Radeon returns to the storage game with the launch of the Radeon R3 drives-- a series of entry-level SSDs available in 120, 240, 480 and 960GB capacities.
Manufactured by Taiwanese OEM Galt, the Radeon R3 SSDs come in a 2.5-inch form factor, are 7mm thick and are compatible with the SATA III 6GB interface. Inside are TLC NAND and a Silicon Motion M2256KX controller.
Performance details include sequential read speeds of 510-520MBps, sequential write speeds of 360MBps (bumped to 450MBps for the 960GB model), random read speed of 57400 IOPS (79520 IOPS for the 960GB) and random write of 18400 IOPS (37000 IOPS for the 960GB).
AMD adds the SSDs are usable with both Intel and AMD machines.
