Question: What assays are compatible and supported with the Chromium X Series compared to the Controller?
Answer: The following assays are compatible with the Chromium X Series. Next GEM Flex and GEM-X chips are only compatible with the Chromium X Series instruments.
Assay |
Chromium Controller* |
Chromium Xo |
Chromium iX |
Chromium X |
GEM-X Universal 3' v4 |
⛔ |
✅ FW v2.2.0 or later required |
✅ FW v2.0.0 or later required |
✅ FW v2.0.0 or later required |
GEM-X Universal 3' v4 4-plex (OCM) |
⛔ |
✅ FW v2.2.0 or later required |
Upgrade required |
✅ FW v2.0.0 or later required |
Next GEM Universal 3' v3.1 (Dual Index) |
✅ |
Upgrade required |
✅ |
✅ |
Next GEM Universal 3' v3.1 HT |
⛔ |
Upgrade required |
Upgrade required |
✅ |
GEM-X Universal 5' v3 |
⛔ |
Upgrade required |
✅ FW v2.0.0 or later required |
✅ FW v2.0.0 or later required |
GEM-X Universal 5' v3 4-plex (OCM) |
⛔ |
Upgrade required |
Upgrade required |
✅ FW v2.0.0 or later required |
Next GEM Universal 5' v2 |
✅ |
Upgrade required |
✅ |
✅ |
Next GEM Universal 5' v2 HT |
⛔ |
Upgrade required |
Upgrade required |
✅ |
Next GEM Epi ATAC |
✅ |
Upgrade required |
✅ |
✅ |
Next GEM Epi Multiome |
✅ |
Upgrade required |
✅ |
✅ |
GEM-X Flex Gene Expression |
⛔ |
Upgrade required |
✅ FW v2.0.0 or later required |
✅ FW v2.0.0 or later required |
Next GEM Flex Gene Expression (Fixed RNA Profiling) |
⛔ |
Upgrade required |
✅ FW v1.1.0 or later required |
✅ FW v1.1.0 or later required |
*discontinued
✅ Compatible and supported
⛔ Incompatible
Please note: required firmware versions are listed, however the most updated version is recommended for best performance
Products: Chromium X Series