The newest addition to Crucial’s vary of NVMe SSDs is the T500. Part of Crucial’s Pro vary, the T500 combines a Phison controller and 232-layer 3D TLC NAND to create Crucial’s quickest Gen 4 drive so far.
At launch the T500 household contains three capacities, 500GB, 1TB and a flagship 2TB drive, which we’re reviewing at this time. Crucial state there can be a 4TB drive coming in 2024. It can be obtainable in two variations, a plain vanilla one (all three fashions) and one with an built-in heatsink (1TB and 2TB fashions solely).
The T500 makes use of a Phison PS5025-E25 controller which takes care of Micron’s personal 232-layer 3D TLC NAND. The 2TB drive is formally rated as as much as 7,400MB/s and seven,000MB/s for Sequential learn and writes respectively. The 500GB entry drive is rated as as much as 7,200MB/s for reads and 5,700MB/s for writes whereas the 1TB drive will get figures of seven,300MB/s (reads) and 6,800MB/s (writes).
Random learn efficiency is quoted as as much as 800,000 IOPS for the 500GB drive, 1,150,000 IOPS for the 1TB drive and 1,180,000 IOPS for the 2TB mannequin. The 2TB drive will get a random write ranking of as much as 1,440,000 IOPS as does the 1TB mannequin. The 500GB drive will get a determine of as much as 1,390,000 IOPS.
Endurance for the 2TB mannequin is listed as 1,200TBW and Crucial backs the drive with a 5-year guarantee.
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