Pci Express M2 Specification Revision 50 Version 10 Pdf Updated
Revision 5.0, Version 1.0 incorporates several critical Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) and improvements: Amperage Improvements
If you are a hardware engineer, you cannot simply drop a PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSD into a motherboard built to Rev 3.0 or even Rev 4.0 spec and expect full performance. The makes this explicitly clear in its forward compatibility statements. Revision 5