PNY is a brand that I’ve long been aware of. Founded in New York in 1985, they were originally a memory chip vendor; they have since expanded into flash memory, graphics cards, HDMI cables, and even battery chargers. It took me a while to realize that PNY wasn’t being represented in my project — and that’s probably due to the fact that, being an American company, you won’t usually come across their products being sold on AliExpress. But even outside of AliExpress, I was able to find some of their products that fell within my price range.
These cards met all of the criteria that I set out for being a name-brand card — so they’ll be included with the name-brand cards in my results.
I purchased these cards in a 3-pack — so the price you see is divided evenly between the three cards. As of the time I’m writing this, I’ve only tested one of the three — so the information below is based on the results from the one card.
I purchased these hoping that they would perform similarly to the PNY PRO Elite Prime 64GB; however, I ended up being disappointed: random I/O speeds were not too far off, but sequential I/O speeds were significantly less than what I got from the PRO Elite Prime. Nevertheless, all performance measurements were above average, with random write speeds being this card’s strongest measurement.
This card bears the Class 10, U3, V30, and A2 performance marks; performance results were good enough to qualify for the Class 10, U3, and V30 marks, but not good enough for the A2 mark. However, I’ll throw in my standard disclaimer: my testing methods do not align with those prescribed by the SD Physical Layer Specification; it’s possible that this card would have performed better had it been tested under proper conditions. (Additionally — no card I’ve tested has met the criteria for the A2 mark — and I think that’s more due to not having the proper equipment to test the card with, rather than a failure on the card’s part.)
On the endurance testing front:
- Sample #1 has not yet reached the 2,000 read/write cycle mark; it’s currently expected to get there sometime in December 2025.
- Samples #2 and #3 are still in the package, waiting to be tested.
November 8, 2025