The Raspberry Pi SSD is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2230 form factor, launched on October 23rd, 2024. It is available in capacities ranging from 256 GB to 512 GB. This page reports specifications for the 512 GB variant. With the rest of the system, the Raspberry Pi SSD interfaces using a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the Pablo (S4LR033) from Samsung, a DRAM cache is not available. Raspberry Pi has installed 128-layer TLC NAND flash on the SSD, the flash chips are made by Samsung. 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 SSD is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 3,100 MB/s and 1,800 MB/s write; random IOPS reach up to 350K for reads and 320K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 45 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. The TBW rating for the Raspberry Pi SSD 512 GB is unknown.