BEST Mac External SSD Thunderbolt 5 VS Thunderbolt 4 SSD Speed Test

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Thunderbolt 5 SSDs and Thunderbolt 4 SSDs are both ways to get very fast external storage drives for any M4 Mac that has Thunderbolt 5 ports. Including the M4 Max MacBook Pro, which is what I use in this video and any M4 Pro Apple Silicon Mac such as the M4 Pro Mac. You can also use either a Thunderbolt 4 SSD or even a Thunderbolt 5 SSD with any Apple Silicon Mac that only has Thunderbolt 4 ports, such as any M1 Mac, M2 Mac, M3 Mac or base M4 Mac. However, using a Thunderbolt 5 SSD with any Thunderbolt 4 Mac will only give you Thunderbolt 4 speeds from a Thunderbolt 5 SSD. The results of these speed tests should hopefully give you a good idea as to the real world differences between a Thunderbolt 4 SSD and Thunderbolt 5 SSD when used as an external storage drive for your Mac. For anyone who has seen some of my recent speed test videos. I did not do the Blackmagic synthetic speed tests in this video as the video was specifically about real world storage usage. I also didn't show the formatting either, again, because this was a comparison video and not necessarily a build video. Plus I wanted to make a short video. Although, short is a relative term, as a 19 minute video is short for me but probably not most other YouTubers 🤣 Anyway, please let me in the comments if you like the longer videos with more detail. I'm just not sure if they are too boring for most people. Thanks, Dave. I will be doing a long video soon showing how to put together the Acasis TB405Pro M1 Thunderbolt 4 to NVMe enclosure with the 4TB WD SN850X Gen 4 NVMe SSD. Basically, the one used in this video. In that video I will also go through the formatting process, Blackmagic disk speed tests and also the real world disk speed tests. That video uses a larger tests folder as well, for showing longer sustained read and writes. Here's some links to the stuff used in the video. I have included links to the Samsung 990 Pro, only because some people will still be interested in it regardless of what I say. Unfortunately, some YouTubers are using this SSD and cherry picking the results and not being totally honest about its problems or that of the Mac's cache. Me personally, I would avoid the Samsung 990 Pro for use in external enclosures. Both the WD SN850X and Samsung 990 Pro are the ones WITHOUT the built in heatsinks. Use my promo code David15 for a 15% discount off anything that you buy on the Acasis website. Acasis website: TB501 enclosure ➡ https://bit.ly/4fsUfEQ TBU405Pro M1 Enclosure ➡ https://bit.ly/4i1edsR Acasis on Amazon: TB501 enclosure ➡ Not available yet on Amazon TBU405Pro M1 Enclosure ➡ https://amzn.to/41V6p62 WD SSDs: SN850X 4TB ➡ https://geni.us/SN850X-4TB SN850X 2TB ➡ https://geni.us/SN850X-2TB SN850X 1TB ➡ https://geni.us/SN850X-1TB Samsung SSDs: 990 Pro 4TB ➡ https://geni.us/990PRO4TB 990 Pro 2TB ➡ https://geni.us/990PRO-2TB 990 Pro 1TB ➡ https://geni.us/990PRO1TB Links to Apple products: M4 Max MacBook Pro 16" ➡ https://geni.us/70Xn M4 Max MacBook Pro 14" ➡ https://geni.us/57QzTfu M4 Pro MacBook Pro 16" ➡ https://geni.us/qSYR M4 MacBook Pro 14" ➡ https://geni.us/Y7TFR Mac Mini M4 ➡ https://geni.us/oibaLH Mac Mini M4 Pro ➡ https://geni.us/ImJto Video chapters: 00:00 Intro and explanation 02:01 Thunderbolt 4 speed test 05:08 Thunderbolt 5 speed test 07:45 Speed test results 09:21 End summary AMAZON ASSOCIATE DISCLOSURE: I am an Amazon Associate. My Amazon links are Amazon affiliate links. I earn money from qualifying purchases when you use my Amazon affiliate links. OTHER EARNINGS AND COMMISSIONS: I also earn money from other product links within my video description. For the sake of clarity and for the avoidance of any confusion, assume that I earn money from commissions from any and all links that I have within my video description. You can also send me a coffee donation via PayPal if you found my video super helpful: https://www.paypal.me/DavidHarry My Amazon pages with videos and product links: Amazon USA https://www.amazon.com/shop/davidharry Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/davidharry If you would like to help my channel please use my global Amazon Affiliate links. I will be paid a small commission for anything you buy from Amazon when using these links. These commissions don't cost you any extra but really do help me to buy gear for my productions and to review: Amazon USA: https://geni.us/Amazon-USA Amazon UK: https://geni.us/Amazon-UK Amazon Deutschland: https://geni.us/Amazon-Deutschland Amazon France: https://geni.us/Amazon-France Amazon España: https://geni.us/Amazon-Espana Amazon Canada: https://geni.us/Amazon-Canada Contact for product reviews: [email protected] http://www.DavidHarry.com I’m David Harry. Thank you very much for watching this video, take care and goodbye now. Cheers, Dave. #thunderbolt5#thunderbolt4#thunderbolt#thunderboltssd Thunderbolt 5 SSD VS Thunderbolt 4 SSD Speed Test With Apple Mac M4 Max MacBook Pro Real World Test