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Sandisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD with USB4

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Extreme PRO Portable SSD with USB4

Released March 2025.7Reviewtechradar.com/pro/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-reviewRead 14 October 2026Review of 16 March 2025 says the drive is available now from SanDisk and retailers. Forbes reported on 7 March 2025 that shipping had started, and Phototrend says SanDisk unveiled it in late February. March is the month with a verified first review Last checked 16 October 2026.

Interface
USB4
Form factor
External
Capacity
2 TB, 4 TB
Read speed
3,800MB/s

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General

Series
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Model numbers
SDSSDE82-2T00-G25, SDSSDE82-4T00-G252Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/external-ssd/sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssdRead 14 October 2026SanDisk's own links for the page carry sku=SDSSDE82-2T00-G25 and sku=SDSSDE82-4T00-G25. TechRadar's spec table also reads SDSSDE82-2T00-G25
GTIN / EAN
619659194376, 6196591944069Spec databasecamelcamelcamel.com/product/B0DN6DK3X4Read 14 October 2026Search summary of the 4TB SDSSDE82-4T00-G25 listing gives UPC 619659194406 and retailers list EAN 0619659194406. Search summary of Farnell Ireland's listing for the 2TB SDSSDE82-2T00-G25 gives 0619659194376, which is UPC 619659194376. Both pages block direct fetches. Both codes have valid check digits
Announced
November 20248Press articlechargerlab.com/sandisk-unveils-extreme-pro-usb4-portable-ssd-high-speed-durable-storage-up-to-4tbRead 14 October 2026ChargerLAB article dated 22 November 2024 says SanDisk introduced its first USB4 portable SSD. It gives no ship date or price. Forbes places the announcement in November 2024 alongside other Western Digital flash products, but its page could not be fetched
Status
Available2Maker product pagesandisk.com/products/ssd/external-ssd/sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssdRead 14 October 2026The page is live for the 2TB and 4TB with a sku selector
Predecessor
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Successor
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Launch price (US)
$279.993Reviewtomshardware.com/pc-components/external-ssds/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-2-tb-reviewRead 14 October 2026Spec table price $279 (2TB) and $429 (4TB), which are Amazon prices at review time and not stated as MSRP6Reviewthessdreview.com/hardware/portable-ssds/sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd-reviewRead 14 October 2026Review of 3 May 2025 states MSRP $279.99 US for the 2TB and 429.99 US for the 4TB. No maker page states a price7Reviewtechradar.com/pro/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-reviewRead 14 October 2026Asking price $279.99 (2TB) and $429.99 (4TB) in the US at review time
Launch price (EU)
Not available
Markets
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Colours
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Form factor
External1Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/portable-drives/extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd/data-sheet-sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd.pdfRead 14 October 2026Form Factor row reads Portable SSD
Capacity
2 TB, 4 TB1Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/portable-drives/extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd/data-sheet-sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd.pdfRead 14 October 2026Available Capacities row reads 2TB and 4TB. Footnote 2 says 1TB equals 1,000,000,000,000 bytes

Interface

Interface
USB41Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/portable-drives/extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd/data-sheet-sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd.pdfRead 14 October 2026Interface row reads USB4 Gen 3x2 (40Gb/s). The highlights say the drive supports Thunderbolt 4 hosts and works with older USB 3.2 and USB 2.0 devices
PCIe generation
Not available
PCIe lanes
Not available
NVMe version
Not available
Detachable cable
Yes3Reviewtomshardware.com/pc-components/external-ssds/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-2-tb-reviewRead 14 October 2026The cable is a separate item in the box and the drive has a USB-C port7Reviewtechradar.com/pro/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-reviewRead 14 October 2026The cable is separate from the drive. No USB-A adapter is included

Hardware

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Controller
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Flash type
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Flash memory
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Flash layers
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DRAM cache
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DRAM cache size
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Component sides
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Performance

Sequential read (claimed)
3,800MB/s1Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/portable-drives/extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd/data-sheet-sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd.pdfRead 14 October 2026Data Transfer Rates row reads up to 3800MB/s read. Footnote 1: based on internal testing, performance may be lower depending on host device, interface, usage conditions and other factors. 1MB is 1,000,000 bytes. The same figure is given for 2TB and 4TB
Sequential write (claimed)
3,700MB/s1Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/portable-drives/extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd/data-sheet-sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd.pdfRead 14 October 2026Up to 3700MB/s write, same footnote and same figure for 2TB and 4TB
Random 4K read (claimed)
Not available
Random 4K write (claimed)
Not available

