Sony offers a variety of Secure Digital cards, and the 95MB/s U3 64GB SDXC card is the fastest UHS-I card offered. The card offers extreme 95MB/s read and 90MB/s write speeds, according to Sony. The U3 label means the card meets requirements for UHS Speed Class 3 by maintaining at least 30MB/s write speed for writing a video stream, which is necessary for 4K video cameras. The card is also ideal for continuous shooting applications in DSLR cameras. The Sony 95MB/s U3 card is offered in both 32 and 64 GB capacities.
This Sony 95MB/s card may be confused with the earlier 94MB/s card, as the two offer a similar read speed. However the 94MB/s card only offers a claimed 60MB/s write speed (in our benchmark tests that card reached 67MB/s sequential write), whereas the newer 95MB/s U3 card claims up to 90MB/s write speed.
Read and write speed were checked using benchmark software with a variety of USB 3.0 card readers. The Sony 95MB/s card earned is rating, with 95.7 MB/s maximum sequential write speed in the SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II card reader. The highest write speed benchmark was 89.3 MB/s in the Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF8.
Card: Sony 95MB/s U3 64GB
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 95MB/s U3 64GB 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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Delkin Black Rugged Card Reader | 98.099 | 86.760 | 85.335 | 6.386 | 4.152 | 1013.7 | 0.804 | 196.3 | 4.864 | 1187.4 | 0.822 | 200.6 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II Reader/Writer | 97.797 | 87.432 | 86.005 | 4.948 | 4.496 | 1097.7 | 0.388 | 94.7 | 5.144 | 1256.0 | 0.819 | 200.0 |
Sony S1 High Speed UHS-II Reader/Writer | 97.788 | 87.192 | 85.335 | 4.700 | 4.559 | 1113.0 | 0.697 | 170.2 | 4.958 | 1210.4 | 0.795 | 194.1 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II USB-C Reader SDDR-409 | 97.751 | 87.048 | 85.236 | 4.792 | 4.618 | 1127.5 | 0.743 | 181.3 | 5.020 | 1225.6 | 0.798 | 194.9 |
Lexar LRWM04U-7000 UHS-II Reader | 96.679 | 87.345 | 89.651 | 18.366 | 5.850 | 1428.3 | 0.880 | 214.8 | 7.051 | 1721.4 | 0.901 | 219.9 |
Hama USB 3.0 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 96.670 | 85.857 | 88.145 | 15.463 | 5.787 | 1412.9 | 0.845 | 206.3 | 6.839 | 1669.7 | 0.892 | 217.8 |
Lexar Professional Workflow SR2 UHS-II | 96.616 | 87.549 | 88.759 | 25.598 | 5.944 | 1451.2 | 0.888 | 216.7 | 7.040 | 1718.7 | 0.906 | 221.2 |
Hama USB Type-C 3.1 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 96.430 | 87.309 | 87.625 | 25.389 | 5.630 | 1374.5 | 0.868 | 212.0 | 7.209 | 1760.1 | 0.889 | 217.1 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD Reader/Writer | 95.717 | 88.376 | 89.681 | 26.846 | 6.204 | 1514.7 | 0.917 | 223.9 | 7.034 | 1717.3 | 0.935 | 228.3 |
Kingston MobileLite G4 UHS-II | 95.682 | 88.390 | 89.622 | 23.161 | 6.178 | 1508.2 | 0.910 | 222.1 | 7.093 | 1731.7 | 0.850 | 207.6 |
Delkin Dual Slot SD UHS-II and CF Card Reader | 95.455 | 88.079 | 89.197 | 12.117 | 5.817 | 1420.1 | 0.197 | 48.0 | 7.038 | 1718.3 | 0.931 | 227.3 |
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF8 Black | 95.282 | 89.256 | 89.592 | 21.356 | 5.562 | 1358.0 | 0.876 | 214.0 | 6.666 | 1627.6 | 0.899 | 219.5 |
Lexar Professional Dual Slot Reader | 95.230 | 88.145 | 89.534 | 22.259 | 5.724 | 1397.5 | 0.907 | 221.3 | 6.741 | 1645.9 | 0.925 | 225.8 |
DriverGenius USB 3.1(G1) / 3.0 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 95.143 | 86.005 | 86.717 | 25.134 | 5.135 | 1253.5 | 0.843 | 205.9 | 6.465 | 1578.4 | 0.880 | 214.8 |
Lexar Professional Workflow SR1 | 95.135 | 87.345 | 88.392 | 22.647 | 5.680 | 1386.7 | 0.907 | 221.5 | 6.430 | 1569.9 | 0.924 | 225.6 |
Delkin Multi-Card CFast SD UHS-II microSD Reader | 95.092 | 87.389 | 88.833 | 30.972 | 5.803 | 1416.9 | 0.847 | 206.7 | 6.926 | 1691.0 | 0.734 | 179.2 |
