The Mushkin Redline Vortex is a solid-state drive in the M.2 2280 form factor, launched on March 15th, 2022. It is available in capacities ranging from 512 GB to 2 TB. This page reports specifications for the 1 TB variant. With the rest of the system, the Mushkin Redline Vortex interfaces using a PCI-Express 4.0 x4 connection. The SSD controller is the IG5236 (Rainier) from InnoGrit, a DRAM cache chip is available. Mushkin has installed 176-layer TLC NAND flash on the Redline Vortex, 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. Thanks to support for the fast PCI-Express 4.0 interface, performance is excellent. The Redline Vortex is rated for sequential read speeds of up to 7,430 MB/s and 5,300 MB/s write; random IO reaches 390K IOPS for read and 1085K for writes.
At its launch, the SSD was priced at 78 USD. The warranty length is set to five years, which is an excellent warranty period. Mushkin guarantees an endurance rating of 500 TBW, a relatively low value compared to other SSDs.