If i connect this drive to a tb3 port, what speed will i get?

This is one of the first USB-C 3.2 gen 2X2 devices on the market. SanDisk claims read/write speeds of up to 2GB/s, which is 16Gbps. Obviously, a 5Gbps USB 3.0 connection or a 10 Gbps USB 3.1/3.2 gen 2 connection won't be sufficient to support the drive's maximum bandwidth requirements. USB-C 3.2 gen 2X2 supports a speed of 20 Gbps, which is sufficient to support this drive. Unfortunately, very few computers and no USB hubs that I know of support the gen 2X2 standard yet. However, a TB3 port, with its speed of 40 Gbps, will support this drive at its maximum read/write speeds of 2GB/s. Right now, TB3 is the only way to get the rated speed out of it. Otherwise, you might as well get the old version.

Would a macbook pro 2013, read and write 2000 mb/s? or would i need a 2x2 ucb-c port? because i know it depends on the device/host to get the 2000mb/s

Macbook Pro 2013 (Retina, 13", late 2013) has two Thunderbolt 2 and two USB 3 Type A ports (or what is now called USB 3.2 Gen1). you should use the correct caps for the terms (e.g. MB/s vs Mb/s, etc), because they mean different things and people are often confused when x doesn't do y because of it. MB or GB is Mega or Giga "byte". Mb or Gb is Mega or Giga "bit". The Thunderbolt 2 ports have transfer speed up to 20Gb/s (equal to 2.5GB/s or 2500MB/s). The USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A ports have transfer speed up to 5Gb/s (equal to 625MB/s). SanDisk Extreme Pro has capability of up to 2000MB/s (or 2GB/s) read/write, so to maximize read/write capability of the SanDisk you would want to use the Thunderbolt 2 ports. You'll need an USB C-Thunderbolt 2 adapter or USB C-Thunderbolt 2 cable, though. You can still use the USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type A port on the Macbook Pro 2013, but the bottle neck will be the 625MB/s transfer speed of the port versus the 2000MB/s read/write of the SanDisk drive.

No. It would easily fit in your shirt pocket and you might forget it was there. This is a very fast SSD external hard drive. If I purchase any more external hard drives, this one will probably be the one I purchase again. I highly recommend it. Having said that, I wouldn't give you two cents for their worthless customer support.

Brand	SanDisk
Manufacturer	Quanta Storage(Shanghai) Ltd, Western Digital UK Ltd, No.6 Aalley 66 Sanzhuang Road., SongJiang Free Trade Zone, Shanghai china
Series	Sandisk Extreme Portable Pro SSD
Colour	Black
Form Factor	2.5-inch
Item Height	4.36 Inches
Item Width	2.28 Inches
Standing screen display size	75
Product Dimensions	1.04 x 5.79 x 11.07 cm; 77.11 g
Item model number	SDSSDE81-2T00-G25
Processor Count	4
Hard Drive Size	2 TB
Hard Disk Description	Solid State Hard Drive
Hard Drive Interface	Solid State
Graphics Card Interface	AGP
Number of USB 2.0 Ports	1
Hardware Platform	PC, Andriod, Mac
Are Batteries Included	No
Lithium Battery Energy Content	2 Kilowatt Hours
Lithium Battery Weight	2 g
Number of Lithium Ion Cells	5
Number of Lithium Metal Cells	5
Included Components	Extreme Pro Portable SSD
Manufacturer	Quanta Storage(Shanghai) Ltd
Country of Origin	China
Item Weight	77.1 g

SanDisk 2TB Extreme Pro Portable SSD 2000MB/s R/ W, Upto 3 meter drop protection with IP65 water and dust resistance, Metal Enclosure, PC, MAC & TypeC Smartphone Compatible, 5Y Warranty,External SSD

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