Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-8438 Ti 4TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8438-TI · Released 2023 · Updated 2026-10-20

Key facts

Benchmark index13,109 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#14,492
Street price$439
Power8 W (active)
Performance per dollar29.86
Released2023

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8438 Ti
Capacity4 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read6,200 MB/s
Sequential write4,800 MB/s
Random 4K read1,370K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 176-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 4 GB
Endurance2,400 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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