The 7450 spec sheet[0] lists 1M iops read for the U.2 connector, 735k is for the M.2. And that's a PCIe Gen4 drive. If you look at the Micron 9550 Pro[1] (Gen5) the specsheet lists 3M IOPS for the 3.2TB model.
[0] https://assets.micron.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:d133a40b...
[1] https://www.micron.com/products/storage/ssd/data-center-ssd/...