I've moved files (the same ones, from the same drive, to the same computer) using USB 2.0, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and eSATA. eSATA is the winner, with around 100mb/s, FireWire runs at around 80mb/s for me. 400 around 50mb/s and USB 2.0 around 30mb/s. I find USB is much slower when moving a lot of smaller files than FW or eSATA is, but it's not THAT bad for big files. It drops to around 10mb/s with a bunch of small files. FW and eSATA don't seem to drop all that much. At least in my testing.
Such a biased comparison lol. Read/Write are completely different, SSD/HDD are completely different. USB/Firewire are very similar in speed.
I regularly read-copy at 30 MB/s with USB2.0 with a cheap external 500gb HDD. 6 minutes for 200mb is absurd. As a matter of fact I just read-copied my 20.7gb World of Warcraft folder in 9 minutes.
Yeah the difference is huge. USB 2 takes for even when load in 10GB+ onto my ext drive, And I'm still using FW400 and it does everything so much better.
@RCTPatriot75 they're really not. not in a real-world scenario. Every benchmark I've run on mine and my family's computers all place FireWire 400 above USB 2.0 in sequential & random reads and writes.
well firewire is better if you ask me but c'mon thei difference it is not like one 6 secs and the other 6 min,except if you used usb1 not 2.It is a fact though firewire is faster than usb
@alampandatennisrack - Yes, I believe it only had USB 1.1 - Also, I got all 9 comments you left. This first one was enough. I deleted the other 8 in case you were wondering.
@alampandatennisrack sorry, idk - i hate this new youtube interface and yes i got 9 comments saying the same thing form you. idk why it did that. Sometimes I get 1 or 2 duplicates but never as much as 9.
this test is wrong in so many ways! in order to be correct, you have to use ONE SINGLE hard drive that has both usb and firewire... and use it with ONE SIGNLE computer only! and test only for copying FROM or TO a hard drive (READ and WRITE speed are different in almost everything).
"This was just a test for fun, not an official benchmark"
sorry but you cant really misinform people with wrong results then calling it "for fun". if it is for fun, keep it to yourself! thanks
So your saying that because I was writing to flash memory it would be slower then writing to a hard drive? Sorry, but flash memory is FASTER then a spinning hard drive. Ever hear of an SSD? So your comment doesn't make much since. Coping from HD to HD was faster then HD to Flash. And the flash should have been faster, but was limited to the speed of USB.
next time do this with both interfaces on the SAME COMPUTER. the computer has to copy the files in the process of sending, which does make a difference. copy and paste that set of files on one computer to the desktop or wherever, then do the same on the other -- see which one copies faster, and you'll see the difference. firewire is faster, but not THAT much faster (remember 800Mbps = megaBITS/second, which is ~100megaBYTES/s theoretical max, USB 2.0 is 60MB/s)
And how would you do a direct transfer with USB? - You can't. You have to move it onto a device, like a flash drive, and then move it again onto the other computer. With firewire, you can go direct with Target Disk mode like I did
Great Presentation
Samiulla1989 1 year ago
I've moved files (the same ones, from the same drive, to the same computer) using USB 2.0, FireWire 800, FireWire 400 and eSATA. eSATA is the winner, with around 100mb/s, FireWire runs at around 80mb/s for me. 400 around 50mb/s and USB 2.0 around 30mb/s. I find USB is much slower when moving a lot of smaller files than FW or eSATA is, but it's not THAT bad for big files. It drops to around 10mb/s with a bunch of small files. FW and eSATA don't seem to drop all that much. At least in my testing.
TalesOfWar 1 year ago
@TalesOfWar That sounds about right!
sdschramm 1 year ago
Such a biased comparison lol. Read/Write are completely different, SSD/HDD are completely different. USB/Firewire are very similar in speed.
I regularly read-copy at 30 MB/s with USB2.0 with a cheap external 500gb HDD. 6 minutes for 200mb is absurd. As a matter of fact I just read-copied my 20.7gb World of Warcraft folder in 9 minutes.
FarFromAverageJoe 1 year ago
firewire is the best, fuck stupid usb
nvm1ws 1 year ago 2
Yeah the difference is huge. USB 2 takes for even when load in 10GB+ onto my ext drive, And I'm still using FW400 and it does everything so much better.
pokeeto2 1 year ago
The problem is the memory chip performance, may be..
needmoreyt 1 year ago
The transfer rates between firewire and 2.0 are basically identical.
