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Caldera SN-5003 Core 500GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN5003-CORE · Released 2022 · Updated 2026-10-26

Key facts

Benchmark index4,600 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#22,794
Street price$49
Power6 W (active)
Performance per dollar93.88
Released2022

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-5003 Core
Capacity500 GB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read6,700 MB/s
Sequential write4,600 MB/s
Random 4K read1,280K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 218-layer
CacheDRAM-less (HMB)
Endurance300 TBW (0.55 DWPD)
Warranty3 years
HeatsinkNone

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