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Caldera SN-1634 Core 500GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN1634-CORE · Released 2021 · Updated 2026-10-19

Key facts

Benchmark index5,990 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#311
Street price$79
Power8 W (active)
Performance per dollar75.82
Released2021

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-1634 Core
Capacity500 GB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read5,200 MB/s
Sequential write3,000 MB/s
Random 4K read1,360K IOPS
NAND3D QLC, 238-layer
CacheDRAM-less (HMB)
Endurance100 TBW (0.18 DWPD)
Warranty3 years
HeatsinkHeatsink edition available

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