Introducing M.2 Gen 5 Socket

Argosy- M.2 Gen 5 Socket


M.2 Gen 5 Introduction

PCI-SIG announced “PCI Express M.2 Specification- Revision 5.0, Version 0.7” in May 2022, which is M.2 Gen 5 (32.0 GT/s) standard. In this version, the signal integrity requirements and test procedures for 32.0 GT/s were defined.

Introducing our new product “M.2 Gen 5 4.2 Height”, and it has been tested PASS in the latest M.2 Gen 5 standard.


M.2 Gen 5 Spec.

  • Right angle type
  • Standard / Reverse orientation
  • 4.2mm & 8.5mm heights available


M.2 Gen 4 & Gen 5 Spec Comparison

Item

M.2 R4.0 (Gen 4)

M.2 R5.0 (Gen 5)

No. of pin

67

67

Pitch

0.5 mm

0.5 mm

Voltage

50 V

50 V

Current

0.5 A

0.5 A

Speed

16.0 GT/s

32.0 GT/s

Contact resistance

55 mΩ

55 mΩ

Insulation resistance

5x108 mΩ

5x108 mΩ

Durability

60 mating cycles

60 mating cycles

Insertion force

20N (2.04 Kgf) max.

20N (2.04 Kgf) max.

Shock

285 G

285 G


M.2 Gen 5 Application

  • M.2 Socket 1 and Socket 2 apply to wireless connection, e.g. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC and Wi-Gig
  • M.2 Socket 2 and Socket 3 apply to SSD and PCIe 5.0 interface, and supporting all new CPU or GPU: Intel Alder Lake & Sapphire Rapids, AMD Ryzen 7000 & Genoa, NVidia Grace & Hopper