The Crucial P5 is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on April 21st, 2020. It is available in capacities ranging from 250 GB to 2 TB. This page reports specifications for the 2 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Crucial P5 interfaces using a PCI-Express 3.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the DM01B2 from Micron, a DRAM cache chip is available. Crucial has installed 96-layer TLC NAND flash on the P5, 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 350 GB, once it is full, writes complete at 1100 MB/s. The P5 is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 3,400 MB/s and 3,000 MB/s write; random IO reaches 430K IOPS for read and 500K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 340 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.