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Caldera SN-2981 Plus 2TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN2981-PLUS · Released 2025 · Updated 2026-10-21

Key facts

Benchmark index11,219 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#32,615
Street price$309
Power10 W (active)
Performance per dollar36.31
Released2025

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-2981 Plus
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read10,400 MB/s
Sequential write9,800 MB/s
Random 4K read2,280K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 176-layer
CacheLPDDR4 DRAM, 2 GB
Endurance1,200 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkIncluded (recommended for sustained loads)

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