Endurance and reliability

Endurance (TBW)
Not available
MTBF or MTTF (claimed)
Not available
Operating temperature
Min5Max45°C1Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/portable-drives/extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd/data-sheet-sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd.pdfRead 14 October 2026Operating Temperature 5 C to 45 C. The storage range of -20 C to 85 C is not stored

Power

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Power while reading (claimed)
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Power while writing (claimed)
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Max power consumption (claimed)
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Average power in light use (claimed)
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Idle power (claimed)
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Sleep power (claimed)
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Measured

Sequential read (measured)
3,717MB/s4Reviewssd-tester.com/sandisk_extreme_pro_mit_usb4_2tb.htmlRead 14 October 20262TB (SDSSDE82-2T00-G25), tested on 9 February 2026. CrystalDiskMark 7.0 SEQ1M Q8T1 read 3,717.23 MB/s. KitGuru has not reviewed this drive, so another reviewer is used. The test file size and the drive fill are not stated. The site says its tests since 2023 use an AMD Ryzen 9 7900 PC that can test USB4 drives, and it does not name the port. Tom's Hardware printed 3,716.62 MB/s read and 3,710.54 MB/s write in CrystalDiskMark 8 default settings on a Ryzen 7600X system, and TechRadar printed 3,810 and 3,662 MB/s, which agree within 3 percent
Sequential write (measured)
3,704MB/s4Reviewssd-tester.com/sandisk_extreme_pro_mit_usb4_2tb.htmlRead 14 October 20262TB. CrystalDiskMark SEQ1M Q8T1 write 3,703.80 MB/s, same conditions
Random 4K read at queue depth 1 (measured)
56.39MB/s4Reviewssd-tester.com/sandisk_extreme_pro_mit_usb4_2tb.htmlRead 14 October 20262TB. CrystalDiskMark RND4K Q1T1 read 56.39 MB/s, printed as 13,766.4 IOPS in the same table. 13,766.4 x 4096 / 1,000,000 gives 56.39
Random 4K write at queue depth 1 (measured)
19.4MB/s4Reviewssd-tester.com/sandisk_extreme_pro_mit_usb4_2tb.htmlRead 14 October 20262TB. CrystalDiskMark RND4K Q1T1 write 19.40 MB/s, printed as 4,736.3 IOPS. 4,736.3 x 4096 / 1,000,000 gives 19.40. ServeTheHome says the drive sustains 19 MB/second in 4K random writes
Write cache size (measured)
Not available
Write speed after the cache (measured)
1,100MB/s3Reviewtomshardware.com/pc-components/external-ssds/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-2-tb-reviewRead 14 October 20262TB. Iometer sequential write, 1MiB blocks, queue depth 32, 15 minutes. Text says the drive writes just below 3,500 MB/s for almost three minutes, then drops to around 1,100 MB/s for about five minutes, then to around 800 MB/s for the rest. The chart shows the plateau at about 1,150 MB/s. The first drop is stored. The 800 MB/s state is not. Cache size in GB is not printed, so it is not stored. PC Gamer saw a different pattern in its own test
3DMark Storage Benchmark
1,370points5Reviewstoragereview.com/review/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-review-fast-rugged-hugeRead 14 October 20262TB (1862GB exFAT partition). 3DMark Storage Benchmark overall score 1,370, average 229.23 MB/s at 128 microseconds. Test host: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Hero, DDR5-6000, RTX 4090, Windows 11 Pro. The USB port used is not stated
Highest temperature under load (measured)
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Idle power (measured)
Not available

Cooling and build

Heatsink
Not available
RGB lighting
Not available
Dust and water rating
IP653Reviewtomshardware.com/pc-components/external-ssds/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-2-tb-reviewRead 14 October 2026Text says SanDisk states an IP65 rating for water resistance7Reviewtechradar.com/pro/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-reviewRead 14 October 2026Says SanDisk tested the drive to IEC 60529 IP65, where it withstood water flow (30 kPa) for 3 minutes
Drop test height
2m3Reviewtomshardware.com/pc-components/external-ssds/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-2-tb-reviewRead 14 October 2026Text says SanDisk says the drive should survive drops up to two meters. The surface is not stated7Reviewtechradar.com/pro/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-reviewRead 14 October 2026Says the drive can survive a fall of 2 meters, and the claim does not detail what it fell onto

