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Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II 32GB SD Memory Card Review

Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II 32GB U3 SDHC Memory Card Front

Introduction

The Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II SD card is the fastest SD card offered by Lexar as of early 2015. UHS-II cards feature a new high-speed interface that operates at 312MB/s bus speed. The Lexar card claims a read speed of 300MB/s for the 2000x card. Currently there are only a limited number of digital cameras that support the UHS-II interface: Fujifilm X-T1, Samsung NX1 and Olympus OM-D E-M5 II. UHS-II cards are backwards compatible and operate at UHS-I speed in devices without UHS-II compatibility. In UHS-I mode the Lexar 2000x has a read speed of 95MB/s. The Lexar 2000x cards are available in 32 and 64 GB capacities. The 32GB version is tested here.

Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II 32GB SDHC U3 Memory Card Back

To support the new high-speed UHS-II bus, a second row of contacts are located next to the standard SD contacts. These correspond with an extra set of pin in UHS-II compatible devices. A compact UHS-II USB 3.0 SD card reader is included with Lexar 2000x cards.

Lexar LRWM04U-7000

Performance

The Lexar 2000x card was tested in several card readers in addition of digital cameras. In memory card readers the Lexar 2000x came very close to its 300MB/s read rating, reaching 296.5MB/s in the included card reader. It measured an amazing sequential write speed of 272.6 MB/s in the same reader. It performed nearly as well in other UHS-II card readers. In UHS-I readers it is limited to UHS-I speed, but still posted very respectable numbers.

Card: Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II 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

Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II 32GB
Card Reader Benchmarks
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Lexar LRWM04U-7000 UHS-II Reader296.501272.570258.6922.19313.1293205.32.345572.513.5143299.31.868455.9
Delkin Black Rugged Card Reader294.917272.357224.2852.26310.1732483.72.042498.611.0512697.91.641400.7
Lexar Professional Workflow SR2 UHS-II288.546268.693229.8822.27511.9392914.92.337570.513.4943294.41.951476.4
SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II USB-C Reader283.936267.187222.4732.28318.2444454.02.241547.213.1913220.51.679410.0
SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II Reader/Writer283.055266.339219.6882.26417.8634361.02.218541.512.4943050.41.643401.2
Sony S1 High Speed UHS-II Reader/Writer278.285263.793218.1992.27117.6864317.82.068504.911.8412890.81.704416.1
SanDisk ImageMate Pro Multi-Card Reader/Writer277.621257.319212.2552.4277.2641773.42.121517.86.4731580.31.705416.2
SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II USB-C Reader SDDR-409276.086264.658210.9352.43617.6484308.52.122518.112.8363133.71.601390.9
Lexar Professional Dual Slot UHS-II Card Reader266.035250.406197.8772.27712.2572992.41.473359.613.8753387.41.921469.1
Hama USB Type-C 3.1 UHS-II SD Card Reader264.525252.669213.4592.13120.1674923.52.379580.813.8273375.71.720420.0
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF9247.073232.294200.4762.06217.8214350.92.334569.813.2393232.21.835448.1
Kingston FCR-HS4 Card Reader246.029231.142195.4742.31017.5854293.32.348573.313.3143250.51.781434.7
Delkin Dual Slot SD UHS-II and CF Card Reader246.000232.629197.2852.06313.9253399.72.249549.113.2163226.71.791437.4
Delkin Multi-Card CFast SD UHS-II microSD Reader245.511233.562192.1432.43419.9624873.52.291559.313.7373353.71.784435.5
Kingston MobileLite G4 UHS-II243.883229.775207.1052.39220.2524944.32.304562.613.6423330.71.736423.8
SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD Reader/Writer243.883230.380206.0482.27420.9195107.22.280556.513.3413257.01.840449.2
DriverGenius USB 3.1(G1) / 3.0 UHS-II SD Card Reader238.530224.294220.9182.0657.6051856.82.116516.711.5752826.01.632398.4
Sony MRW-E90 XQD 2.0 / SD UHS-II Card Reader238.232221.569220.8812.06512.9963172.82.300561.511.6352840.71.628397.5
Hama USB 3.0 UHS-II SD Card Reader95.85791.43587.6251.2437.9671945.01.052256.97.8781923.41.264308.6
Lexar Professional Dual Slot Reader94.62093.95892.2401.32512.5883073.31.988485.57.2581772.01.278312.1
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF8 Black94.51793.84992.0411.43413.3413257.21.941474.07.5901853.11.240302.7
Transcend SD Card Reader RDF5 Black94.27192.44390.4841.1558.5922097.61.709417.15.5651358.51.306318.9
Lexar Professional Workflow SR194.23792.59890.6351.17212.4253033.41.999488.17.2921780.21.283313.3
Delkin Travel Reader93.97592.18388.6411.18814.0533430.91.983484.27.8911926.61.149280.4
Delkin Universal Memory Card Reader93.51493.29890.8771.04812.3883024.41.855452.97.5511843.51.237302.0
SanDisk ImageMate All-In-One USB 3.092.10291.07880.8321.3396.2051515.01.584386.64.4021074.61.006245.6
Kingston Multi-Card Reader FCR-HS389.62284.31163.7071.24616.2943978.12.031495.97.8911926.61.296316.4

Testing with digital cameras is ongoing; the list below is updated when new cameras are tested with this card. So far it has provided the highest write speed measured in both UHS-II and UHS-I cameras.

Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II 32GB
Tested in Camera
Write Speed
(MB/s)
Canon EOS R179.2
Fuji X-T3164.2
Nikon D500159.6
Olympus E-M1 II159.2
Sony A9150.8
Fuji X-Pro2112.1
Olympus PEN-F90.4
Olympus E-M5 II82.3
Canon 80D81.5
Canon Rebel T7i81.3
Nikon D750081.1
Canon EOS M581.1
Canon 77D81.0
Nikon D560079.9
Canon 5D Mark IV79.0
Nikon D720074.5
Nikon D550074.2
Canon Rebel T6i/T6s73.8
Nikon D710072.1
Canon 5Ds71.8
Fuji X-T1056.8
Sony A7R II36.6
Pentax K-3 II36.6
Panasonic GH536.3
Sony A630035.2
Nikon Coolpix P100029.9

Cameras tested with this card: Canon EOS R, Canon 5D Mark IV, Canon 5Ds, 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, Sony A7R II, Sony A9, Sony A6300

When downloading 4GB batches of RAW image files from the card, transfers measured around 250MB/s.

Lexar Professional series memory cards have a limited lifetime warranty.

Made in Korea.

The following table contains information encoded in the SD card.

Lexar Professional 2000x UHS-II 32GB SD — Internal Card Information
Serial number (PSN)2469902041
Product Name (PNM)
Product Revision1.0
Manufacturer ID (MID)0x000028
OEM ID (OID)BE
Manufacture Date (MDT)11/2014
Total capacity32,026,656,768 bytes

Recommendation

Want the fastest card available? The Lexar 2000x is the new card to beat. It surpassed all other UHS-II cards in benchmark and camera tests and also provided the fastest write speeds in UHS-I mode. All this performance does come at a cost, but it is currently priced much lower than the SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II card and offers superior performance.

Available sizes and prices

Compare prices on the Lexar Professional 2000x card. The lowest prices are highlighted in the table below. Prices are updated daily.

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AmazonB&H PhotoAdorama
Lexar Professional 2000x SD UHS-II32$2.70$86.50Check priceCheck price
Lexar Professional 2000x SD UHS-II64$1.96$125.50Check priceCheck price
Lexar Professional 2000x SD UHS-II128$1.48$189.99Check priceCheck price