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.
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.
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 | 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 | 296.501 | 272.570 | 258.692 | 2.193 | 13.129 | 3205.3 | 2.345 | 572.5 | 13.514 | 3299.3 | 1.868 | 455.9 |
Delkin Black Rugged Card Reader | 294.917 | 272.357 | 224.285 | 2.263 | 10.173 | 2483.7 | 2.042 | 498.6 | 11.051 | 2697.9 | 1.641 | 400.7 |
Lexar Professional Workflow SR2 UHS-II | 288.546 | 268.693 | 229.882 | 2.275 | 11.939 | 2914.9 | 2.337 | 570.5 | 13.494 | 3294.4 | 1.951 | 476.4 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II USB-C Reader | 283.936 | 267.187 | 222.473 | 2.283 | 18.244 | 4454.0 | 2.241 | 547.2 | 13.191 | 3220.5 | 1.679 | 410.0 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro SD UHS-II Reader/Writer | 283.055 | 266.339 | 219.688 | 2.264 | 17.863 | 4361.0 | 2.218 | 541.5 | 12.494 | 3050.4 | 1.643 | 401.2 |
Sony S1 High Speed UHS-II Reader/Writer | 278.285 | 263.793 | 218.199 | 2.271 | 17.686 | 4317.8 | 2.068 | 504.9 | 11.841 | 2890.8 | 1.704 | 416.1 |
SanDisk ImageMate Pro Multi-Card Reader/Writer | 277.621 | 257.319 | 212.255 | 2.427 | 7.264 | 1773.4 | 2.121 | 517.8 | 6.473 | 1580.3 | 1.705 | 416.2 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II USB-C Reader SDDR-409 | 276.086 | 264.658 | 210.935 | 2.436 | 17.648 | 4308.5 | 2.122 | 518.1 | 12.836 | 3133.7 | 1.601 | 390.9 |
Lexar Professional Dual Slot UHS-II Card Reader | 266.035 | 250.406 | 197.877 | 2.277 | 12.257 | 2992.4 | 1.473 | 359.6 | 13.875 | 3387.4 | 1.921 | 469.1 |
Hama USB Type-C 3.1 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 264.525 | 252.669 | 213.459 | 2.131 | 20.167 | 4923.5 | 2.379 | 580.8 | 13.827 | 3375.7 | 1.720 | 420.0 |
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF9 | 247.073 | 232.294 | 200.476 | 2.062 | 17.821 | 4350.9 | 2.334 | 569.8 | 13.239 | 3232.2 | 1.835 | 448.1 |
Kingston FCR-HS4 Card Reader | 246.029 | 231.142 | 195.474 | 2.310 | 17.585 | 4293.3 | 2.348 | 573.3 | 13.314 | 3250.5 | 1.781 | 434.7 |
Delkin Dual Slot SD UHS-II and CF Card Reader | 246.000 | 232.629 | 197.285 | 2.063 | 13.925 | 3399.7 | 2.249 | 549.1 | 13.216 | 3226.7 | 1.791 | 437.4 |
Delkin Multi-Card CFast SD UHS-II microSD Reader | 245.511 | 233.562 | 192.143 | 2.434 | 19.962 | 4873.5 | 2.291 | 559.3 | 13.737 | 3353.7 | 1.784 | 435.5 |
Kingston MobileLite G4 UHS-II | 243.883 | 229.775 | 207.105 | 2.392 | 20.252 | 4944.3 | 2.304 | 562.6 | 13.642 | 3330.7 | 1.736 | 423.8 |
SanDisk Extreme Pro UHS-II SD Reader/Writer | 243.883 | 230.380 | 206.048 | 2.274 | 20.919 | 5107.2 | 2.280 | 556.5 | 13.341 | 3257.0 | 1.840 | 449.2 |
DriverGenius USB 3.1(G1) / 3.0 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 238.530 | 224.294 | 220.918 | 2.065 | 7.605 | 1856.8 | 2.116 | 516.7 | 11.575 | 2826.0 | 1.632 | 398.4 |
