Is this a gen 1 or gen 2? null

Answer is Gen 1. This is USB 3.1 Gen 1 (per SanDisk's website for this item, "SanDisk Ultra Fit™ USB 3.1 Flash Drive"). Some info to help clarify: there is USB 3.0 , and USB 3.1 Gen 1 , and USB 3.1 Gen 2 . USB 3.0 was renamed USB 3.1 Gen 1, so these two have the same max speed. Max speed of this USB interface is 5 gbps (gigabits per second). That is over 600 MB/s (over 600 megabytes per second). Remember Bits vs Bytes. Then there is USB 3.1 Gen 2 , with a max speed twice that of Gen 1, so 10 gbps (gigabits per second). But does the faster speed of Gen 2 really matter for this kind of device? No. For any device such as a flash drive, the read/write speed inside of it (i.e. flash storage chips inside) is MUCH slower than the flash drive's USB interface speed of even Gen 1 (over 600 MB/s).

This is the 2nd design style of these SanDisk compact drives (since I've been purchasing them). The previous version was a 2.0 and this one is a 3.1, so I imagine it would be a Gen 2, even though there is nothing on the packaging that says it. Hope that helps.

Gen 1 - But it is still fast. I tested copying a 6GB file, and within a few minutes it was done.

The product generation is USB 3.1.

Not sure if you’re referring to the actual USB drive or the USB transfer capability. This drive is USB 3.0 which exceeds transfer rates of USB and USB 2.0. Hope that helps.

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Answer is Gen 1. This is USB 3.1 Gen 1 (per SanDisk's website for this item, "SanDisk Ultra Fit™ USB 3.1 Flash Drive"). Some info to help clarify: there is USB 3.0 , and USB 3.1 Gen 1 , and USB 3.1 Gen 2 . USB 3.0 was renamed USB 3.1 Gen 1, so these two have the same max speed. Max speed of this USB interface is 5 gbps (gigabits per second). That is over 600 MB/s (over 600 megabytes per second). Remember Bits vs Bytes. Then there is USB 3.1 Gen 2 , with a max speed twice that of Gen 1, so 10 gbps (gigabits per second). But does the faster speed of Gen 2 really matter for this kind of device? No. For any device such as a flash drive, the read/write speed inside of it (i.e. flash storage chips inside) is MUCH slower than the flash drive's USB interface speed of even Gen 1 (over 600 MB/s).
Answered by DoesItMatter 6 years ago
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neither, gen 3.1
Answered by nerd 5 years ago
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This is 3.1.
Answered by SgtV 6 years ago
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Gen 1
Answered by Anonymous 6 years ago
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This is the 2nd design style of these SanDisk compact drives (since I've been purchasing them). The previous version was a 2.0 and this one is a 3.1, so I imagine it would be a Gen 2, even though there is nothing on the packaging that says it. Hope that helps.
Answered by Chamby 7 years ago
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Gen 1 - But it is still fast. I tested copying a 6GB file, and within a few minutes it was done.
Answered by JustinSayne 7 years ago
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The product generation is USB 3.1.
Answered by CommunityAnswer 7 years ago
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USB 3.1, which is AKA gen 2.
Answered by Qasar 6 years ago
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Not sure if you’re referring to the actual USB drive or the USB transfer capability. This drive is USB 3.0 which exceeds transfer rates of USB and USB 2.0. Hope that helps.
Answered by Dizman 7 years ago
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