Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Samsung 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive vs Samsung 300GB HDD

18specifications compared
15differ
3identical
18known for one product only

Key differences

The Samsung 300GB HDD has 200 GB more HDD capacity than the Samsung 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive (300 GB vs 100 GB). The Samsung 300GB HDD has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Samsung 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Samsung 300GB HDD has 1" more HDD size than the Samsung 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive (3.5" vs 2.5"). Operating voltage: 5 V on the Samsung 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive, 5 / 12 V on the Samsung 300GB HDD.

HDD capacity
- 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive:100 GB
- 300GB HDD:300 GB
HDD speed
- 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive:5400 RPM
- 300GB HDD:7200 RPM
HDD size
- 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive:2.5"
- 300GB HDD:3.5"
Full stroke seek time
- 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive:22 ms
- 300GB HDD:18 ms
Track to track seek time
- 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive:2 ms
- 300GB HDD:0.8 ms
Average seek time
- 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive:12 ms
- 300GB HDD:8.9 ms
Average latency
- 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive:5.6 ms
- 300GB HDD:4.17 ms
Start/stop cycles
- 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive:600000
- 300GB HDD:50000

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Comparison of 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive, 300GB HDD
36 specifications	A Samsung 100GB ATA-6 Hard Drive View product	B Samsung 300GB HDD View product
Features9 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	100 GB	300 GB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	7200 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	2.5"	3.5"
Interface	Ultra-ATA/100	Ultra-ATA/100
TypeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	HDD
Storage drive buffer size	8 MB	8 MB
Full stroke seek timeDiffers	22 ms	18 ms
Track to track seek timeDiffers	2 ms	0.8 ms
Average seek timeDiffers	12 ms	8.9 ms
Average latencyDiffers	5.6 ms	4.17 ms
Bytes per sector	512	512
Start/stop cyclesDiffers	600000	50000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	330000 h	600000 h
Power1 differ
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8.4 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.7 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.45 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 V	5 / 12 V
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 G
Operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-304.8 - 12192 m
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	63 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	100 mm	101.6 mm
DepthDiffers	70 mm	146.1 mm
HeightDiffers	9.4 mm	25.4 mm
WeightDiffers	100 g	653 g
Other features1 differ
Drive ready timeDiffers	4 s	10 s
HDD transfer rateKnown for one	431 Mbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one	100 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
InternalKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source

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