And this type of storage is said to be mainly found in low-end devices because its price is much lower than any SSD drive.
The question of price directly affects the price of the product mainly but not exclusively since the performance, capacity and possibilities it offers us are also very different in the two types of storage.
Differences between eMMC and SSD
eMMC memories are the precursors to the memory cards we use today. The e in front means that the card is welded to equipmentthere is therefore no possibility of replacing it with another of greater capacity or of replacing this type of drive with another.
This means that we will have to settle for the unit supplied by default with the device and use external storage drives or SD cards if your computer has a slot for them.
The ace read and write speeds They are very disparate. While eMMC drives perform at best between 100 and 200 MB/s, SSDs offer a maximum data transfer speed of up to 600 MB/s.
Just as access speed is different, so is storage capacity. The units eMMC they have one maximum capacity 256 GB, while SSDs can reach and even exceed 4 GB of storage.
As for energy consumptiona very important aspect especially in laptops, eMMC units have a slightly lower consumption than SSD units, being in both cases much lower than that of any traditional hard drive.
Similarities Between eMMC and SSD
Both storage models use flash memories Therefore, they do not generate any type of noise compared to HDD units and have a much lower power consumption than mechanical hard drives, although as we mentioned in the previous section, eMMC units consume less of energy.
Additionally, due to its operation as it lacks moving parts, if dropped the unit will not stop working and will continue to be available.
Another difference with hard drives is that the information does not need to be defragmented, one of the main problems of mechanical storage units
Is a device with eMMC worth it?
After analyzing all the advantages and disadvantages of eMMC units and the Solid State Drivesit is easy to conclude that SSDs are still the most recommended option for the reasons we have explained.
Moreover, sometimes the price difference is not so great that we have to make an investment so large that it could break our economy.
If we opt for an SSD we will always not only have better performance, but we will also have the possibility of replacing the unit in case of failure, an option that we will not have with eMMC units.