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Caldera SN-8946 Plus 2TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN8946-PLUS · Released 2022 · Updated 2026-10-21

Key facts

Benchmark index11,081 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#40,958
Street price$289
Power7 W (active)
Performance per dollar38.34
Released2022

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-8946 Plus
Capacity2 TB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 2.0
Sequential read7,200 MB/s
Sequential write6,300 MB/s
Random 4K read800K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 232-layer
CacheDDR4 DRAM, 2 GB
Endurance1,200 TBW (0.33 DWPD)
Warranty5 years
HeatsinkNone

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