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It lists 250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB. The 4TB is not in Kingston's 2022 launch release","model_numbers":"Kingston part numbers SNV2S/250G, SNV2S/500G, SNV2S/1000G, SNV2S/2000G and SNV2S/4000G","form_factor":"Form factor M.2 2280","storage_gb":"250GB, 500GB, 1TB, 2TB and 4TB in the part number list. The capacities footnote says part of the listed capacity is used for formatting","interface":"PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe","pcb_sides":"The overview text says the compact single-sided M.2 2280 design","seq_read_mbs":"250GB 3,000 MB/s, 500GB and 1TB 3,500 MB/s, 2TB to 4TB 3,500 MB/s. Out-of-box performance on a PCIe 4.0 motherboard. The data sheet gives no random IOPS","seq_write_mbs":"250GB 1,300 MB/s, 500GB and 1TB 2,100 MB/s, 2TB to 4TB 2,800 MB/s","endurance_tbw":"250GB 80 TB, 500GB 160 TB, 1TB 320 TB, 2TB 640 TB, 4TB 1,280 TB. Derived from the JEDEC client workload (JESD219A)","mtbf_h":"MTBF 2,000,000 hours. Kingston's 2022 launch release says 1,500,000 hours. The later data sheet is stored","operating_temperature_c":"0 to 70 C. The storage range of -40 to 85 C is not stored","dimensions_mm":"22mm x 80mm x 2.2mm, the same for every capacity","weight_g":"7 g for all capacities","warranty_years":"Limited 3-year warranty with free technical support, or the Percentage Used limit. Market not named, the data sheet is a global English copy","compatible_platforms":"The data sheet says the drive is designed for desktop and notebook computer workloads. Stored as PC","variants":"Rows are the five capacities, with the part number, speeds and TBW from this data sheet"}},{"url":"https://www.kingston.com/unitedkingdom/en/company/press/article/67692","kind":"press_release","accessed":"2026-10-23","fields":["power_consumption_average_mw","power_consumption_max_w","software_name","variants"],"notes":{"power_consumption_average_mw":"Kingston's launch release (Japanese text, Kingston UK site) gives power per capacity as idle / average / max read / max write: 250GB 2.1 / 2.3 / 2.2 / 3.9 W, 500GB 2.3 / 2.3 / 2.2 / 4.6 W, 1TB 1.4 / 2.8 / 2.1 / 4.6 W, 2TB 0.9 / 1.0 / 2.2 / 5.4 W. The average, 1.0 W for the 2TB, is stored in mW. The workload is not named. The idle figures are plain idle, not a low-power state, so they are not stored. No power figures for the 4TB","power_consumption_max_w":"Max read and max write power are given apart. The higher one, the write figure, is stored: 5.4 W for the 2TB. Max read for the 2TB is 2.2 W","software_name":"The release says Kingston SSD Manager monitors drive health, updates firmware and securely erases data","variants":"Per-capacity average and maximum power"}},{"url":"https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-2280-Internal-SNV2S-2000G/dp/B0BDTC589G","kind":"retailer","accessed":"2026-10-23","fields":["status"],"notes":{"status":"Amazon US has a listing for the NV2 2TB (SNV2S/2000G). No Kingston document says the drive is discontinued"}},{"url":"https://www.buildcores.com/products/Storage/c0c4bg4vx/Kingston-NV2-2TB-SSD-M.2-PCIe-4.0-NVMe","kind":"spec_database","accessed":"2026-10-23","fields":["gtins","variants"],"notes":{"gtins":"BuildCores UPC (12 digits) for SNV2S/2000G 740617329971. The 1TB page (rlqoo5qdf) gives 740617329919 and the 500GB page (q9vw55o2y) gives 740617329858. The 1TB UPC also shows on a US reseller page. BuildCores lists a different EAN for the 1TB, which is not stored. No UPC found for the 250GB and 4TB","variants":"UPC per capacity"}},{"url":"https://digitalterminal.in/news/31344.html","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-23","fields":["release_date"],"notes":{"release_date":"Article dated 13 October 2022 reports Kingston's launch of the NV2. Kingston's own release says sales have started (Japanese text, undated page). Guru3D reported the NV2 