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Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Samsung 120GB HDD vs Samsung 500GB HDD

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  • 22specifications compared
  • 17differ
  • 5identical
  • 10known for one product only

Key differences

  • HDD capacity
    • 120 GB
    • 500 GB
  • HDD speed
    • 5400 RPM
    • 7200 RPM
  • HDD size
    • 2.5"
    • 3.5"
  • Interface
    • Serial ATA
    • Serial ATA II
  • Storage drive buffer size
    • 8 MB
    • 16 MB
  • Full stroke seek time
    • 22 ms
    • 18 ms
  • Track to track seek time
    • 2 ms
    • 0.8 ms
  • Average seek time
    • 12 ms
    • 8.9 ms

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Samsung

120GB HDDView product
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Samsung

500GB HDDView product
Features10 differ
HDD capacityDiffers120 GB500 GB
HDD speedDiffers5400 RPM7200 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers2.5"3.5"
InterfaceDiffersSerial ATASerial ATA II
TypeHDDHDD
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers8 MB16 MB
Full stroke seek timeDiffers22 ms18 ms
Track to track seek timeDiffers2 ms0.8 ms
Average seek timeDiffers12 ms8.9 ms
Average latencyDiffers5.6 ms4.17 ms
SMART technologyKnown for oneYes
Bytes per sector512512
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one50000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs330000 h600000 h
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs4.5 W8 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs0.25 W1.2 W
Operating voltageDiffers5 V5 / 12 V
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one0.25 W
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs5 - 55 °C0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)-40 - 70 °C-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)5 - 90%5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)5 - 95%5 - 95%
Operating altitudeKnown for one0 - 3000 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one0 - 12000 m
Operating shockDiffers325 G63 G
Non-operating shockDiffers1000 G300 G
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one101.6 mm
DepthKnown for one146.1 mm
HeightKnown for one25.4 mm
WeightKnown for one640 g
Other features1 differ
Drive ready timeDiffers4 s10 s
Acoustic pressure emissionsKnown for one2.4 dB

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