Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-5438 Edge 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN5438-EDGE · Released 2025 · Updated 2026-10-23

Key facts

Benchmark index7,164 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#45,156
Street price$119
Power5 W (active)
Performance per dollar60.20
Released2025

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-5438 Edge
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read7,300 MB/s
Sequential write6,400 MB/s
Random 4K read900K IOPS
NAND3D QLC, 218-layer
CacheDRAM-less (HMB)
Endurance480 TBW (0.22 DWPD)
Warranty3 years
HeatsinkNone

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