Availability of Micron/Crucial P310 2280 Gen4 NVMe Up to 2TB SSD Bringing High-Octane Performance To Gamers and Creators

Micron Technology, Inc. announced the availability of the Crucial P310 2280 Gen4 NVMe SSD, which offers 2x faster performance than Gen3 SSDs ⁽¹⁾ and 40% faster performance than Crucial’s P3 Plus, ⁽²⁾ giving gamers, students and creatives a boost in speed when they boot and use data-intensive applications.

With capacities up to 2TB and RW speeds of 7,100 and 6,000MB/s respectively,⁽³⁾ the P310 2280 SSD enables more customers than ever to gain access to gaming performance without paying gaming prices. This launch expands the company’s P310 portfolio to address PCs, laptops and PlayStation 5, closely following the July launch of its Crucial P310 2230 SSD, which is targeted at users of handheld gaming consoles and mini PCs.

“Micron’s Crucial P310 2280 SSD delivers blazing fast gaming-level speeds, allowing users to do it all faster – from gaming to booting Windows to running multiple creative apps at the same time – without compromising on quality,” said Jonathan Weech, senior director, product marketing, commercial products group. “Architected with our advanced 3D NAND technology and optimized to deliver the utmost power efficiency, the 2280 SSD empowers everyone from gamers to creatives to squeeze more out of their battery life when using data-rich apps.”

Crucial P310 2280 Gen4 SSD offers these benefits:

• Sequential read speeds of 7,100MB/s and write speeds of 6,000MB/s.
• Capacity options from 500GB to 1TB or 2TB, ⁽⁴⁾ allowing users to store more content without worrying about size or capacity.
• 20% faster performance in real-world tasks than other Gen4 SSDs booting Windows, starting applications such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, and loading gameplay on PCs.⁽⁵⁾
• Random reads up to 1 million IO/s and random writes up to 1.2 million IO/s.
• Up to 40% better performance-to-power ratio, allowing users to get more done on a single charge.
• Backward compatibility with Gen3 devices.

The SSD is available in a standard M.2 2280 form factor that offers an easy-to-install solution that customers can use to upgrade their existing laptops and extend device lifecycles rather than buying new ones. A version with a heatsink will be released in the coming months and is suited for use with PlayStation 5 and desktop gaming PCs.

The P310 2280 Gen4 SSD is available at the company’ webstore, as well as through select etailers, retailers and global channel partners, and it comes with a 5-year warranty. ⁽⁶⁾

⁽¹⁾ Speed comparison is between Crucial P310 published top speeds of 7,000MB/s and the fastest published Gen3 speeds for NVMe SSDs, at 3,500MB/s. Speed may vary.
⁽²⁾ Comparing sequential read of Crucial P3 Plus 2TB to Crucial P310 2TB as published in Micron’s official datasheets.
⁽³⁾ Typical I/O performance numbers as measured using CrystalDiskMark with command queue full and write cache enabled. A fresh-out-of-box (FOB) state is assumed. For performance measurement purposes, the SSD may be restored to FOB state using the secure erase command. System variations will affect measured results.
⁽⁴⁾ Some storage capacity is used for formatting and other purposes and is not available for data storage.
⁽⁵⁾ Based on PCMark 10 Benchmark test results comparing the Crucial P310 to Samsung 990 EVO and WD SN580 SSDs. Performance may vary.
⁽⁶⁾ Warranty valid for 5 years from the original date of purchase or before writing the maximum total bytes written (TBW) as published in the product datasheet and as measured in the product’s SMART data, whichever comes 1st.