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Caldera SN-8486 Ultra 8TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8486-ULTRA · Released 2022 · Updated 2026-10-19

Key facts

Benchmark index14,900 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#13,267
Street price$529
Power6 W (active)
Performance per dollar28.17
Released2022

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8486 Ultra
Capacity8 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read6,200 MB/s
Sequential write5,100 MB/s
Random 4K read1,100K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 176-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 8 GB
Endurance4,800 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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