listing on 8 September 2022, before the launch. First reviews followed in November 2022. No retail date was found, so the month is stored as October 2022"}},{"url":"https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/kingston-nv2-series-pci-express-4-(x4)-entry-level-nvme-m-2-ssd-maximum-capacity-of-2tb.html","kind":"press","accessed":"2026-10-23","fields":["release_date"],"notes":{"release_date":"Guru3D, 8 September 2022: Kingston NV2 series listed with 250GB to 2TB, 80 to 640 TBW, 3-year warranty, 22 x 80 x 2.2 mm and 7 g. No price or availability"}},{"url":"https://www.computerbase.de/2022-12/kingston-nv2-test-nvme-guenstige-gute-ssd/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-23","fields":["nvme_version"],"notes":{"nvme_version":"ComputerBase spec table for the 2TB sample reads PCIe 4.0 x4 (NVMe 1.4). Kingston gives no NVMe version. Both controllers named for the drive, the SM2267XT and the Phison E21T, are NVMe 1.4 parts. ComputerBase says Kingston keeps the right to change controller and flash, and does not name them in the data sheets"}},{"url":"https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/kingston-nv2-ssd","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-23","fields":["dram_cache"],"notes":{"dram_cache":"Specifications table reads DRAM: No (HMB) for every capacity. Controller and flash are listed as Varies. The 2TB sample had the SMI SM2267XT with Intel 144-layer QLC and the 1TB sample the SM2267XT with Kioxia 112-layer BiCS5 TLC. Controller and flash type are not stored because they change from drive to drive"}},{"url":"https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/kingston-nv2-ssd/2","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-23","fields":["measured_slc_cache_gb","measured_post_cache_write_mbs","measured_power_idle_mw","variants"],"notes":{"measured_slc_cache_gb":"2TB sample (SM2267XT, Intel 144-layer QLC). Iometer sequential write for 15 minutes on a drive prefilled to 50 percent, tested as a secondary drive with active cooling. The drive held 2.95 GB/s in pSLC mode for over 190 seconds, a cache of 561GB","measured_post_cache_write_mbs":"After the cache, QLC mode flatlines around 240 MB/s. The figure is rounded in the text","measured_power_idle_mw":"2TB sample. Quarch PPM idle power with ASPM/LPM disabled, 1,319 mW, read from chart. Intel Core i9-12900K, ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Formula","variants":"2TB row. The review text also gives 70 C on the S.M.A.R.T. sensor (86 C by IR thermometer) after roughly 500GB of sustained writes, when the drive began to throttle. That is about 3 minutes of writing at the cache speed, so it is not a test of 10 minutes or more and is not stored"}},{"url":"https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/simon-crisp/kingston-nv2-1tb-ssd-review/all/1/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-23","fields":["heatsink","variants"],"notes":{"heatsink":"Review says the drive does not come with any form of heatsink","variants":"1TB row. CrystalDiskMark 8.0.4 default profile (NVMe settings): SEQ1M Q8T1 read 3672.43 MB/s and write 2621.12 MB/s, RND4K Q1T1 read 67.29 MB/s and write 211.80 MB/s, read from the screenshot. AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, MSI MPG X570 Gaming Edge Wifi, firmware SBM02103, 1GiB test size, 5 runs. The sample had the SM2267XT and 144-layer QLC. KitGuru notes that Kingston changes components while keeping the sequential, interface and endurance ratings"}},{"url":"https://www.kitguru.net/components/ssd-drives/joao-silva/kingston-quietly-launches-nv3-m-2-ssd-series-with-up-to-4tb-of-storage/","kind":"review_site","accessed":"2026-10-23","fields":["successor"],"notes":{"successor":"KitGuru calls the Kingston NV3 the successor to the NV2."}}],"fields_filled":29,"updated":"2026-10-23"},"meta":{"api_version":"1","docs":"https://arkivo.dev/api"}}