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Caldera SN-5516 Ultra 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN5516-ULTRA · Released 2022 · Updated 2026-10-20

Key facts

Benchmark index8,586 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#26,977
Street price$219
Power6 W (active)
Performance per dollar39.21
Released2022

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-5516 Ultra
Capacity1 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read7,000 MB/s
Sequential write6,300 MB/s
Random 4K read1,190K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 176-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 1 GB
Endurance600 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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