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Old 04-25-2023, 12:57 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by rpxcv View Post
Is it faster because it is sandisk instead of kingstone or because it is sdxc A2 (exfat) format instead of sdhc (fat32)? Both?

I don't need a lot of memory however if a 64 gb sdxc A2 (formatted FAT32) improves performance significantly I might consider it.
It is faster because SanDisk and Samsung both seem to care about small block read/write speeds so their µSD cards are pretty consistently the best in small block read/write speeds. The partition must be FAT32—minor correction, you can use ext4 if you use a Linux computer but that's a rather small segment of the market and it does require some tweaking.

If you want to see some results from a decade ago, check:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...2&postcount=17

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=26

Oddly enough, the situation hasn't changed much over the decade. The sequential read/write speeds have improved but the small block results are definitely the red-headed stepchildren.
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