exFat vs NTFS File System Comparison Benchmark for Flash Drives - PCWizKid

Comment below, what do you think about this? Would you use exFAT on your Flash Drive? Do you have files larger than 4GB to transfer?

[amarjiith]

NTFS is better than exfat. If you are copying a single large file, exfat is about 5-6 % faster. But when you transfer small files (1MB) then you will find exfat is about 30% slower than NTFS. This difference is too much to bear. If you don't believe me try copying 1GB single file on both NTFS and exfat and compare time taken. Now, Take 1000 files of 1MB and copy it to the same drive formatted at NTFS and Exfat

Conclusion: exfat faster only for sequential writing. While overall NTFS is better

[Fridgemusa]

Was anyone else waiting for this guy to say diddly?

[gadineshkumar]

Thanks man. Really useful for choosing between NTFS and exFAT.

[alakhrajsharma]

Thank you very much. I have formatted my HDD to gpt as exfat and it works more better than Ntd’s at gpt.

[PF-givv]

I like to used NTFS on my SD cards because I can set the files to read only, thus stops accidental alterations and deletions.

[PCDRAGONHD]

thanks bro helped me allot formating my 64gb kingston flash drive to exFAT, works far bether for me than ntfs on this one =)

[WisdomTree]

very much informative, you're great.
thanks.

[RobertsKristins]

OS x support NTFS only with third part software

I have to use external drives formated as exFAT 'cuz other people in my office use mac and is way slower than NTFS, you notice the difference right away while working with these drives at Premiere and other edition softwares..

[midfingr]

exFAT is great for transferring large files to other Windows computers via flash drive for example.

[goblinondrums]

This is perfect. Thanks so much for posting this! No gimmicks or whistles. Straight to the point and well explained. Thanks!

[evilmadness]

I got 2 Seagate 8TB Hard Drives I formatted both to exFAT it seems to run faster and can be converted to large Hard Drives over 4TB's which is what I had before. NTFS is more of a universal format. Better than FAT16-32 but still not as good as exFAT more people should format to exFAT especially for the bigger Hard Drives coming out now.

[LucaDigioia]

Good!! Way to go Microsoft another closed standard 'cause we really need more of those! :)

[wputr]

I use ExFat for a HDD and it FLYES... Really faster than ntfs...

[VIXXZ]

so the device that can read only far 32 can it read ex fat ?

[LigerZero]

i didnt know exfat wasnt meant for hard drives until now
holy crap, my P drive was formatted to exfat since 2009, maybe i should reformat to ntfs

[kovavla]

It's easy to install extra Linux drivers/tools that enable exfat support. However, some devices, like smart TVs that run Linux, cannot be accessed for extra software installation.
I wonder why computer users always have to be bothered with proprietary software standards. Nobody should "own" a good 64 bit filesystem standard that is supported by all sorts of OS.

[AestheticDelta]

sdxc 256 gb came already formatted clean straight from the box at 238 gb exFat.  Sticking to exFat on this one.

[CRONIKMASTERBATR]

how do I reformat a usb that is exFAT that wont let me... it says disk it is write protected ... I cant use CMD to do it because when I get in there clean it it says its write protected and its exFAT?? what can I do I already saw the turorials and still isn't working

[abrahammartin]

What about the allocated unit size? What is the purpose of that?