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Caldera SN-8516 Ti 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8516-TI · Released 2023 · Updated 2026-10-25

Key facts

Benchmark index10,680 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#43,372
Street price$279
Power6 W (active)
Performance per dollar38.28
Released2023

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8516 Ti
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read6,200 MB/s
Sequential write5,000 MB/s
Random 4K read890K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 238-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 2 GB
Endurance1,200 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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