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Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Samsung 120GB Serial ATA I HDD vs Seagate 5400.3 SATA 60GB

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  • 19specifications compared
  • 7differ
  • 12identical
  • 26known for one product only

Key differences

The Samsung 120GB Serial ATA I HDD has 60 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate 5400.3 SATA 60GB (120 GB vs 60 GB). The Samsung 120GB Serial ATA I HDD has 0.5 ms more track to track seek time than the Seagate 5400.3 SATA 60GB (2 ms vs 1.5 ms). The Samsung 120GB Serial ATA I HDD has 0.05 W more power consumption (standby) than the Seagate 5400.3 SATA 60GB (0.25 W vs 0.2 W). Operating temperature (T-T): 5 - 55 °C on the Samsung 120GB Serial ATA I HDD, 0 - 60 °C on the Seagate 5400.3 SATA 60GB.

  • HDD capacity
    • 120 GB
    • 60 GB
  • Track to track seek time
    • 2 ms
    • 1.5 ms
  • Power consumption (standby)
    • 0.25 W
    • 0.2 W
  • Operating temperature (T-T)
    • 5 - 55 °C
    • 0 - 60 °C
  • Operating shock
    • 325 G
    • 350 G
  • Non-operating shock
    • 1000 G
    • 900 G
  • Drive ready time
    • 4 s
    • 3 s

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45 specifications
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Samsung

120GB Serial ATA I HDDView product
B

Seagate

5400.3 SATA 60GBView product
Features2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers120 GB60 GB
HDD speed5400 RPM5400 RPM
HDD size2.5"2.5"
InterfaceSerial ATASerial ATA
TypeKnown for oneHDD
Component forKnown for oneLaptop
Storage drive buffer size8 MB8 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for one2
Read seek timeKnown for one11 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one13 ms
Full stroke seek time22 ms22 ms
Track to track seek timeDiffers2 ms1.5 ms
Average latency5.6 ms5.6 ms
Bytes per sector512512
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one600000
Average seek timeKnown for one12 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one330000 h
Power1 differ
Power consumption (standby)Differs0.25 W0.2 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)0.2 W0.2 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one0.6 W
Power consumption (read)Known for one1.9 W
Power consumption (write)Known for one1.8 W
Operating voltage5 V5 V
Start-up currentKnown for one1 A
Power consumption (typical)Known for one2.1 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 vibrationKnown for one1 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one5 G
Operating altitudeKnown for one-304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one-304.8 - 12192 m
Operating shockDiffers325 G350 G
Non-operating shockDiffers1000 G900 G
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one69.8 mm
DepthKnown for one100.5 mm
HeightKnown for one9.5 mm
WeightKnown for one96 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one1 pc(s)
Other features1 differ
Drive ready timeDiffers4 s3 s
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for oneYes
Power requirementsKnown for one+5V
InternalKnown for oneYes
Acoustic pressure emissionsKnown for one2.2 dB

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