The Micron 5200 Max is the highest-endurance variant of the 5200 series, rated at approximately 3 DWPD over five years. It shares the Marvell 88SS1074 controller and 64-layer 3D TLC NAND introduced in the 5200 generation, and covers 240GB through 1920GB — the same range as the 5100 Max before it.
The 5200 Max delivers higher random write IOPS than the 5200 Pro at every capacity: the 960GB model reaches 75,000 versus 32,000 for the Pro, and the 1920GB model sustains 70,000. Sequential write speeds are lower at the small capacities — 310 MB/s at 240GB and 460 MB/s at 480GB — and the 240GB's random read IOPS of 81,000 is below the 95,000 ceiling of larger capacities, both consequences of reduced parallelism.
The 5200 series does not include an M.2 variant; all 5200 Max units are 2.5-inch. Compared to the preceding 5100 Max, the 5200 Max brings marginally improved QoS latency from the denser NAND. Enterprise features are consistent across the 5x00 family: AES-256 TCG Enterprise SED encryption, end-to-end data path protection, and power-loss protection capacitors.
