The ADATA Swordfish is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched in June 2020. It is available in capacities ranging from 250 GB to 2 TB. This page reports specifications for the 250 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the ADATA Swordfish interfaces using a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the RTS5763DL from Realtek. ADATA has installed 96-layer TLC NAND flash on the Swordfish, the flash chips are made by Sandisk. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are soaked up more quickly. The Swordfish is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 1,800 MB/s and 900 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 100K for reads and 130K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 38 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. ADATA guarantees an endurance rating of 120 TBW, a relatively low value compared to other SSDs.