They are small, robust and fast: SSD hard drives offer additional storage space for documents, photos and other data. We had 40 external SSD hard drives tested. 27 were awarded the test quality rating of Good. But it's worth taking a look at the details: We discovered significant differences in price and maximum achievable speed...

The Seagate Firecuda Gaming SSD achieves the best transfer rates in the test and is also the test winner. However, it is significantly more expensive than the WD.

The Seagate Firecuda Gaming SSD achieves the best transfer rates in the test and is also the test winner. However, it is significantly more expensive than the WD.

The Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSD delivers very good transfer rates and is ideal for moving games off the laptop. Those with USB 3.2 2x2 can even achieve over 1500 MByte/s.

Double victory for Sandisk in the external SSDs with conventional technology: The Sandisk Extreme Portable won in both sizes: 500 gigabytes (90 euros) and 1 terabyte (140 euros). The fast SSDs with NVMe technology were really close: the WD Black P50 Game Drive (225 euros) won by a narrow margin...

The Seagate FireCuda Gaming SSD convinces with very good transfer rates and is therefore ideal for moving games from the laptop. Those with USB 3.2 2x2 can even achieve over 1500 MByte/s.