The Sony 32GB High Speed memory card claims a 94MB/s transfer speed. The speed quoted is read speed, the write speed according to Sony is 60 MB/s. Sony recommends this card for continuous shooting and video performance. It is available in capacities ranging from 8 to 64GB.
Unlike other brands offering multi-year and lifetime warranties, Sony only covers their SD cards with a 1-year warranty. Made in Taiwan.
We measured the read in write speed in various USB 3.0 card readers. It performed above specification on write speed, reaching 67 MB/s. The read speed reached 95.7 MB/s.
Card: Sony 94MB/s 32GB
Benchmark: CrystalDiskMark 3.0.3 x64
Program settings: 1000 MB, 5 passes, random test data
Operating system: Windows 10 Pro
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z77X-UD3H
Processor: Intel Core i7-3770K @ 4.40GHz
RAM: 32GB DDR3 1600
Sony 94MB/s 32GB Card Reader Benchmarks | Seq. Read 1000MB MB/s | Seq. Write 1000MB MB/s | Rand. Read 512KB MB/s | Rand. Write 512KB MB/s | Rand. Read 4KB MB/s QD1 | Rand. Read 4KB IOPS QD1 | Rand. Write 4KB MB/s QD1 | Rand. Write 4KB IOPS QD1 | Rand. Read 4KB MB/s QD32 | Rand. Read 4KB IOPS QD32 | Rand. Write 4KB MB/s QD32 | Rand. Write 4KB IOPS QD32 |
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Lexar LRWM04U-7000 UHS-II Reader | 96.670 | 66.933 | 89.755 | 19.263 | 6.546 | 1598.2 | 0.901 | 220.0 | 7.220 | 1762.6 | 0.866 | 211.3 |
Lexar Professional Workflow SR2 UHS-II | 96.643 | 66.729 | 89.036 | 16.586 | 6.264 | 1529.3 | 0.839 | 204.8 | 7.137 | 1742.3 | 0.871 | 212.7 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD Reader/Writer | 95.708 | 66.089 | 89.431 | 11.935 | 6.565 | 1602.9 | 0.934 | 228.0 | 7.232 | 1765.7 | 0.869 | 212.2 |
Kingston MobileLite G4 UHS-II | 95.699 | 66.985 | 89.917 | 17.781 | 6.522 | 1592.3 | 0.826 | 201.7 | 7.268 | 1774.5 | 0.867 | 211.7 |
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF8 Black | 95.360 | 66.903 | 80.364 | 16.834 | 6.096 | 1488.4 | 0.852 | 208.0 | 6.630 | 1618.8 | 0.853 | 208.2 |
Lexar Professional Dual Slot Reader | 95.308 | 67.083 | 89.784 | 17.343 | 6.131 | 1496.8 | 0.863 | 210.6 | 6.751 | 1648.2 | 0.868 | 212.0 |
Lexar Professional Workflow SR1 | 95.273 | 66.746 | 88.583 | 16.495 | 5.996 | 1464.0 | 0.832 | 203.2 | 6.580 | 1606.4 | 0.857 | 209.1 |
Delkin Dual Slot SD UHS-II and CF Card Reader | 95.023 | 65.754 | 88.803 | 10.117 | 6.543 | 1597.3 | 0.831 | 202.8 | 7.179 | 1752.7 | 0.823 | 201.0 |
Transcend SD Card Reader RDF5 Black | 94.997 | 66.290 | 88.451 | 17.190 | 4.890 | 1193.8 | 0.800 | 195.4 | 5.151 | 1257.6 | 0.804 | 196.2 |
Lexar Professional Dual Slot UHS-II Card Reader | 94.997 | 65.271 | 88.436 | 17.184 | 6.406 | 1563.9 | 0.791 | 193.1 | 7.038 | 1718.2 | 0.841 | 205.3 |
Delkin Travel Reader | 94.885 | 65.487 | 86.530 | 16.323 | 6.339 | 1547.5 | 0.820 | 200.3 | 7.090 | 1730.9 | 0.864 | 210.9 |
Kingston FCR-HS4 Card Reader | 94.842 | 66.976 | 88.759 | 13.759 | 6.315 | 1541.8 | 0.839 | 204.8 | 7.064 | 1724.7 | 0.875 | 213.6 |
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF9 | 94.774 | 65.206 | 88.612 | 16.989 | 6.256 | 1527.3 | 0.910 | 222.2 | 7.172 | 1751.1 | 0.867 | 211.7 |
Delkin Universal Memory Card Reader | 93.992 | 65.659 | 88.509 | 14.725 | 5.866 | 1432.1 | 0.914 | 223.0 | 6.650 | 1623.4 | 0.840 | 205.0 |
SanDisk ImageMate All-In-One USB 3.0 | 92.827 | 66.311 | 79.268 | 17.500 | 4.001 | 976.7 | 0.845 | 206.3 | 4.172 | 1018.6 | 0.775 | 189.2 |
Sony MRW-E90 XQD 2.0 / SD UHS-II Card Reader | 92.663 | 64.441 | 84.856 | 9.883 | 5.962 | 1455.5 | 0.676 | 164.9 | 6.737 | 1644.9 | 0.678 | 165.5 |
Kingston Multi-Card Reader FCR-HS3 | 90.115 | 64.192 | 61.883 | 15.938 | 6.493 | 1585.2 | 0.946 | 231.0 | 7.164 | 1749.0 | 0.875 | 213.6 |
In most cameras the Sony 94 MB/s card performed similarly to the SanDisk Extreme Plus. The Sony 94MB/s card did not perform well in the Canon 7D Mark II, reaching only 20.5 MB/s write speed. It also performed poorly in the Canon EOS Rebel T6i and T6s.
