Product comparison · 2 external solid state drives

Buffalo DriveStation Mini Thunderbolt vs Buffalo MiniStation SSD

14specifications compared
12differ
2identical
9known for one product only

Key differences

SSD capacity
- DriveStation Mini Thunderbolt:512 GB
- MiniStation SSD:120 GB
Read speed
- DriveStation Mini Thunderbolt:615 MB/s
- MiniStation SSD:420 MB/s
Write speed
- DriveStation Mini Thunderbolt:760 MB/s
- MiniStation SSD:370 MB/s
Product colour
- DriveStation Mini Thunderbolt:White
- MiniStation SSD:Black
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- DriveStation Mini Thunderbolt:20 - 80%
- MiniStation SSD:10 - 85%
Width
- DriveStation Mini Thunderbolt:45 mm
- MiniStation SSD:80 mm
Depth
- DriveStation Mini Thunderbolt:102 mm
- MiniStation SSD:49.5 mm
Height
- DriveStation Mini Thunderbolt:154 mm
- MiniStation SSD:9.4 mm

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Comparison of DriveStation Mini Thunderbolt, MiniStation SSD
23 specifications	A Buffalo DriveStation Mini Thunderbolt View product	B Buffalo MiniStation SSD View product
Solid state drive3 differ
SSD capacityDiffers	512 GB	120 GB
Interface	Serial ATA III	Serial ATA III
Memory typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	TLC
Read speedDiffers	615 MB/s	420 MB/s
Write speedDiffers	760 MB/s	370 MB/s
SSD form factorKnown for one	2.5"	Unknown — not stated by the source
Features3 differ
Product colourDiffers	White	Black
Housing materialKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Aluminium
Protection featuresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Shock resistant
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	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	Windows 10 Education, Windows 10 Education x64, Windows 10 Enterprise, Windows 10 Enterprise x64, Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Home x64, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Enterprise x64, Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows
Mac operating systems supportedDiffers	Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks	Yes
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 35 °C	5 - 35 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	20 - 80%	10 - 85%
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	45 mm	80 mm
DepthDiffers	102 mm	49.5 mm
HeightDiffers	154 mm	9.4 mm
WeightDiffers	540 g	30 g
Packaging contentidentical
Cables includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Micro-USB
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Disk Formatter2, SecureLock Mobile2
ManualKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features1 differ
USB poweredDiffers	No	Yes
Ports & interfacesidentical
Thunderbolt technologyKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Wi-FiKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source

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