Product comparison · 2 external hard drives

Seagate STAA500105 external hard drive vs Verbatim 97312 external hard drive

8specifications compared
4differ
4identical
7known for one product only

Key differences

The Verbatim 97312 external hard drive has 140 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate STAA500105 external hard drive (640 GB vs 500 GB). USB connector: USB Type-A on the Seagate STAA500105 external hard drive, USB on the Verbatim 97312 external hard drive. USB version: 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) on the Seagate STAA500105 external hard drive, 2.0 on the Verbatim 97312 external hard drive. Bus powered: No on the Seagate STAA500105 external hard drive, USB on the Verbatim 97312 external hard drive.

HDD capacity
- STAA500105 external hard drive:500 GB
- 97312 external hard drive:640 GB
USB connector
- STAA500105 external hard drive:USB Type-A
- 97312 external hard drive:USB
USB version
- STAA500105 external hard drive:3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1)
- 97312 external hard drive:2.0
Bus powered
- STAA500105 external hard drive:No
- 97312 external hard drive:USB

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Comparison of STAA500105, 97312
15 specifications	A Seagate STAA500105 external hard drive Model STAA500105 View product	B Verbatim 97312 external hard drive Model 97312 View product
Hard drive1 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	640 GB
Type	HDD	HDD
Ports & interfaces2 differ
USB connectorDiffers	USB Type-A	USB
USB versionDiffers	3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1)	2.0
Featuresidentical
Product colour	Black	Black
Windows operating systems supported	Yes	Yes
Mac operating systems supported	Yes	Yes
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power1 differ
Bus poweredDiffers	No	USB
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	83 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
DepthKnown for one	14 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
HeightKnown for one	111 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
WeightKnown for one	150 g	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging dataidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Norton Online Backup (5GB) free trial
Other featuresidentical
USB 2.0 ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1

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