Comparison of memory cards

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This table provides summary of comparison of various flash memory cards, as of 2017.

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Common information

Unless otherwise indicated, all images are to scale.
Card familyStandards organizationsVarietiesEntry dateMaximum commercially available capacityPicture [1] Main features
CompactFlash SanDisk I1994512  GB (CF5 128*250 bytes) Compactflash-512mb.png Thinner (3.3 mm), flash only, now up to 512  GB, although standard goes up to 128  PB since CF 5.0 [2]
IIThicker (5.0 mm), older flash, but usually Microdrives, up to 128 PiB [2]
CFexpress CompactFlash Association 1.020171 TB Delkin CFexpress.png CFexpress Type B: XQD form factor (38.5x29.8x3.8mm), PCIe 3.0 x2 (1.97 GB/s), NVMe
2.02019?CFexpress Type A: 20x28x2.8mm, PCIe 3.0 x1 (1.0 GB/s), NVMe [3]

CFexpress Type C: 54x74x4.8mm, PCIe 3.0 x4 (4.0 GB/s), NVMe [3]

----PCIe 3.0 x8 (8,0 GB/s), NVMe
SmartMedia Toshiba 3.3/5 V1995128 MB Smartmedia card.jpg Very slim (45.0×37.0×0.76 mm), no wear leveling controller, up to 128 MB. This particular example shows the write protect sticker (the silver disc).
MultiMediaCard Siemens AG, SanDisk MMC 199716 GB MMC.png Slim and small (24×32×1.4 mm), up to 16 GB
RS-MMC/MMC Mobile2003/200516 GB RS-MMC.png Compact (24×18×1.4 mm), up to 16 GB
MMCplus200516 GB MMCplus.jpg Compact (24×32×1.4 mm), swifter, optional DRM, up to 16 GB
MMCmicro20054 GB Mmc-micro.PNG Subcompact (14×12×1.1 mm), optional DRM, 16 MB to 4 GB
Secure Digital SanDisk, Panasonic, Toshiba, Kodak, SD Association SD 19992 GB [4] Secure Digital Kingston 512MB.png Small (32×24×2.1 mm), DRM, up to 2 GB. [4] (2 GB cards use larger block sizes and may not be compatible with some host devices. See Article)
miniSD 20032 GB [4] MiniSD Card 256MB.png Compact (15×11×1 mm), DRM, up to 2 GB. [4] (2 GB cards use larger block sizes and may not be compatible with some host devices. See Article)
microSD 20052 GB [4] MicroSD card.jpg Subcompact (15×11×1 mm), DRM, up to 2 GB. [4] (2 GB cards use larger block sizes and may not be compatible with some host devices. See Article)
SDHC 200632 GB [4] SDHC memory card 8GB.png Same build as SD but greater capacity and transfer speed, 4 GB to 32 GB (not compatible with older host devices).
miniSDHC 200832 GB [4] SecureDigitalCard Mini.svg Same build as miniSD but greater capacity and transfer speed, 4 GB to 32 GB. 8 GB is largest in early-2011 (not compatible with older host devices).
microSDHC 200732 GB [4] MicroSDHC-Card.gif Same build as microSD but greater capacity and transfer speed, 4 GB to 32 GB. [5] (not compatible with older host devices)
SDXC 20091 TB Crystal128-sd-mmc-unmount.svg Same build as SD/SDHC, but greater capacity and transfer speed, 32 GB and higher. Standard goes up to 2 TB (not compatible with older host devices).
microSDXC 20092 TB [6] MicroSD Card Bottom.svg Same build as microSD/microSDHC, but greater capacity and transfer speed, 32 GB and higher. Standard goes up to 2 TB (not compatible with older host devices).
SDUC 2018not yet available Crystal128-sd-mmc-unmount.svg Same build as SD/SDHC/SDXC, but greater capacity and transfer speed. Standard goes up to 128 TB (not compatible with older host devices).
Memory Stick Sony, SanDisk Standard1998128 MB Memory Stick 64MB.png Slim and narrow (50×21.5×2.8 mm), optional DRM, up to 128 MB
PRO20034 GB Memory stick.jpg
(not to scale)
Slim and narrow (50×21.5×2.8 mm), swifter, optional DRM, up to 4 GB
Duo2003128 MB MemoryStickDuo32MB.jpg Compact (31×20×1.6 mm), optional DRM, up to 128 MB
PRO Duo2002-200632 GB MS-PRO-DUO.JPG Compact (31×20×1.6 mm), optional DRM, up to 32 GB
PRO-HG Duo2007-200832 GB SDMSHX3-008G-J31.jpg Compact (31×20×1.6 mm), swifter, optional DRM, up to 32 GB
Micro (M2)200616 GB Sony Memory Stick Micro M2 - 1GB-0423.jpg Subcompact (15×12.5×1.2 mm), optional DRM, up to 16 GB
Sony PS Vita Memory Card201264 GB Sony Playstation Vita Memory Card 16GB.jpg Subcompact (15×12.5×1.6 mm [7] ), compulsory DRM, up to 64 GB, proprietary (can be used on PS Vita only)
P2 (storage media) Panasonic MicroP2 201264 GBMicroP2 is a SDXC/SDHC card conforming to UHS-II (Ultra High Speed bus), and can be read by common SDHC/SDXC card readers.
xD Olympus, Fujifilm, SonyStandard2002-2007512 MB XD card 16M Fujifilm front.png Slim and small (20×25×1.78 mm), electrically identical to SmartMedia, no wear-leveling controller, up to 512 MB [8]
Type M20052 GB XD card typeM 1G Fujifilm.png Slim and small (20×25×1.78 mm) but slower read/write, no wear-leveling controller, up to 2 GB [8]
Type H20052 GB XD card typeH 512M Olympus.png Slim and small (20×25×1.78 mm) and swifter, no wear-leveling controller, up to 2 GB [8]
XQD card Sony & NikonStandard2011-2012>2 TB DS7 4260 PK.jpg High-capacity, high-speed standard using PCIe as interface
Universal Flash Storage Card Extensions Samsung UFS Card 2016>256 GBPackages the flash memory, currently soldered in shipping smartphones, into a removable card form factor. Uses the SCSI command set including queuing. The electrical interface makes use of differential signaling, which enables high bus speeds and robustness under noisy conditions and reduced pin count (compared to parallel bus alternatives such as UHS-I).
USB flash drive VariousUSB 1.1/2.0/3.0/3.12000/20011 TB+ Geil David 1GB AB.jpg
(not to scale)
Universally compatible across most non-mobile computer platforms, their greater size suits them better to file transfer/storage instead of use in portable devices

