Hardware Spec Index

Caldera SN-2686 Ti 500GB PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 2280 SSD

SSDs · Caldera · SKU SN2686-TI · Released 2019 · Updated 2026-10-20

Key facts

Benchmark index5,154 (SSDs scale)
Category rank#1,794
Street price$59
Power6 W (active)
Performance per dollar87.36
Released2019

Specifications

BrandCaldera
ModelCaldera SN-2686 Ti
Capacity500 GB
Form factorM.2 2280
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.4
Sequential read3,200 MB/s
Sequential write1,900 MB/s
Random 4K read550K IOPS
NAND3D TLC, 238-layer
CacheDRAM-less (HMB)
Endurance300 TBW (0.55 DWPD)
Warranty3 years
HeatsinkHeatsink edition available

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