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF9 | 95.023 | 87.659 | 88.774 | 25.344 | 6.014 | 1468.4 | 0.903 | 220.5 | 7.011 | 1711.6 | 0.926 | 226.1 |
Transcend SD Card Reader RDF5 Black | 94.997 | 87.820 | 88.188 | 25.985 | 4.585 | 1119.4 | 0.843 | 205.9 | 5.071 | 1238.1 | 0.868 | 211.9 |
Delkin Travel Reader | 94.902 | 86.545 | 86.545 | 24.273 | 5.994 | 1463.5 | 0.906 | 221.3 | 7.060 | 1723.7 | 0.918 | 224.2 |
SanDisk ImageMate Pro Multi-Card Reader/Writer | 94.842 | 84.189 | 84.012 | 22.252 | 4.051 | 988.9 | 0.797 | 194.6 | 5.014 | 1224.0 | 0.801 | 195.6 |
Lexar Professional Dual Slot UHS-II Card Reader | 94.765 | 86.338 | 89.445 | 33.029 | 6.121 | 1494.3 | 0.870 | 212.3 | 7.016 | 1713.0 | 0.905 | 221.0 |
Kingston FCR-HS4 Card Reader | 94.739 | 86.281 | 88.436 | 5.188 | 5.716 | 1395.4 | 0.099 | 24.2 | 6.832 | 1667.9 | 0.915 | 223.5 |
Delkin Universal Memory Card Reader | 94.500 | 87.688 | 89.084 | 21.690 | 5.382 | 1314.1 | 0.851 | 207.7 | 6.591 | 1609.1 | 0.883 | 215.6 |
SanDisk ImageMate All-In-One USB 3.0 | 92.803 | 86.530 | 79.086 | 21.842 | 3.833 | 935.8 | 0.807 | 197.1 | 4.131 | 1008.5 | 0.821 | 200.4 |
Sony MRW-E90 XQD 2.0 / SD UHS-II Card Reader | 92.021 | 84.386 | 85.208 | 12.592 | 5.231 | 1277.0 | 0.099 | 24.2 | 6.608 | 1613.2 | 0.886 | 216.3 |
Kingston Multi-Card Reader FCR-HS3 | 90.130 | 80.499 | 62.477 | 27.848 | 5.947 | 1451.9 | 0.910 | 222.1 | 7.080 | 1728.5 | 0.930 | 227.0 |
We have yet to test this card in cameras, but it should offer performance similar to the Sony 95MB/s U3 32GB SDHC card we tested in the Canon 7D Mark II and Nikon D750. In-camera results will be added below when available.
Sony 95MB/s U3 64GB Tested in Camera | Write Speed (MB/s) |
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Canon Rebel T7i | 74.3 |
Canon 77D | 74.1 |
Canon 80D | 73.7 |
Canon 5D Mark IV | 72.8 |
Canon EOS M5 | 72.6 |
Nikon D500 | 71.5 |
Fuji X-Pro2 | 70.5 |
Sony A9 | 69.8 |
Canon EOS R | 69.5 |
Canon Rebel T6i/T6s | 68.7 |
Fuji X-T3 | 67.9 |
Canon 5Ds | 67.9 |
Nikon D7500 | 67.0 |
Nikon D5600 | 61.0 |
Nikon D7200 | 60.2 |
Nikon D5500 | 59.0 |
Nikon D7100 | 57.0 |
Fuji X-T10 | 54.2 |
Samsung NX1 | 52.2 |
Olympus PEN-F | 39.8 |
Olympus E-M1 II | 39.1 |
Olympus E-M5 II | 38.9 |
Panasonic GH5 | 36.8 |
Pentax K-3 II | 34.6 |
Sony A7R II | 34.2 |
Sony A6000 | 32.9 |
Nikon Coolpix P1000 | 32.5 |
Sony A6300 | 32.4 |
Canon 70D | 32.3 |
Canon 6D | 31.7 |
Cameras tested with this card: Canon EOS R, Canon 5D Mark IV, Canon 5Ds, Canon 6D, Canon 70D, Canon 77D, Canon 80D, Canon EOS M5, Canon Rebel T6i/T6s, Canon Rebel T7i, Fuji X-T3, Fuji X-Pro2, Fuji X-T10, Nikon D500, Nikon D7500, Nikon D7200, Nikon D7100, Nikon D5600, Nikon D5500, Nikon Coolpix P1000, Olympus E-M1 II, Olympus E-M5 II, Olympus PEN-F, Panasonic GH5, Pentax K-3 II, Samsung NX1, Sony A7R II, Sony A9, Sony A6000, Sony A6300
Sony SD cards have only a 1-year limited warranty. The card is made in Taiwan.
The following table contains information encoded in the SD card.
Sony 95MB/s U3 64GB SD — Internal Card Information | |
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Serial number (PSN) | 646972273 |
Product Name (PNM) | NCard |
Product Revision | 1.0 |
Manufacturer ID (MID) | 0x000082 |
OEM ID (OID) | JT |
Manufacture Date (MDT) | 07/2014 |
Total capacity | 64,826,114,048 bytes |
Compare prices on the Sony 95MB/s U3 card. The lowest prices are highlighted in the table below. Prices are updated daily.
Card | Size GB | Lowest $ / GB | Prices | ||
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Sony 95MB/s U3 SD | 32 | $0.50 | $15.99 | Check price | Check price |
Sony 95MB/s U3 SD | 64 | $0.55 | $34.99 | Check price | Check price |
Sony 95MB/s U3 SD | 128 | $0.65 | $82.57 | Check price | Check price |
Sony 95MB/s U3 SD | 256 | $0.74 | Check price | $189.95 | Check price |