Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Samsung 2TB USB3.0 vs Seagate STBU500300 external hard drive

13specifications compared
6differ
7identical
12known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- 2TB USB3.0:2 TB
- STBU500300 external hard drive:500 GB
Bus powered
- 2TB USB3.0:No
- STBU500300 external hard drive:USB
Width
- 2TB USB3.0:129.2 mm
- STBU500300 external hard drive:81.1 mm
Depth
- 2TB USB3.0:180.6 mm
- STBU500300 external hard drive:123.4 mm
Height
- 2TB USB3.0:47 mm
- STBU500300 external hard drive:14.5 mm
Weight
- 2TB USB3.0:743 g
- STBU500300 external hard drive:224 g

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Comparison of 2TB USB3.0, STBU500300
25 specifications	A Samsung 2TB USB3.0 View product	B Seagate STBU500300 external hard drive Model STBU500300 View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	2 TB	500 GB
Ports & interfacesidentical
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	5000 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Featuresidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Win	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion	Unknown — not stated by the source
Securityidentical
Fingerprint readerKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Bus poweredDiffers	No	USB
External power adapterKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	5 - 40 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-20 - 60 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	129.2 mm	81.1 mm
DepthDiffers	180.6 mm	123.4 mm
HeightDiffers	47 mm	14.5 mm
WeightDiffers	743 g	224 g
Packaging dataidentical
User guideKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package widthKnown for one	225.6 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package depthKnown for one	219 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package heightKnown for one	90 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Package weightKnown for one	1.15 kg	Unknown — not stated by the source

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