SD compatibility list

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Note: always measure read speed with this command:

  • in left slot: dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 of=/dev/null bs=4MiB count=100
  • in right slot: dd if=/dev/mmcblk1 of=/dev/null bs=4MiB count=100

If you can afford destroying all your data, you can test write speed. But be careful, you will need to create a new partition table, afterwards! You can use Gparted to make new partition table.

  • in left slot: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=4MiB count=100
  • in right slot: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk1 bs=4MiB count=100


SDHC card brand Card size Card class Full name URL fat32 is working? ext2/3/4 are working? read speed MB/sec write speed MB/sec actual capacity (1K-blocks) Notes
Kingston 32GB 10 class 10, kingston 32GB (red) http://images.google.com/images?q=class+10+kingston+32GB like this, but 32GB: http://www.komputronik.pl/index.php/product/101490/Sprzet_komputerowy/Podzespoly_PC/Secure_Digital_16GB_Kingston_High_Capacity_Class_10.html yes no 15.2 ? ? doesn't have badblocks, seems that "Flash Translation Layer" is not suitable for ext filesystems
Pretec 32GB 10 class 10, Pretec 32GB 233x (white/green) http://images.google.com/images?q=class+10+pretec+32GB+233x yes no 14.1 12.4 ? doesn't have badblocks, seems that "Flash Translation Layer" is not suitable for ext filesystems
Kingston 1GB unknown Kingston 1GB (blue) looks very similar to this one, except that I have 1GB: http://www.komputronik.pl/index.php/product/26645/Sprzet_komputerowy/Podzespoly_PC/Secure_Digital_2GB_Kingston.html yes yes 12.5 ? ? ok
Pretec 4GB 10 Class 10, Pretec 4GB, 233x (white/green) http://images.google.com/images?q=class+10+pretec+4GB+233x yes yes - I had very few fsck problems, and after several tries running fsck, they eventually got corrected. 14.0 ? ? It looks very similar to that broken 32GB pretec. Except that this one almost works good.
Transcend 64GB 10 Transcend SDXC Card 64GB ULTIMATE CLASS 10 (PN:TS64GSDXC10) http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/ModDetail.asp?ModNo=286&LangNo=0&Func1No=1&Func2No=13 yes (needs more testing) no 16.1 16.1 ? After some time the system gives read/write errors. Works fine on a pc with linux with ext2/ext3.
Zap 32GB 4 Zap Glider 32GB Class 4 http://www.teknikmagasinet.se/db.pl?tf=product.html&artnr=181043 ? yus 16.6 4.6 ? Works fine
Sandisk 64GB 4 Sandisk 64GB SDXC Class 4 http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Secure-Digital-Capacity-Memory/dp/B003FVG3PC/ yes yes 16.1 4.5 62367744 Works fine
Transcend 32GB 10 Transcend 32GB SDHC Class 10 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-Flash-memory-card-Class/dp/B003P3MCXW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1301320598sr=8-1 ? no ? ? ? Has serious issues
Patriot 32GB 10 Patriot LX 32GB SDHC Class 10 (PSF32GSDHC10) http://www.bestdirect.ca/products/227442/Patriot/PSF32GSDHC10/ Yes No 18.1 12.6 ? Formatting EXT2 and then running fsck right after finds errors.
Kingston 32GB 4 Kingston 32 GB Class 4 SDHC http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Class-Memory-SD4-32GB/dp/B001C9P5TO No No 16 ? 31539200 Defective flash controller randomly loses writes regardless of filesystem. When attempting to write, blocks sometimes get erased but not written.
Kingston 16GB 4 Kingston 16 GB Class 4 SDHC http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Class-Memory-SD4-16GB/dp/B0013AV9TW No No 15 ? 15663104 Bad controller chip, fails in the same manner as the 32GB card.
SanDisk 32GB 4 SanDisk Ultra 32 GB Class 4 SDHC http://www.sandisk.com/products/imaging/sandisk-ultra-sdhc Yes Yes 16.4 7.1 ? OK.