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Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Samsung 120GB Serial ATA I HDD vs Seagate 80GB Parallel ATA

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  • 19specifications compared
  • 11differ
  • 8identical
  • 24known for one product only

Key differences

The Samsung 120GB Serial ATA I HDD has 40 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate 80GB Parallel ATA (120 GB vs 80 GB). The Seagate 80GB Parallel ATA has 1 ms more full stroke seek time than the Samsung 120GB Serial ATA I HDD (23 ms vs 22 ms). The Samsung 120GB Serial ATA I HDD has 0.5 ms more track to track seek time than the Seagate 80GB Parallel ATA (2 ms vs 1.5 ms). Interface: Serial ATA on the Samsung 120GB Serial ATA I HDD, Parallel ATA on the Seagate 80GB Parallel ATA. Operating temperature (T-T): 5 - 55 °C on the Samsung 120GB Serial ATA I HDD, -20 - 75 °C on the Seagate 80GB Parallel ATA.

  • HDD capacity
    • 120 GB
    • 80 GB
  • Interface
    • Serial ATA
    • Parallel ATA
  • Full stroke seek time
    • 22 ms
    • 23 ms
  • Track to track seek time
    • 2 ms
    • 1.5 ms
  • Average seek time
    • 12 ms
    • 12.5 ms
  • Power consumption (standby)
    • 0.25 W
    • 0.26 W
  • Power consumption (PowerSave)
    • 0.2 W
    • 0.26 W
  • Operating temperature (T-T)
    • 5 - 55 °C
    • -20 - 75 °C

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43 specifications
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Samsung

120GB Serial ATA I HDDView product
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Seagate

80GB Parallel ATAView product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers120 GB80 GB
InterfaceDiffersSerial ATAParallel ATA
TypeKnown for oneHDD
Read seek timeKnown for one13 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one14 ms
Full stroke seek timeDiffers22 ms23 ms
Track to track seek timeDiffers2 ms1.5 ms
Average seek timeDiffers12 ms12.5 ms
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one300000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one330000 h
Power2 differ
Power consumption (standby)Differs0.25 W0.26 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Differs0.2 W0.26 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one1.65 W
Power consumption (read)Known for one1.4 W
Power consumption (write)Known for one1.5 W
Start-up currentKnown for one1.3 A
Power consumption (typical)Known for one2.1 W
Operational conditions4 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs5 - 55 °C-20 - 75 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Differs-40 - 70 °C-40 - 95 °C
Operating vibrationKnown for one2 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one5 G
Operating altitudeKnown for one-304.8 - 5500 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one-304.8 - 12192 m
Operating shockDiffers325 G300 G
Non-operating shockDiffers1000 G900 G
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one69.8 mm
DepthKnown for one100.2 mm
HeightKnown for one9.5 mm
WeightKnown for one102 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one1 pc(s)
Other featuresidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for oneYes
Power requirementsKnown for one+5V
Drive ready timeKnown for one4 s
InternalKnown for oneYes
Acoustic pressure emissionsKnown for one2.2 dB

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