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ADATA Ultimate SU650 480 GB (SM2258XT + Micron B0KB)

480 GB
Capacity
SM2258XT
Controller
TLC
Flash
SATA 6 Gbps
Interface
2.5"
Form Factor

Multiple hardware versions found.

Performance could vary due to unannounced flash/controller changes.

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The ADATA Ultimate SU650 is a solid-state drive in the 2.5" form factor, launched in 2018. It is available in capacities ranging from 60 GB to 480 GB. This page reports specifications for the 480 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the ADATA Ultimate SU650 interfaces using a SATA 6 Gbps connection. The SSD controller is the SM2258XT from Silicon Motion, a DRAM cache is not available. ADATA has installed 32-layer TLC NAND flash on the Ultimate SU650, the flash chips are made by Micron. Please note that this SSD is sold in multiple variants with different NAND flash or controller, which could affect performance, the "Notes" section at the end of this page has more info. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are handled more quickly. The cache is sized at 120 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 80 MB/s. The Ultimate SU650 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 520 MB/s and 320 MB/s write; random IO reaches 20K IOPS for read and 75K for writes.
The SSD's price at launch is unknown. The warranty length is set to three years, which is above average, but shorter than the five years offered by many other vendors. ADATA guarantees an endurance rating of 280 TBW, a good value.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 480 GB
Variants: 60 GB 120 GB 240 GB 480 GB
Hardware Versions:
Overprovisioning: 65.0 GB / 14.5 %
Production: Active
Released: 2018
Part Number: ASU650SS-480GT-R
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: 2.5"
Interface: SATA 6 Gbps
Protocol: AHCI
Power Draw: 0.65 W (Idle)
Unknown (Avg)
Unknown (Max)

Controller

Manufacturer: Silicon Motion
Name: SM2258XT
Architecture: ARC 32-bit
Core Count: Single-Core
Frequency: 437 MHz
Foundry: TSMC
Process: 40 nm
Flash Channels: 4 @ 400 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Micron
Name: B0KB FortisFlash
Rebranded: 60077468 (Rebranded by ADATA)
Type: TLC
Technology: 32-layer
Speed: 50 MT/s .. 667 MT/s
Capacity: 2 chips @ 2 Tbit
ONFI: 4.0
Topology: Floating Gate
Die Size: 168 mm²
(2.3 Gbit/mm²)
Dies per Chip: 6 dies @ 384 Gbit
Planes per Die: 4
Decks per Die: 2
Read Time (tR): 92 µs
Program Time (tProg): 2100 µs
Block Erase Time (tBERS): 15 ms
Die Read Speed: 695 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 30 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)
1500 P/E Cycles
(30000 in SLC Mode)
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 1536 Pages
Plane Size: 548 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: None

Performance

Sequential Read: 520 MB/s
Sequential Write: 320 MB/s
Random Read: 20,000 IOPS
Random Write: 75,000 IOPS
Endurance: 280 TBW
Warranty: 3 Years
MTBF: 2.0 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.5
SLC Write Cache: approx. 120 GB
(dynamic only)
Speed when Cache Exhausted: approx. 80 MB/s

Features

TRIM: Yes
SMART: Yes
Power Loss Protection: No
Encryption:
  • No
RGB Lighting: No
PS5 Compatible: No

Reviews

Notes

Drive:

This drive might be using Micron 3D TLC 1st Gen 32-Layers with 384Gb dies.
This drive with Micron's 32-Layers 384Gb dies had over 20% of overprovisioning space.
Second revision might be using Micron FortisFlas B16A 64-Layers.
Third revision might be using Samsung V4 V-NAND 64-Layers
Previous revisions came with a Silicon Motion SM2258XT
NAND Flash Bus might be operating between 533 MT/s (267 MHz) ~ 667 MT/s (333 MHz)

Controller:

This controller - as per all "XT" Silicon Motion's controller - doesn't support DRAM.
Controller clock ranges between 400 MHz ~ 437.5 MHz

NAND Die:

tPROG with overhead: 1630 µs (Avg - 19.6 MB/s)

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