Physical details

Note that a memory card's dimensions are determined while holding the card with contact pins upwards. The length of cards is often greater than their width. Most cards show a directional arrow to aid insertion; such an arrow should be upward.

Memory card parameters.svg
CardWidth (mm)Length (mm)Thickness (mm)Volume (mm³)Mass (g) [9]
CompactFlash, Type I43.036.03.35,1083.3
CompactFlash, Type II43.036.05.07,740
SmartMedia 37.045.00.761,2652.0
MMC, MMCplus24.032.01.41,0751.3 [10]
RS-MMC, MMCmobile24.018.01.46051.3
MMCmicro 14.012.01.1185
SD, SDHC, SDXC, SDIO, MicroP2 24.032.02.11,6132.0
miniSD, miniSDHC, miniSDIO20.021.51.46021.0
microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC11.015.01.01650.27
Memory Stick Standard, PRO21.550.02.83,0104.0
Memory Stick Duo, PRO Duo, PRO-HG, XC20.031.01.69922.0
Memory Stick Micro (M2), XC12.515.01.22252.0
Nano Memory 12.3 [11] 8.80.776
PS Vita Memory Card1512.51.63000.6 [7]
XQD card 38.529.83.84,360
xD 25.020.01.788902.8
USB variesvariesvariesvariesvaries

Speed comparison

StandardSDUFS CardCFastXQDCFexpress
Version3.04.06.07.0 [12] 1.0/1.13.01.02.01.02.01.0?
Launched2010 Q22011 Q12017 Q1?2016 Q2 / 2018 Q12020 Q42008 Q32012 Q32011 Q42014 Q12017 Q2?
BusUHS-IUHS-IIUHS-IIIPCIeUFS 2.0UFS 3.0SATA-300SATA-600PCIe 2.0 x1PCIe 2.0 x2PCIe 3.0 x2PCIe 3.0 x8
Speed

(full-duplex)