Sony 94MB/s 32GB Tested in Camera | Write Speed (MB/s) |
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Canon 80D | 58.9 |
Nikon D500 | 58.2 |
Canon 5D Mark IV | 57.9 |
Fuji X-Pro2 | 55.4 |
Canon 5Ds | 53.3 |
Nikon D7100 | 50.7 |
Nikon D5500 | 49.9 |
Nikon D3300 | 49.6 |
Nikon D7200 | 49.2 |
Nikon D810 | 49.0 |
Nikon D750 | 47.7 |
Samsung NX1 | 46.8 |
Fuji X-T10 | 44.1 |
Nikon D5300 | 39.3 |
Olympus PEN-F | 38.6 |
Olympus E-M5 II | 37.1 |
Pentax K-3 II | 34.4 |
Sony A7R II | 34.1 |
Canon 70D | 33.1 |
Sony A6000 | 33.0 |
Nikon D600 | 32.9 |
Canon 6D | 32.8 |
Sony A6300 | 32.0 |
Olympus E-M10 | 30.6 |
Olympus E-M1 | 29.5 |
Nikon D800 | 28.6 |
Olympus E-M5 | 27.2 |
Canon Rebel T6i/T6s | 20.8 |
Canon 7D Mark II | 20.5 |
Cameras tested with this card: Canon 5D Mark IV, Canon 5Ds, Canon 6D, Canon 7D Mark II, Canon 70D, Canon 80D, Canon Rebel T6i/T6s, Fuji X-Pro2, Fuji X-T10, Nikon D500, Nikon D750, Nikon D810, Nikon D800, Nikon D600, Nikon D7200, Nikon D7100, Nikon D5500, Nikon D5300, Nikon D3300, Olympus E-M1, Olympus E-M5, Olympus E-M5 II, Olympus PEN-F, Olympus E-M10, Pentax K-3 II, Samsung NX1, Sony A7R II, Sony A6000, Sony A6300
The following table contains information encoded in the SD card.
Sony 94MB/s 32GB SD — Internal Card Information | |
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Serial number (PSN) | 293602055 |
Product Name (PNM) | NCard |
Product Revision | 0.2 |
Manufacturer ID (MID) | 0x000082 |
OEM ID (OID) | JT |
Manufacture Date (MDT) | 08/2013 |
Total capacity | 32,194,428,928 bytes |
Compare prices on the Sony 94MB/s card. The lowest prices are highlighted in the table below. Prices are updated daily.
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Sony 94MB/s SD | 8 | N/A | Check price | Check price | |
Sony 94MB/s SD | 16 | $1.09 | $17.37 | Check price | |
Sony 94MB/s SD | 32 | $0.82 | $26.29 | Check price | |
Sony 94MB/s U3 | 32 | $0.59 | $19.00 | Check price | Check price |
Sony 94MB/s SD | 64 | $0.45 | $29.00 | Check price | |
Sony 94MB/s U3 | 64 | $0.55 | $34.99 | Check price | Check price |
Sony 94MB/s SD | 128 | $0.55 | $69.99 | Check price | |
Sony 94MB/s U3 | 128 | $0.90 | $115.00 | Check price | Check price |
Sony 94MB/s U3 | 256 | $0.87 | $222.49 | Check price | Check price |