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Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Samsung 160GB HDD vs Seagate 100GB HDD

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  • 28specifications compared
  • 20differ
  • 8identical
  • 11known for one product only

Key differences

The Samsung 160GB HDD has 60 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate 100GB HDD (160 GB vs 100 GB). The Samsung 160GB HDD has 3,000 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate 100GB HDD (7200 RPM vs 4200 RPM). The Seagate 100GB HDD has 1.43 ms more average latency than the Samsung 160GB HDD (5.6 ms vs 4.17 ms). Interface: Serial ATA II on the Samsung 160GB HDD, Ultra-ATA/100 on the Seagate 100GB HDD. Operating voltage: 5 / 12 V on the Samsung 160GB HDD, 5 V on the Seagate 100GB HDD.

  • HDD capacity
    • 160 GB
    • 100 GB
  • HDD speed
    • 7200 RPM
    • 4200 RPM
  • Interface
    • Serial ATA II
    • Ultra-ATA/100
  • Average latency
    • 4.17 ms
    • 5.6 ms
  • Start/stop cycles
    • 50000
    • 20000
  • Power consumption (typical)
    • 7.8 W
    • 2.3 W
  • Power consumption (standby)
    • 0.7 W
    • 0.2 W
  • Power consumption (idle)
    • 6.8 W
    • 0.99 W

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39 specifications
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Samsung

160GB HDDView product
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Seagate

100GB HDDView product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers160 GB100 GB
HDD speedDiffers7200 RPM4200 RPM
HDD sizeKnown for one2.5"
InterfaceDiffersSerial ATA IIUltra-ATA/100
Component forKnown for oneLaptop
HDD number of headsKnown for one4
Average seek timeKnown for one12.5 ms
Average latencyDiffers4.17 ms5.6 ms
Start/stop cyclesDiffers5000020000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one600000 h
Access timeKnown for one8.9 ms
Full stroke seek timeKnown for one18 ms
Track to track seek timeKnown for one0.8 ms
Power6 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs7.8 W2.3 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs0.7 W0.2 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs6.8 W0.99 W
Power consumption (read)Differs8 W2.05 W
Power consumption (write)Differs8 W2.1 W
Operating voltageDiffers5 / 12 V5 V
Start-up currentKnown for one1 A
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one0.7 W
Operational conditions5 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs0 - 60 °C5 - 55 °C
Operating vibrationDiffers1.5 G1 G
Non-operating vibrationDiffers8 G5 G
Operating shockDiffers63 G250 G
Non-operating shockDiffers350 G900 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers101.6 mm69.8 mm
DepthDiffers146.1 mm100.2 mm
HeightDiffers25.4 mm9.5 mm
WeightDiffers648 g98 g
Other featuresidentical
Drive ready timeKnown for one7 s

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