Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-8980 Core 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8980-CORE · Released 2022 · Updated 2026-10-20

Key facts

Benchmark index13,783 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#19,803
Street price$429
Power7 W (active)
Performance per dollar32.13
Released2022

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8980 Core
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read7,100 MB/s
Sequential write6,000 MB/s
Random 4K read1,270K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 218-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 2 GB
Endurance1,200 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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