Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

ADATA HC300 Eco vs Seagate HDD 1 TB

15specifications compared
10differ
5identical
13known for one product only

Key differences

The ADATA HC300 Eco has 47.7 mm more width than the Seagate HDD 1 TB (125.7 mm vs 78 mm). The ADATA HC300 Eco has 68.8 mm more depth than the Seagate HDD 1 TB (80.5 mm vs 11.7 mm). The Seagate HDD 1 TB has 104.5 mm more height than the ADATA HC300 Eco (114.8 mm vs 10.3 mm). USB version: 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) on the ADATA HC300 Eco, 2.0/3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) on the Seagate HDD 1 TB. Product colour: Green on the ADATA HC300 Eco, Silver on the Seagate HDD 1 TB.

USB version
- HC300 Eco:3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1)
- HDD 1 TB:2.0/3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1)
Product colour
- HC300 Eco:Green
- HDD 1 TB:Silver
Housing material
- HC300 Eco:Plastic
- HDD 1 TB:Aluminium
Width
- HC300 Eco:125.7 mm
- HDD 1 TB:78 mm
Depth
- HC300 Eco:80.5 mm
- HDD 1 TB:11.7 mm
Height
- HC300 Eco:10.3 mm
- HDD 1 TB:114.8 mm
Weight
- HC300 Eco:133 g
- HDD 1 TB:148 g
Cables included
- HC300 Eco:USB
- HDD 1 TB:Micro-USB

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Comparison of HC300 Eco, HDD 1 TB
28 specifications	A ADATA HC300 Eco View product	B Seagate HDD 1 TB View product
Hard driveidentical
HDD sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.5"
Ports & interfaces1 differ
USB connectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Micro-USB B
USB versionDiffers	3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1)	2.0/3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1)
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	5000 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
USB data transfer ratesKnown for one	5000 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features4 differ
Product colourDiffers	Green	Silver
Housing materialDiffers	Plastic	Aluminium
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1	Yes
Mac operating systems supportedDiffers	Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra, Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra, Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave, Mac OS X 10.15 Catalina, Mac OS X 10.15.3 Catalina, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.7.5 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks	MacOS
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Securityidentical
Hardware encryptionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Password protectionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	125.7 mm	78 mm
DepthDiffers	80.5 mm	11.7 mm
HeightDiffers	10.3 mm	114.8 mm
WeightDiffers	133 g	148 g
Packaging data1 differ
Cables includedDiffers	USB	Micro-USB
User guideKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Package widthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	106 mm
Package depthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	37.5 mm
Package heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	146 mm
Package weightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	233 g
Other featuresidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	CE, EAC, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), RoHS, UKCA	Unknown — not stated by the source

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