Product comparison · 2 external solid state drives

Kingston Technology XS1000 Red vs Seagate Pro5 Thunderbolt technology

11specifications compared
10differ
1identical
23known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Pro5 Thunderbolt technology has 3 TB more SSD capacity than the Kingston Technology XS1000 Red (4 TB vs 1 TB). The Seagate Pro5 Thunderbolt technology has 5,650 MB/s more read speed than the Kingston Technology XS1000 Red (6700 MB/s vs 1050 MB/s). The Seagate Pro5 Thunderbolt technology has 4,300 MB/s more write speed than the Kingston Technology XS1000 Red (5300 MB/s vs 1000 MB/s). Only the Seagate Pro5 Thunderbolt technology has Thunderbolt technology. USB version: 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) on the Kingston Technology XS1000 Red, USB4 Gen 2x2 on the Seagate Pro5 Thunderbolt technology.

SSD capacity
- XS1000 Red:1 TB
- Pro5 Thunderbolt technology:4 TB
Read speed
- XS1000 Red:1050 MB/s
- Pro5 Thunderbolt technology:6700 MB/s
Write speed
- XS1000 Red:1000 MB/s
- Pro5 Thunderbolt technology:5300 MB/s
USB version
- XS1000 Red:3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2)
- Pro5 Thunderbolt technology:USB4 Gen 2x2
Thunderbolt technology
- XS1000 Red:No
- Pro5 Thunderbolt technology:Yes
Product colour
- XS1000 Red:Red
- Pro5 Thunderbolt technology:Blue
Width
- XS1000 Red:32.6 mm
- Pro5 Thunderbolt technology:98 mm
Depth
- XS1000 Red:69.5 mm
- Pro5 Thunderbolt technology:65 mm

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Comparison of XS1000 Red, Pro5
34 specifications	A Kingston Technology XS1000 Red View product	B Seagate Pro5 Thunderbolt technology Model Pro5 View product
Solid state drive3 differ
SSD capacityDiffers	1 TB	4 TB
Read speedDiffers	1050 MB/s	6700 MB/s
Write speedDiffers	1000 MB/s	5300 MB/s
SSD form factorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.5"
Ports & interfaces2 differ
USB versionDiffers	3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2)	USB4 Gen 2x2
Thunderbolt technologyDiffers	No	Yes
Wi-FiKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Thunderbolt versionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	80 Gbit/s
Features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Red	Blue
Housing materialKnown for one	Metal, Plastic	Unknown — not stated by the source
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Windows 10, Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Education x64, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Home x64, Windows 10 IOT Core, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 10 x64, Windows 11, Windows 11 Enterprise, Windows 11 Enterp	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina, Mac OS X 10.15.3 Catalina, Mac OS X 11.0 Big Sur, Mac OS X 12.0 Monterey, Mac OS X 13.0 Ventura, Mac OS X 14.0 Sonoma	Unknown — not stated by the source
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mobile operating systems supportedKnown for one	Android, iOS 13, iOS 13.4, iPadOS 13, iOS 14, iPadOS 14, iOS 14.5, iPadOS 17.1.1, iOS 15, iPadOS 17.4, iOS 16, iPadOS 17.5	Unknown — not stated by the source
Country of originKnown for one	China, Taiwan	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	0 - 40 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-20 - 85 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	32.6 mm	98 mm
DepthDiffers	69.5 mm	65 mm
HeightDiffers	13.5 mm	17 mm
WeightDiffers	44.8 g	150 g
Packaging dataidentical
Package widthKnown for one	82.5 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package depthKnown for one	24.1 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package heightKnown for one	123.2 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package weightKnown for one	63.27 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Cables includedKnown for one	USB Type-C to USB Type-A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Logistics dataidentical
Master (outer) case widthKnown for one	139.7 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Master (outer) case lengthKnown for one	222.2 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Master (outer) case heightKnown for one	184.2 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Master (outer) case gross weightKnown for one	1.12 kg	Unknown — not stated by the source
Products per master (outer) caseKnown for one	15 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Securityidentical
International Protection (IP) codeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	IP68

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