The Crucial P2 was a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched in 2021, that is no longer in production. It was available in capacities ranging from 1 TB to 2 TB. This page reports specifications for the 1 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Crucial P2 interfaces using a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5013-E13-31 from Phison, a DRAM cache is not available. Crucial has installed 96-layer QLC NAND flash on the P2, 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 processed more quickly. The cache is sized at 32 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 60 MB/s. The P2 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 2,400 MB/s and 1,800 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 430K for reads and 430K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 115 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Crucial guarantees an endurance rating of 450 TBW, a relatively low value compared to other SSDs.