What’s the difference between the Crucial X8 and Samsung T7?

If you are looking for an external solid state drive, you may run into the Crucial X8 and Samsung T7 during your search. So, what are the main differences between these two portable storage drives?

You can find out in this comparison guide for the external SSDs.

Quick Summary

The Crucial X8 and Samsung Portable T7 Solid State Drive use the same USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface in addition to being able to connect to USB Type-A and USB Type-C ports.

The two SSDs also have the same maximum sequential reading speed, which should lead to similar loading times and transfer speeds.

Both products also feature the same drop protection in addition to identical warranty coverage length.

The only difference between these two products is that the T7 offers a different version, called the T7 Touch, that uses your fingerprint as an extra security measure.

If you aren’t interested in using the fingerprint security feature, you can’t really go wrong with choosing either one of these SSDs over the other.

X8 vs. T7 Comparison Chart

You can take a look at Seeking Tech’s comparison table for X8 and T7 below.

What’s in the Box

Along with a solid state drive, both products come with a USB Type-C to USB Type-C cable and some documentation.

To connect with a USB Type-A port, the X8 includes an USB Type-C to USB Type-A adapter while the T7 includes an USB Type-C to USB Type-A cable.

You can check out a breakdown of the content included inside each retail box for both products below:

Crucial X8:

• Crucial X8 Portable SSD
• USB Type-C to USB Type-C cable
• USB Type-C to USB Type-A adapter
• Quick Start Guide

Samsung T7:

• Samsung Portable T7 Solid State Drive
• USB Type-C to USB Type-A cable
• USB Type-C to USB Type-C cable
• Quick Start Guide and Warranty Statement

Capacity Options

Both portable solid state drives in this versus showdown offer the same capacity options.

You can find a breakdown of the available versions below:

Crucial X8:

• 500 GB
• 1 TB
• 2 TB

Samsung T7:

• 500 GB
• 1 TB
• 2 TB

Fingerprint Security Option

The Samsung T7 is the only one of the two solid state drives to feature a fingerprint security option.

With the Samsung T7 Touch, you will be able to use your fingerprint to unlock the portable solid state drive. This is a great feature if you have sensitive data stored.

With the Samsung T7 Touch, you will be able to use your fingerprint to unlock the portable solid state drive. This is a great feature if you have sensitive data stored.  

Compatible Systems

The Crucial and Samsung external storage drives should support the following systems:

• PC
• Mac
• PlayStation 4
• PlayStation 4 Pro
• PlayStation 5
• Xbox One
• Xbox One S
• Xbox One X
• Xbox Series S
• Xbox Series X

For PlayStation 5 support, you can store and play backwards compatible PS4 games on the X8 and T7. While you can also store PS5 games, you won’t be able to directly play them off of either of these external storage drives.

For Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X support, you can store and play backwards compatible Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One games on these Crucial and Samsung external SSDs. While you can also store Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X games, you won’t be able to play them directly off of the X8 and T7.

Interface

The Crucial X8 Portable Solid State Drive and Samsung Portable T7 Solid State Drive both use the USB 3.2 Gen 2 as the interface.

Maximum Sequential Read Speed

The X8 and T7 are identical when it comes to maximum sequential reading. This means that both should have the very similar loading and transfer speeds.

You can take a look at the read speed specs for each capacity of both solid state drives below:

• 500 GB Crucial X8: Up to 1050 MB per second
• 1 TB Crucial X8: Up to 1050 MB per second
• 2 TB Crucial X8: Up to 1050 MB per second

• 500 GB Samsung T7: Up to 1050 MB per second
• 1 TB Samsung T7: Up to 1050 MB per second
• 2 TB Samsung T7: Up to 1050 MB per second

Drop Protection

Both of the portable SSDs in this comparison are built to protect against drops that are from a maximum height of 2 meters.

Warranty

Crucial X8 Portable Solid State Drive and Samsung Portable T7 Solid State Drive each comes with a 3-year warranty.

Resources:  

• https://content.crucial.com/content/dam/crucial/ssd-products/X8/flyer/crucial-X8-productflyer.pdf 
• https://s3.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com/global.semi.static/PSSD_T7_Series_Brochure_Web_2004.pdf