Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-5438 XT 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2230 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN5438-XT · Released 2020 · Updated 2026-10-19

Key facts

Benchmark index11,701 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#2,686
Street price$289
Power6 W (active)
Performance per dollar40.49
Released2020

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-5438 XT
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2230
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read6,500 MB/s
Sequential write4,900 MB/s
Random 4K read960K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 176-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 2 GB
Endurance1,200 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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