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Crucial X6

1 TB
Price in EUR including VAT
EUR139,–/1TB
45Ratings
BrandMore from Crucial
Test reportsGood based on 3 tests
Delivered between Thu, 7-5 and Tue, 12-5
Only 1 piece in stock at supplier
free shipping

Product details

How much can you carry between your fingertips? With the Crucial X6 Portable SSD, the answer is: a lot. Whether you're downloading videos for offline travel, organizing family photos, collaborating with classmates, or on a great adventure, the Crucial X6 is ready to accompany you anywhere.

With speeds up to 3.8 times faster than a traditional hard drive, you can quickly load and transfer files with the Crucial X6 and get back to your day. Say goodbye to slow, fragile hard drives and long loading times forever.

With a capacity of up to 2 TB, you can take your digital life with you. Huge photo libraries, files, games, and movie collections now fit easily in your pocket. Weighing less than 42 grams, the Crucial X6 is lighter than your car keys.

The Crucial X6 has been proven to withstand drops from a height of 2 meters; it is shock and vibration resistant and can endure extreme temperatures—keeping your important files protected everywhere.

The X6 Portable SSD is the storage device that works with almost everything: PC, Mac, PS4, Xbox One, Android devices, and more. USB-C is already built-in.

Key specifications

USB ports
USB-C
Read transfer speed
540 MB/s
Form factor
2.5"
Documents
Brochure.pdf

General information

Item number
14082725
Manufacturer
Crucial
Category
External SSDs
Manufacturer no.
CT1000X6SSD9
Release date
5-2-2021

Colour

Colour
Black
Exact colour description
Black

Data storage properties

Storage capacity
1 TB
USB ports
USB-C
Read transfer speed
540 MB/s
Form factor
2.5"

Origin

Country of origin
China

Voluntary climate contribution

CO₂ emissions
11,6 kg
Climate contribution
EUR 0,29

Scope of delivery

Scope of delivery
USB C-C cable

Product dimensions

Length
6.90 cm
Width
6.90 cm
Height
1.10 cm
Weight
42 g

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Product Safety

Package dimensions

Length
9.60 cm
Width
9.60 cm
Height
2.40 cm
Weight
70 g

14-day cancellation right
30-day right of return
24 Months statutory warranty
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Reviews & Ratings

Statutory warranty score

How often does a product of this brand in the «External SSDs» category have a defect within the first 24 months?

Source: Galaxus
  • 12.Synology
    1,2 %
  • 13.OWC
    1,3 %
  • 14.Crucial
    1,5 %
  • 15.Adata
    1,8 %
  • 16.Corsair
    2 %

Statutory warranty case duration

How many working days on average does it take to process a warranty claim from when it arrives at the service centre until it’s back with the customer?

Source: Galaxus
  • 4.Kingston
    3 days
  • 4.Verbatim
    3 days
  • 7.Crucial
    4 days
  • 7.Samsung
    4 days
  • 7.SanDisk Professional
    4 days

Return rate

How often is a product of this brand in the «External SSDs» category returned?

Source: Galaxus
  • 2.Intenso
    0,6 %
  • 3.Samsung
    0,8 %
  • 4.Crucial
    1 %
  • 4.Seagate
    1 %
  • 6.Kingston
    1,1 %
Source: Galaxus

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Overall ratingGood72/100
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Macwelt spezialFestplatten und SSDs im TestReleaseMarch 2025
  • PositiveLow price
  • NegativeModerate transfer rates for large amounts of data
  • Negativemoderate maximum transfer rates

SSDs are still quite expensive. However, if you are satisfied with moderate performance, you can opt for cheaper SSD models. After all, this is only relevant if you want to copy hundreds of GB of video files or create a complete backup of your Macbook Pro. Here, the somewhat older Crucial X6 offers a good compromise between performance and price, and is often available with high discounts...

Good72/100
Rank 34 out of 40Stiftung WarentestExterne SSD-Festplatten im TestReleaseMarch 2024

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...

Without ratingNo rating
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CT MagazinSingle testReleaseJuly 2022
  • Positivevery fast
  • Negativecurrently somewhat expensive
  • Negativenot resistant to permanent loads

Crucial's X6 Portable SSD is the only SSD in this comparison that works according to the faster USB 3.2 Gen 2. The measurements revealed some differences to the Marvel Xtreme M80, which uses the same controller. When reading large files, the X6 achieved just under 1 GByte/s, and when writing, our measured value is even slightly higher; when writing completely, however, the X6 is around 30 per cent...