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Crucial T500 2 TB

2 TB
Capacity
Phison E25
Controller
TLC
Flash
PCIe 4.0 x4
Interface
M.2 2280
Form Factor
Package
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Package
PCB Front
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PCB Front
DRAM
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DRAM
Flash
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Flash
NAND Die
NAND Die
The Crucial T500 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on October 31st, 2023. It is available in capacities ranging from 500 GB to 2 TB. This page reports specifications for the 2 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Crucial T500 interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the PS5025-E25 from Phison, a DRAM cache chip is available. Crucial has installed 232-layer TLC NAND flash on the T500, the flash chips are made by Micron. To improve write speeds, a pseudo-SLC cache is used, so bursts of incoming writes are absorbed more quickly. The cache is sized at 720 GB. Copying data out of the SLC cache (folding) completes at 500 MB/s. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The T500 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 7,400 MB/s and 7,000 MB/s write; random IO reaches 1180K IOPS for read and 1440K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 120 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Crucial guarantees an endurance rating of 1200 TBW, a typical value for consumer SSDs.

Solid-State-Drive

Capacity: 2 TB (2000 GB)
Variants: 500 GB 1 TB 2 TB
Overprovisioning: 185.4 GB / 10.0 %
Production: Active
Released: Oct 31st, 2023
Price at Launch: 120 USD
Part Number: CT2000T500SSD8
Market: Consumer

Physical

Form Factor: M.2 2280 (Single-Sided)
Interface: PCIe 4.0 x4
Protocol: NVMe 2.0
Power Draw: 0.94 W (Idle)
4.4 W (Avg)
6.2 W (Max)

Controller

Manufacturer: Phison
Name: PS5025-E25
Architecture: ARM 32-bit Cortex-R5
Core Count: Quad-Core
Foundry: TSMC FinFET
Process: 12 nm
Flash Channels: 4 @ 2,400 MT/s
Chip Enables: 4
Controller Features: DRAM (enabled)

NAND Flash

Manufacturer: Micron
Name: B58R FortisFlash
Part Number: NY256
Rebranded: MT29F8T08EULCHD5-QB:C
Type: TLC
Technology: 232-layer
Speed: 2400 MT/s
Capacity: 2 chips @ 8 Tbit
ONFI: 5.0
Topology: Replacement Gate
Die Size: 70 mm²
(14.6 Gbit/mm²)
Dies per Chip: 8 dies @ 1 Tbit
Planes per Die: 6
Decks per Die: 2
Word Lines: 255 per NAND String
91.0% Vertical Efficiency
Read Time (tR): 61 µs
Program Time (tProg): 600 µs
Block Erase Time (tBERS): 15 ms
Die Read Speed: 1574 MB/s
Die Write Speed: 160 MB/s
Endurance:
(up to)
3000 P/E Cycles
Page Size: 16 KB
Block Size: 2784 Pages
Plane Size: 3402 Blocks

DRAM Cache

Type: LPDDR4-4266 CL15
Name: Micron MT53E512M32D1ZW-046 IT:B (D8CSD)
Capacity: 2048 MB
(1x 2048 MB)
Organization: 16Gx32

Performance

Sequential Read: 7,400 MB/s
Sequential Write: 7,000 MB/s
Random Read: 1,180,000 IOPS
Random Write: 1,440,000 IOPS
Endurance: 1200 TBW
Warranty: 5 Years
MTBF: 2.0 Million Hours
Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD): 0.3
SLC Write Cache: approx. 720 GB
Cache Folding Speed: 500 MB/s

Features

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

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Notes

Controller:

This controller features a dual core Cortex-R5 as a primary cores, while a Double core cortex-R5 at a lower clock speeds act as a CoX Processor.

NAND Die:

2-Deck design with 116 word line per deck
Upper deck: 128-Gates
Lower Deck: 127-gates
Programming Throughput - not confirmed, calculated by estimated tPROG
tPROG - Estimated, not confirmed

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