Kioxia RD500 2Tb NVMe SSD tech review

Posted on November 07, 2022 by Raymond Chen

Kioxia's RD500 works on PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4. More details about this NVMe SSD on our page.

Kioxia's 2Tb RD500 internal SSD works on Phison E12 ?. This storage has DRAM 1GB DDR4 to keep a map of where data is located on the drive. The RD500 comes equipped with Toshiba TLC memory. This drive also available in 500 Gb and 1 Tb capacities.

Performance and benchmarks

Storage works on PCIe M.2 3.0 x 4 interface with maximum write speeds equals to 3200 MB/s, and sequential read speeds 3400 MB/s. RD500 has input/output performance 640000 on reading and 600000 on writing operations per second.

Endurance and warranty

Kioxia provide 5 years of warranty limited by endurance 400 TBW. The RD500 has 1.5 million hours mean time between failure.

Specs

Category	Value
Capacity	2 Tb
Interface	M.2 3.0 x 4
Controller	Phison E12 ?
Memory type	Toshiba TLC
DRAM	1GB DDR4
Read speed (Mb/s)	3400
Write speed (Mb/s)	3200
Read IOPS	640000
Write IOPS	600000
Endurance (TBW)	400
MTBF (million hours)	1.5
Warranty (years)	5

Conclusion

Kioxia RD500 2Tb use PCIe 3.0 that is undoubtedly slower than PCIe 4. The maximum write speed is 3200 Mbps, that is faster than has other rivals. The Internal SSD has endurance 400 TBW, that is not very much compared to rivals. After evaluating all the facts, Kioxia RD500 2Tb is a well-balanced NVMe SSD.

+ Pros

Excellent writing speed
Capacity

- Cons

PCIe 3.0
Writing speed

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FAQ

The Kioxia RD500 has 1GB DDR4. Dynamic Random-Access Memory makes drive faster, but more expensive.

The Kioxia RD500 due to the high density of memory chips require the installation of additional heat sink. This will lower temperature of the controller and memory. Some motherboards already has thermal pads above and below the drive to improve performance during heavy loads.

The RD500 2Tb has sequential write speed 3200 Mb per second, read speed 3400 Mbps. NVMe run on Phison E12 ? controller and M.2 3.0 x 4 high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard. The NAND memory type is Toshiba TLC.