Introducing 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