Best Memory Cards For Retroid Pocket 4 Pro

If you’re looking for the best memory card for your Retroid Pocket 4 Pro, this guide should help you navigate the memory card spam these companies have released into the world.

How am I going to do that?

I tested most microSD memory cards, such as Retroid Pocket 4 Pro cards, to see how each card performed in this amazing little handheld.

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Understanding Performance vs Value

How much money you’re willing to spend on a card should depend on what sort of emulators and what sort of games you plan on playing on your device. If you’re just playing old NES, SNES, or even N64 games, you don’t need the best of the best. These games are tiny and pretty much all load instantly.

Also, the Retroid Pocket has a bus limit of about 40MB/s for read speeds, and I’m seeing most cards hit write speeds of around 30MB/s.

Recommended Memory Cards Retroid Pocket 4 Pro

The Retroid Pocket 4 Pro has a single MicroSD memory card slot. I’ve tested most of the popular brands using the Cross Platform Disk Test App.

The Top 3 Best Micro SD Cards

Playing Newer Emulators: You will want a higher-end card if you’re playing bigger games, such as Wii, Switch, etc. Some of these games are several gigabytes large, and for these games, you can benefit from having cards with faster random read and write speeds, which the more premium cards offer.

These cards had the best Random Read speeds.

I would go with the Samsung Pro Plus over the Pro Ultimate since they performed the same in the RP4 Pro.

Samsung Pro Plus V30 A2

The Samsung Pro Plus V30 A2 UHS-I SDXC Micro SD Memory Card comes in sizes between 128GB and 512GB.
Tested Write Speed: 33.2 MB/s
Tested Read Speed: 40.69 MB/s
Random Write: 4.47 MB/s
Random Read: 9.83 MB/s

Warranty: Limited 10-Year Manufacturer Warranty

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The Lexar Silver Plus card probably offers the best cost to performance and is available in sizes up to 1TB.

Lexar SILVER PLUS V30 A2

The Lexar 128GB Professional SILVER PLUS UHS-I SDXC Micro SD Memory Card comes in sizes between 64GB and 1TB.
Tested Write Speed: 33.2 MB/s
Tested Read Speed: 40.69 MB/s
Random Write: 4.47 MB/s
Random Read: 9.83 MB/s

Warranty: Limited 10-Year Manufacturer Warranty

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The Kingston Canvas Go! also had some great performance, but only buy this card if it’s less expensive than the above cards. With this Kingston card, you are also limited by a max size of 512GB.

Kingston Canvas Go! Plus V30 A2

The Lexar 128GB Professional SILVER PLUS UHS-I SDXC Micro SD Memory Card comes in sizes between 64GB and 512GB.
Tested Write Speed: 29.79 MB/s
Tested Read Speed: 40.94 MB/s
Random Write: 3.03 MB/s
Random Read: 7.69 MB/s

Warranty: Limited Lifetime Manufacturer Warranty

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Best Value Micro SD Cards

Playing Older Emulators: Choose a card that has the best value. Samsung EVO Plus or EVO select cards are great options here.

Samsung EVO Plus V30 A2

The Samsung EVO Plus V30 A2 UHS-I SDXC Micro SD Memory Card comes in sizes between 64GB and 512GB.
Tested Write Speed: 27.71MB/s
Tested Read Speed: 42.01MB/s
Random Write: 1.85MB/s
Random Read: 7.5MB/s

Warranty: Limited 10-Year Manufacturer Warranty

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The 512GB Samsung EVO Select is the card I am using, and I’ve been great, and I’ve had no problems. It’s also available in the 1TB size.

Samsung EVO Select V30 A2

The Samsung EVO Select V30 A2 UHS-I SDXC Micro SD Memory Card comes in sizes between 64GB and 1TB.
Tested Write Speed: 29.63 MB/s
Tested Read Speed: 41.83 MB/s
Random Write: 1.97 MB/s
Random Read: 7MB/s

Warranty: Limited 10-Year Manufacturer Warranty

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Retroid Pocket 4 Pro Micro SD Memory Card Speed Tests

Tests are taken with the Retroid Pocket 4 Pro using the Cross Platform Disk Test App. I’ve also tested all these cards in Windows 11, which you can find in the MicroSD memory card guide. Most of the cards I tested are of the 128GB size.

Check out this table and compare the different speeds, both random and sequential, to find the best card for your needs.

What Size Card To Buy?

The card size you need to buy depends entirely on your game selection.

NES games are around 250KB in size.

SNES games are usually around 2-3MB in size.

Nintendo 64 Games are usually around 12MB to 32MB in size.

Dreamcast Games are around 1.5GB in size.

PlayStation Games are usually around 500MB-1GB in size.

Wii Games are around 1GB up to 7GB but usually around 2-3GB.

PSP Games are usually around 1 to 2GB in size.

Playstation 2 Games are usually 2 to 5GB in size, but up to 8GB for games like God of War.

Nintendo Switch Games are usually around 5 GB.

Playstation 3 Games can be 16-30GB in size.

If you’re running more modern titles, you’ll likely want a 512GB card as a starting point or even a 1TB card if you’re a hoarder. I think most people will be fine with a 512GB card; that’s what I have, and I’m using about 300GB of it. But I don’t have any Switch or PS3 games.