Security and software

Security
AES 256-bit hardware encryption, Password protection6Reviewthessdreview.com/hardware/portable-ssds/sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd-reviewRead 14 October 2026States the drive supports hardware encryption. The review gives no key length7Reviewtechradar.com/pro/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-reviewRead 14 October 2026Spec table Encryption row reads Hardware. Text says the drive supports hardware encryption8Press articlechargerlab.com/sandisk-unveils-extreme-pro-usb4-portable-ssd-high-speed-durable-storage-up-to-4tbRead 14 October 2026Reads 256-bit AES hardware encryption with password protection. No maker document for this model confirms it, and TechRadar and TheSSDReview confirm hardware encryption
Software
SanDisk Memory Zone8Press articlechargerlab.com/sandisk-unveils-extreme-pro-usb4-portable-ssd-high-speed-durable-storage-up-to-4tbRead 14 October 2026Reads the drive works with the SanDisk Memory Zone app on Android. The page also says drop protection up to 3 meters, which conflicts with the 2 m in SanDisk's product title and is not used

Compatibility

Platforms
Windows, macOS, PS5, Xbox Series X|S1Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/portable-drives/extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd/data-sheet-sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd.pdfRead 14 October 2026System Requirements row reads Windows 10+ | macOS 14+ | Xbox Series X|S | PS5. The Compatibility row names USB Type-C devices such as laptops and tablets without naming an operating system

Dimensions and weight

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Dimensions
Length140Width68.7Height11.9mm(5.5 × 2.7 × 0.5 in)1Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/portable-drives/extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd/data-sheet-sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd.pdfRead 14 October 2026Product Dimensions row reads 5.51 x 2.70 x 0.47 in | 140.00 x 68.70 x 11.90 mm. Tom's Hardware prints 140 x 68.58 x 11.94 mm, which is the same size in inches
Weight
172g(6.1 oz)1Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/portable-drives/extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd/data-sheet-sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd.pdfRead 14 October 2026Product Weight row reads 0.38 lb | 172 g

In the box

In the box
USB Type-C cable3Reviewtomshardware.com/pc-components/external-ssds/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-2-tb-reviewRead 14 October 2026Spec table row Included: USB Type-C cable. Text says the box holds the drive, a roughly 11-inch USB-C-to-USB-C cable and paperwork
Cables included
TypeLength (m)Count
USB-C to USB-C0.281
Source3Reviewtomshardware.com/pc-components/external-ssds/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-2-tb-reviewRead 14 October 2026Roughly 11-inch USB-C-to-USB-C cable, which is about 28 cm. TechRadar says the cable is 28cm long and TheSSDReview says 12 inches6Reviewthessdreview.com/hardware/portable-ssds/sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd-reviewRead 14 October 202612-inch USB4 Type-C to Type-C cable that also powers the drive7Reviewtechradar.com/pro/sandisk-extreme-pro-with-usb4-reviewRead 14 October 2026The 28cm long USB-C cable is the only accessory

Warranty

Manufacturer warranty (source market)
5years1Maker spec sheet (PDF)documents.sandisk.com/content/dam/asset-library/en_us/assets/public/sandisk/product/portable-drives/extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd/data-sheet-sandisk-extreme-pro-usb-4-portable-ssd.pdfRead 14 October 20265 year limited warranty. The data sheet names no market and points to sandisk.com/wug for terms

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Model numberGTINLaunch price (US)CapacitySequential read (claimed)Sequential write (claimed)Sequential read (measured)Sequential write (measured)Random 4K read at queue depth 1 (measured)Random 4K write at queue depth 1 (measured)Write speed after the cache (measured)3DMark Storage Benchmark
SDSSDE82-2T00-G25619659194376$279.992 TB3,800 MB/s3,700 MB/s3,717 MB/s3,704 MB/s56.39 MB/s19.4 MB/s1,100 MB/s1,370 points
SDSSDE82-4T00-G25619659194406$429.994 TB3,800 MB/s3,700 MB/sNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

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