Question about Samsung Portable T5

I asked myself the same question. Here are the 2 main differences:

1) As Ninchenl already mentioned, the T5 model has an additional (!) cable (USB-C to USB-C), the T3 model only has the USB-C to USB-A cable.

2) Perhaps a more important difference is the USB-C port: the T5 model has the USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps) and the T3 model USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5Gbps) interface. The transfer speeds in the brackets are, of course, maximum speeds. Samsung gives these figures: 540 MB/s (T5) and 450 MB/s (T3) read and not write speeds. According to external tests, these figures are very close. So the difference is about 10-20%.

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Now the question is whether a price difference of 25.- (500GB model) is worth it. It should also be noted that your laptop/tower etc. also needs a new USB 3.1 Gen 2 port in order to use the increased speed of the T5.

Hello

The main reason for my choice was that the T5 is the successor product to the T3. The products are more or less "the same".