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Caldera SN-5518 Core 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2230 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN5518-CORE · Released 2020 · Updated 2026-10-23

Key facts

Benchmark index10,466 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#843
Street price$259
Power5 W (active)
Performance per dollar40.41
Released2020

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-5518 Core
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2230
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read5,400 MB/s
Sequential write5,000 MB/s
Random 4K read1,050K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 238-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 2 GB
Endurance1,200 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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