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G-Technology may be a lesser-known brand at first glance, but when I say names like WD and SanDisk, you’re sure to know what I mean. Of the three interconnected brands, G-Drive is profiled as the premium one, aimed mainly at creators and MacOS users. Mobile Pro SSD is a new addition to the family, which will impress with its Thunderbolt 3 connection and extreme speeds well above 1 GB/s.
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Unlike WD or SanDisk, G-Technology products are aimed at a specific category of users, such as graphic artists, video editors, etc. Such users require state-of-the-art work tools that allow them to do their jobs faster and more efficiently. G-Drive Mobile Pro SSD is designed specifically for such demanding users, who will be able to process photos and videos in up to 8K resolution without large files taking up valuable space on the internal storage of their laptop. In the field, they will appreciate the increased resistance to falls and external pressure.
The speed of reading is really great, in the benchmarks it reached more than 2 GB/s, in practical tests 1.5–1 GB/s depending on the size of the files. If I can blame something, those are writes that are not as fast as might be expected and the SSD no longer occupied the first place for medium-sized and smaller files. I must also point out the 40 GB buffer that I noticed during the 300 GB video transfer test. At the beginning of the test, the transfer speed was up to 900 MB/s, but then dropped to approximately 360 MB/s and was maintained at this speed until the rest of the test. In reality, the SSD will serve primarily for moving a lot of data once and then their processing, where it will be possible to use high read speeds. However, if you often need to write large amounts of data, other tested drives have performed slightly better in this area.
In the end, all I have left to say is the 5-year warranty and the price, which is as high as is customary with Thunderbolt 3 devices. It is also true that you use the drive only with TB 3 devices, it does not offer compatibility with classic USB type C.
| G-Technology G-Drive Mobile Pro SSD |
| + high read speed |
| + body resistant to falls and shock |
| + 5-year warranty |
| - higher price |
| - write speeds could be higher in practice + 40 GB buffer |
