Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Seagate 16TB DESKTOP HARD vs Seagate Basic Recertified

20specifications compared
13differ
7identical
3known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate 16TB DESKTOP HARD has 12 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate Basic Recertified (16 TB vs 4 TB). The Seagate 16TB DESKTOP HARD has 1" more HDD size than the Seagate Basic Recertified (3.5" vs 2.5"). The Seagate Basic Recertified has 38.1 mm more width than the Seagate 16TB DESKTOP HARD (80 mm vs 41.9 mm). Product colour: Black on the Seagate 16TB DESKTOP HARD, Silver on the Seagate Basic Recertified. Windows operating systems supported: Windows 10 on the Seagate 16TB DESKTOP HARD, Yes on the Seagate Basic Recertified.

HDD capacity
- 16TB DESKTOP HARD:16 TB
- Basic Recertified:4 TB
HDD size
- 16TB DESKTOP HARD:3.5"
- Basic Recertified:2.5"
Product colour
- 16TB DESKTOP HARD:Black
- Basic Recertified:Silver
Windows operating systems supported
- 16TB DESKTOP HARD:Windows 10
- Basic Recertified:Yes
Width
- 16TB DESKTOP HARD:41.9 mm
- Basic Recertified:80 mm
Depth
- 16TB DESKTOP HARD:125 mm
- Basic Recertified:20 mm
Height
- 16TB DESKTOP HARD:178.8 mm
- Basic Recertified:117 mm
Weight
- 16TB DESKTOP HARD:1.18 kg
- Basic Recertified:270 g

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Comparison of 16TB DESKTOP HARD, Basic Recertified
23 specifications	A Seagate 16TB DESKTOP HARD View product	B Seagate Basic Recertified View product
Hard drive2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	16 TB	4 TB
HDD sizeDiffers	3.5"	2.5"
Ports & interfacesidentical
USB version	3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1)	3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1)
Thunderbolt technology	No	No
Wi-Fi	No	No
Ethernet LAN	No	No
Features3 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black	Silver
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Windows 10	Yes
Mac operating systems supportedDiffers	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	Yes
Plug and PlayKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Poweridentical
Bus poweredKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
External power adapterKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	41.9 mm	80 mm
DepthDiffers	125 mm	20 mm
HeightDiffers	178.8 mm	117 mm
WeightDiffers	1.18 kg	270 g
Packaging data4 differ
Cables included	USB	USB
User guide	Yes	Yes
Package widthDiffers	212 mm	103 mm
Package depthDiffers	77 mm	39.5 mm
Package heightDiffers	218 mm	142 mm
Package weightDiffers	1.34 kg	330 g
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) code	84717050	84717050

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