Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Samsung 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive vs Samsung 160GB HDD

24specifications compared
7differ
17identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

The Samsung 160GB HDD has 80 GB more HDD capacity than the Samsung 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (160 GB vs 80 GB). The Samsung 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive has 0.2 W more power consumption (standby) than the Samsung 160GB HDD (0.9 W vs 0.7 W). The Samsung 160GB HDD has 13 g more weight than the Samsung 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (648 g vs 635 g). Interface: Serial ATA on the Samsung 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive, Serial ATA II on the Samsung 160GB HDD. Operating temperature (T-T): 5 - 55 °C on the Samsung 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive, 0 - 60 °C on the Samsung 160GB HDD.

HDD capacity
- 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive:80 GB
- 160GB HDD:160 GB
Interface
- 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive:Serial ATA
- 160GB HDD:Serial ATA II
Power consumption (standby)
- 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive:0.9 W
- 160GB HDD:0.7 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive:5 - 55 °C
- 160GB HDD:0 - 60 °C
Operating altitude
- 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive:-305 - 3050 m
- 160GB HDD:-304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitude
- 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive:-305 - 12200 m
- 160GB HDD:-304.8 - 12192 m
Weight
- 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive:635 g
- 160GB HDD:648 g

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Comparison of 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive, 160GB HDD
40 specifications	A Samsung 120GB Serial ATA Hard Drive View product	B Samsung 160GB HDD View product
Features2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	80 GB	160 GB
HDD speed	7200 RPM	7200 RPM
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA	Serial ATA II
TypeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	HDD
Storage drive buffer size	8 MB	8 MB
Access timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8.9 ms
Full stroke seek time	18 ms	18 ms
Track to track seek time	0.8 ms	0.8 ms
Average latency	4.17 ms	4.17 ms
Bytes per sector	512	512
Start/stop cycles	50000	50000
HDD sizeKnown for one	3.5"	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average seek timeKnown for one	8.9 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	500000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7.8 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.9 W	0.7 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.7 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6.8 W
Power consumption (read)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 W
Power consumption (write)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 W
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V	5 / 12 V
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 55 °C	0 - 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 vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.5 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8 G
Operating altitudeDiffers	-305 - 3050 m	-304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeDiffers	-305 - 12200 m	-304.8 - 12192 m
Operating shock	63 G	63 G
Non-operating shock	350 G	350 G
Weight & dimensions1 differ
Width	101.6 mm	101.6 mm
Depth	146.1 mm	146.1 mm
Height	25.4 mm	25.4 mm
WeightDiffers	635 g	648 g
Other featuresidentical
Drive ready time	7 s	7 s
Power requirementsKnown for one	5V°±5% / 12V°±10%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one	150 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
InternalKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Acoustic pressure emissionsKnown for one	27 dB	Unknown — not stated by the source

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