cheap. The SanDisk Extreme Pro initially sells with 2TB of capacity for $ 499, but the company plans to release a 1TB model later in the year for $ 300. Tom Hardware reports. Meanwhile, the regular SanDisk Extreme is available now with 1TB and 500GB of storage for $ 199 and $ 119, respectively, with a 2TB model next in the year.