Sony MRW-E90 XQD 2.0 / SD UHS-II Card Reader | 238.232 | 221.569 | 220.881 | 2.065 | 12.996 | 3172.8 | 2.300 | 561.5 | 11.635 | 2840.7 | 1.628 | 397.5 |
Hama USB 3.0 UHS-II SD Card Reader | 95.857 | 91.435 | 87.625 | 1.243 | 7.967 | 1945.0 | 1.052 | 256.9 | 7.878 | 1923.4 | 1.264 | 308.6 |
Lexar Professional Dual Slot Reader | 94.620 | 93.958 | 92.240 | 1.325 | 12.588 | 3073.3 | 1.988 | 485.5 | 7.258 | 1772.0 | 1.278 | 312.1 |
Transcend Multi-Card Reader RDF8 Black | 94.517 | 93.849 | 92.041 | 1.434 | 13.341 | 3257.2 | 1.941 | 474.0 | 7.590 | 1853.1 | 1.240 | 302.7 |
Transcend SD Card Reader RDF5 Black | 94.271 | 92.443 | 90.484 | 1.155 | 8.592 | 2097.6 | 1.709 | 417.1 | 5.565 | 1358.5 | 1.306 | 318.9 |
Lexar Professional Workflow SR1 | 94.237 | 92.598 | 90.635 | 1.172 | 12.425 | 3033.4 | 1.999 | 488.1 | 7.292 | 1780.2 | 1.283 | 313.3 |
Delkin Travel Reader | 93.975 | 92.183 | 88.641 | 1.188 | 14.053 | 3430.9 | 1.983 | 484.2 | 7.891 | 1926.6 | 1.149 | 280.4 |
Delkin Universal Memory Card Reader | 93.514 | 93.298 | 90.877 | 1.048 | 12.388 | 3024.4 | 1.855 | 452.9 | 7.551 | 1843.5 | 1.237 | 302.0 |
SanDisk ImageMate All-In-One USB 3.0 | 92.102 | 91.078 | 80.832 | 1.339 | 6.205 | 1515.0 | 1.584 | 386.6 | 4.402 | 1074.6 | 1.006 | 245.6 |
Kingston Multi-Card Reader FCR-HS3 | 89.622 | 84.311 | 63.707 | 1.246 | 16.294 | 3978.1 | 2.031 | 495.9 | 7.891 | 1926.6 | 1.296 | 316.4 |
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) |
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Canon EOS R | 179.2 |
Fuji X-T3 | 164.2 |
Nikon D500 | 159.6 |
Olympus E-M1 II | 159.2 |
Sony A9 | 150.8 |
Fuji X-Pro2 | 112.1 |
Olympus PEN-F | 90.4 |
Olympus E-M5 II | 82.3 |
Canon 80D | 81.5 |
Canon Rebel T7i | 81.3 |
Nikon D7500 | 81.1 |
Canon EOS M5 | 81.1 |
Canon 77D | 81.0 |
Nikon D5600 | 79.9 |
Canon 5D Mark IV | 79.0 |
Nikon D7200 | 74.5 |
Nikon D5500 | 74.2 |
Canon Rebel T6i/T6s | 73.8 |
Nikon D7100 | 72.1 |
Canon 5Ds | 71.8 |
Fuji X-T10 | 56.8 |
Sony A7R II | 36.6 |
Pentax K-3 II | 36.6 |
Panasonic GH5 | 36.3 |
Sony A6300 | 35.2 |
Nikon Coolpix P1000 | 29.9 |
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 | |
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Serial number (PSN) | 2469902041 |
Product Name (PNM) | |
Product Revision | 1.0 |
Manufacturer ID (MID) | 0x000028 |
OEM ID (OID) | BE |
Manufacture Date (MDT) | 11/2014 |
Total capacity | 32,026,656,768 bytes |
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.
Compare prices on the Lexar Professional 2000x card. The lowest prices are highlighted in the table below. Prices are updated daily.
Card | Size GB | Lowest $ / GB | Prices | ||
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Amazon | B&H Photo | Adorama | |||
Lexar Professional 2000x SD UHS-II | 32 | $2.70 | $86.50 | Check price | Check price |
Lexar Professional 2000x SD UHS-II | 64 | $1.96 | $125.50 | Check price | Check price |
Lexar Professional 2000x SD UHS-II | 128 | $1.48 | $189.99 | Check price | Check price |