Platform Instrument Label Year Reads per run Read length (mode or average) Bases per run (gigabases) Source ABI Sanger 3730xl ABI Sanger 3730xl 2002 96 800 0.0000768 0 454 GS20 454 GS FLX 2005 200000 100 0.02 454 GS FLX 454 GS FLX 2007 400000 250 0.1 454 GS FLX Titanium 454 GS FLX 2009 1000000 500 0.45 454 GS FLX+ 454 GS FLX 2011 1000000 700 0.7 1 454 GS Junior 454 GS Junior 2010 100000 400 0.04 2 454 GS Junior+ 454 GS Junior 2014 100000 700 0.07 16 Illumina (Solexa) GA Illumina GA 2006 28000000 25 0.7 Illumina GA Illumina GA 2008 28000000 35 1 5 Illumina GA II Illumina GA ND 100000000 50 5 Illumina GAIIx Illumina GA 2009 440000000 75 33 6 Illumina GAIIx Illumina GA 2011 640000000 75 48 7 Illumina GAIIx Illumina GA 2012 640000000 150 95 8 Illumina HiSeq 2000 Illumina HiSeq 2000/2500 2010 2000000000 100 200 9 Illumina HiSeq 2000 Illumina HiSeq 2000/2500 2011 3000000000 100 600 10 Illumina HiSeq 2000/2500 Illumina HiSeq 2000/2500 2014 4000000000 125 1000 17 Illumina HiSeq 2500 RR Illumina HiSeq 2500 RR 2012 600000000 150 180 13 Illumina HiSeq 2500 RR Illumina HiSeq 2500 RR 2014 600000000 250 300 13 Illumina HiSeq 4000 Illumina HiSeq 4000 2015 5000000000 150 1500 19 Illumina HiSeq X Illumina HiSeq X 2014 6000000000 150 1800 18 Illumina NextSeq 500 Illumina NextSeq 500 2014 400000000 150 120 14 Illumina MiSeq Illumina MiSeq 2011 30000000 150 4.5 Illumina MiSeq Illumina MiSeq 2012 30000000 250 8.5 11 Illumina MiSeq Illumina MiSeq 2013 30000000 300 15 14 Illumina MiniSeq Illumina MiniSeq 2016 25000000 150 7.5 20 SOLiD 1 SOLiD 2007 40000000 25 1 SOLiD 2 SOLiD 2008 115000000 35 4 SOLiD 3 SOLiD 2009 320000000 50 16 SOLiD 4 SOLiD 2010 2000000000 50 100 SOLiD 5500xl SOLiD 2011 3000000000 60 180 SOLiD 5500xl W SOLiD 2013 3000000000 75 320 IonTorrent PGM 314 chip IonTorrent PGM 2011 100000 100 0.01 3 IonTorrent PGM 316 chip IonTorrent PGM 2011 1000000 100 0.1 3 IonTorrent PGM 318 chip IonTorrent PGM 2011 5000000 100 0.5 3 IonTorrent PGM 318 chip IonTorrent PGM 2012 5000000 200 1 3 IonTorrent PGM 318 chip V2 IonTorrent PGM 2013 5000000 400 2 12 IonTorrent Proton PI IonTorrent Proton 2012 50000000 200 10 4 IonTorrent Ion S5/S5XL 530 chip IonTorrent S5/S5XL 2015 20000000 400 8 21 IonTorrent Ion S5/S5XL 540 chip IonTorrent S5/S5XL 2015 75000000 200 15 21 PacBio RS C1 PacBio RS 2011 432000 1300 0.540 PacBio RS C2 PacBio RS 2012 432000 2500 1.080 PacBio RS C2 XL PacBio RS 2012 432000 4300 1.858 PacBio RS II C2 XL PacBio RS 2013 564000 4600 2.594 15 PacBio RS II P5 C3 PacBio RS 2014 528000 8500 4.500 15 PacBio RS II P6 C4 PacBio RS 2014 660000 13500 12.000 15 Oxford Nanopore MinION Mk1 Oxford Nanopore MinION Mk1 2015 2200000 9545 21 22 Oxford Nanopore MinION Mk1 fast Oxford Nanopore MinION Mk1 2015 4400000 9545 42 22