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Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Samsung 160GB HDD vs Seagate 300GB HDD

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  • 25specifications compared
  • 15differ
  • 10identical
  • 14known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate 300GB HDD has 140 GB more HDD capacity than the Samsung 160GB HDD (300 GB vs 160 GB). The Seagate 300GB HDD has 2,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Samsung 160GB HDD (10000 RPM vs 7200 RPM). The Samsung 160GB HDD has 7.7 ms more full stroke seek time than the Seagate 300GB HDD (18 ms vs 10.3 ms). Interface: Serial ATA II on the Samsung 160GB HDD, SCSI on the Seagate 300GB HDD. Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 60 °C on the Samsung 160GB HDD, 5 - 55 °C on the Seagate 300GB HDD.

  • HDD capacity
    • 160 GB
    • 300 GB
  • HDD speed
    • 7200 RPM
    • 10000 RPM
  • Interface
    • Serial ATA II
    • SCSI
  • Full stroke seek time
    • 18 ms
    • 10.3 ms
  • Track to track seek time
    • 0.8 ms
    • 0.2 ms
  • Average latency
    • 4.17 ms
    • 3 ms
  • Power consumption (typical)
    • 7.8 W
    • 16.4 W
  • Power consumption (idle)
    • 6.8 W
    • 10.1 W

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Samsung

160GB HDDView product
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Seagate

300GB HDDView product
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers160 GB300 GB
HDD speedDiffers7200 RPM10000 RPM
InterfaceDiffersSerial ATA IISCSI
TypeHDDHDD
Storage drive buffer size8 MB8 MB
Access timeKnown for one8.9 ms
Full stroke seek timeDiffers18 ms10.3 ms
Track to track seek timeDiffers0.8 ms0.2 ms
Average latencyDiffers4.17 ms3 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one512
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one50000
HDD sizeKnown for one3.5"
Component forKnown for oneServer/workstation
HDD number of headsKnown for one8
Read seek timeKnown for one4.7 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one5.3 ms
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs7.8 W16.4 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one0.7 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one0.7 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs6.8 W10.1 W
Power consumption (read)Known for one8 W
Power consumption (write)Known for one8 W
Operating voltage5 / 12 V5 / 12 V
Operational conditions6 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs0 - 60 °C5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)-40 - 70 °C-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs5 - 90%5 - 95%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)5 - 95%5 - 95%
Operating vibrationDiffers1.5 G1 G
Non-operating vibrationDiffers8 G3 G
Operating altitude-304.8 - 3048 m-304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitude-304.8 - 12192 m-304.8 - 12192 m
Operating shockDiffers63 G40 G
Non-operating shockDiffers350 G225 G
Weight & dimensions1 differ
Width101.6 mm101.6 mm
Depth146.1 mm146.1 mm
Height25.4 mm25.4 mm
WeightDiffers648 g726 g
Other featuresidentical
Drive ready timeKnown for one7 s
Mac compatibilityKnown for oneNo

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