The ADATA Premium SSD for PS5 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched in 2022. It is available in capacities ranging from 512 GB to 4 TB. This page reports specifications for the 512 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the ADATA Premium SSD for PS5 interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the IG5236 (Rainier) from InnoGrit, a DRAM cache chip is available. ADATA has installed 176-layer TLC NAND flash on the Premium SSD for PS5, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are handled more quickly. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The Premium SSD for PS5 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 7,400 MB/s and 2,600 MB/s write; random IO reaches 425K IOPS for read and 510K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 90 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. ADATA guarantees an endurance rating of 370 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.