Transcend JetFlash 500 16GB vs SanDisk Cruzer 16GB memory stick benchmark
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011This is a small benchmark of Transcend JetFlash 500 16GB vs SanDisk Cruzer 16GB USB 2.0 (2009-edition) memory sticks.
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SanDisk 16GB: 4.6 MB/s write.
SanDisk 16GB: 18.5 MB/s read
Transcend JetFlash 500 16GB: 18.4 MB/s write
Transcend JetFlash 500 10GB: 34.1 MB/s read
As we can see the Transcend USB stick is 4 times faster writing, and 1.8 times faster reading than the SanDisk Cruzer.
The memory sticks were tested using the dd tool, and the cache was cleared between each run by unmouting and removing the memory sticks.