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SEAGATE’S SECOND GENERATION of Mach.2 drives, the Exos 2X18 and 2X16, can manage data transfer rates of 545MB/s over a SATA 3 interface, which is comparable to SATA SSD performance. They build on the slower 2X14 that began shipping in 2019 and, while they’re no match for an M.2 NVMe SSD, these mechanical drives come in larger capacities of 16TB and 18TB.