RCTPatriot75 1 year ago
@RCTPatriot75 But their throughput and efficiency aren't.
sdschramm 1 year ago
@RCTPatriot75 they're really not. not in a real-world scenario. Every benchmark I've run on mine and my family's computers all place FireWire 400 above USB 2.0 in sequential & random reads and writes.
Distroi 11 months ago
well firewire is better if you ask me but c'mon thei difference it is not like one 6 secs and the other 6 min,except if you used usb1 not 2.It is a fact though firewire is faster than usb
w1o5w6 1 year ago
@w1o5w6 USB 1.1
sdschramm 1 year ago
My USB with case of HD SATA 2 with 1T/32MB RAM transfer at 32 MB/s. USB 2.0
dimy79 1 year ago
@dimy79 Thats too bad, because you should be getting 60MB/s
sdschramm 1 year ago
usb 2.0 does not take 6 min to transfer 200 mb of files, usb 1.1 does -_-
alampandatennisrack 1 year ago
@alampandatennisrack - Yes, I believe it only had USB 1.1 - Also, I got all 9 comments you left. This first one was enough. I deleted the other 8 in case you were wondering.
sdschramm 1 year ago
@sdschramm what the hell? 8 comments? i posted 1, wow youtube is being weird
alampandatennisrack 1 year ago
@sdschramm on mine, it says error, try again thats why i thought it didnt go through
alampandatennisrack 1 year ago
@alampandatennisrack sorry, idk - i hate this new youtube interface and yes i got 9 comments saying the same thing form you. idk why it did that. Sometimes I get 1 or 2 duplicates but never as much as 9.
sdschramm 1 year ago
@sdschramm lol me too, sorry about that
alampandatennisrack 1 year ago
noo my webcam is a miniDV and it have a usb
heinhachi 2 years ago
The USB connection will not stream video. That is to transfer still pictures from the memory card.
sdschramm 2 years ago
wrong usb is better
try it with a video
then you will see......
heinhachi 2 years ago
WRONG - FireWire was originally designed for video. Why do you think MiniDV cams ONLY support FireWire??
sdschramm 2 years ago
Techically firewire is better but is more expensive.
Nefus2 2 years ago
this test is wrong in so many ways! in order to be correct, you have to use ONE SINGLE hard drive that has both usb and firewire... and use it with ONE SIGNLE computer only! and test only for copying FROM or TO a hard drive (READ and WRITE speed are different in almost everything).
"This was just a test for fun, not an official benchmark"
sorry but you cant really misinform people with wrong results then calling it "for fun". if it is for fun, keep it to yourself! thanks
samsnow1984 2 years ago 22
So your saying that because I was writing to flash memory it would be slower then writing to a hard drive? Sorry, but flash memory is FASTER then a spinning hard drive. Ever hear of an SSD? So your comment doesn't make much since. Coping from HD to HD was faster then HD to Flash. And the flash should have been faster, but was limited to the speed of USB.
sdschramm 2 years ago
Actually, no. Most SSDs are slower than HDDs in write operations. Look it up.
Atheismrulez 2 years ago
@samsnow1984
I was to say the same until I read your comment :B
RamiroR 1 year ago
whats the song??
xxspadekingxx 2 years ago
"ThinkTank" by "audionautix"
sdschramm 2 years ago
next time do this with both interfaces on the SAME COMPUTER. the computer has to copy the files in the process of sending, which does make a difference. copy and paste that set of files on one computer to the desktop or wherever, then do the same on the other -- see which one copies faster, and you'll see the difference. firewire is faster, but not THAT much faster (remember 800Mbps = megaBITS/second, which is ~100megaBYTES/s theoretical max, USB 2.0 is 60MB/s)
mnash123 2 years ago
Sorry for not being technical. This was just a test for fun, not an official benchmark.
And I was using FireWire 400.
sdschramm 2 years ago
technicly to realy test this u must get both a firewire direct contact aka CPU TO CPU and a usb CPU TO CPU
sgtmas2006 2 years ago
And how would you do a direct transfer with USB? - You can't. You have to move it onto a device, like a flash drive, and then move it again onto the other computer. With firewire, you can go direct with Target Disk mode like I did
sdschramm 2 years ago
They have a "Windows to Windows" usb transfer but it works with a mac
sgtmas2006 2 years ago
WOW, thanks for the test!
hobohot 2 years ago