104 MB/s156 MB/s624 MB/s1970 MB/s (?)600 MB/s1200 MB/s300 MB/s600 MB/s500 MB/s1000 MB/s1970 MB/s7880 MB/s

Technical details

CardVarietiesMax storage capacity (nom. in GiB)Theoretical max. capacity (nom. in GiB)Max read speed (MB/s)Max write speed (MB/s)Read-write cyclesLow-level accessOperating voltage (V) [13] Controller chip [14] # of pins
CompactFlash I512128  PiB [2]
(134,217,728  GiB)
167 [15] 167 [15] NOR/NAND 3.3 and 5Yes50
II12[ citation needed ]128  PiB [2]
(134,217,728  GiB)
167 [15] 167 [15]
SmartMedia 128  MiB
(0.125  GiB)
21,000,000 NAND 3.3 or 5No22
MMC MMC8128221,000,000 [16] 3.3Yes7
RS-MMC22 [17] 2 [17] 3.37
MMCmobile215 [18] 8 [18] 1.8 and 3.313
MMCplus4 [19] 52 [20] 52 [20] 3.313
MMCmicro21.8 and 3.310 [21]
eMMC2  TiB
(2048  GiB)
1041041.8 and 3.3YesVaries
Secure Digital [22] SD (SDSC)512425 [23] 253.3Yes9
miniSD 8252511
microSD 425258
SDHC 32 [24] 32104 (UHS-I)104 (UHS-I)1.8 and 3.3Yes9
miniSDHC 4 [25] 104 (UHS-I)104 (UHS-I)11
microSDHC 32 [5] 104 (UHS-I)104 (UHS-I)8
SDXC 512 [26] 2  TiB
(2048  GiB)
104 (UHS-I)1042.7–3.6 [27] Yes9
microSDXC 1 TiB [28] 104 (UHS-I)104 (UHS-I)8
Memory Stick Standard128  MiB
(0.125  GiB)
128  MiB
(0.125  GiB)
2.51.83.3Yes10
PRO42  TiB
(2048  GiB)
20203.3
PRO Duo32 [29] 20203.3
PRO-HG Duo32 [30] 30 (actual; [31]
theoretical: 60 [32] )
30 (actual; [31] theoretical: 60 [32] )3.3
Micro (M2)16 [33] 3220201.8 and 3.3
xC2  TiB
(2048  GiB)
60603.3
xD 512  MiB
(0.5  GiB)
512  MiB
(0.5  GiB)
533.3No18
Type M2842.5
Type H2854
Type M+2863.75
XQD 642+  TiB
(2+  GiB)
1681685
USB Full speed (USB 1)2048 [34]
(2  TiB)
No hardware limit115Yes4
High speed (USB 2.0)4040
Super speed (USB 3.0)240160

Consumer details

CardWrite protection switch [35] DRM
CompactFlash NoNo
SmartMedia Partial, stickerPartial (optional)
MMC, RS-MMCNoNo
MMCMobileYes, secureMMC
SD Yes [36] [37] Yes, CPRM
miniSD No
microSD No
Memory Stick Standard, PROYesOptional, MagicGate
Memory Stick Duo, PRO DuoNoOptional, MagicGate
Memory Stick PRO-HG DuoNoOptional, MagicGate
Memory Stick Micro (M2)NoOptional, MagicGate
PS Vita Memory CardNoYes, Proprietary
xD NoPartial [38]
USB SometimesNo

Compatibility

Chain of adapters:
microSD-miniSD-SD-CF MiNe-KissX 100-7096R (705470547).jpg
Chain of adapters:
microSD→miniSD→SD→CF

The following chart gives details on availability of adapters to put a given card (horizontal) in a given slot or device (vertical). This table does not take into account protocol issues in communicating with the device.

Following labels are used:

Card
Slot
CF CFast SM MMC Memory Stick SDSC SDHC SDXC xD XQD
IIIMMCRS-MMC, MMCmobileStdPROPRO DuoMicroSDSC miniSD microSD SDHC miniSDHC microSDHC SDXC microSDXC StdMH
ExpressCard E [39] E [39] E [40] E [41] E [41] E [40] E [40] E [40] E [42] E [40] E [40] E [40] EM
PCI Express Mini Card EM
mSATA XM
PC Card EM [43] EM [43] E [44] E [45] E [45] E [45] E [45]
PCMCIA EM [43] EM [43] E [44] E [45] E [45] E [45] E [45]
CF I++EE [46] E [47] E [47] E [48] E [46] E [49] E [49] E [49]
CF II+EE [46] E [47] E [47] E [46] E [49] E [49] E [49]
CFast+
SM+X [50] X [50] X [50]
xDE [51] +++
XQD+
MMC+MD [52]
MSX [53] ++MMX [53] X [53] E [54]
SDSCDM+EMEM
miniSD+EM
microSD+
SDHCD [55] EMEM+EMEM
miniSDHCD [55] EM+EM
microSDHCD [55] +
SDXCuscbD [56] EMEMD [56] EMEM+EM
microSDXCD [56] D [56] +
IDE PATAEM [57] EM [57] E [58] [59]
Serial ATAE [60] E [60] EM
PCI ExpressEM
USBX [61] X [61] X [61] X [61] X [61] X [61] E [62] E [62] E [63] E [64] X [61] X [61] X [61] X
FloppyE [65] EE + MEE
Nintendo DS Slot-1 E [66]
Nintendo DS Slot-2 E [67] E [67] E [67]

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