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Caldera SN-5696 Core 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN5696-CORE · Released 2020 · Updated 2026-10-24

Key facts

Benchmark index9,327 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#20,682
Street price$259
Power8 W (active)
Performance per dollar36.01
Released2020

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-5696 Core
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read5,100 MB/s
Sequential write3,800 MB/s
Random 4K read950K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 218-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 2 GB
Endurance1,200 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkHeatsink edition available

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