Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-2946 Core 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN2946-CORE · Released 2022 · Updated 2026-10-20

Key facts

Benchmark index10,345 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#43,002
Street price$299
Power8 W (active)
Performance per dollar34.60
Released2022

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-2946 Core
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read6,000 MB/s
Sequential write5,800 MB/s
Random 4K read800K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 218-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 2 GB
Endurance1,200 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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