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Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Samsung 200GB HDD vs Seagate 100GB HDD

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  • 32specifications compared
  • 23differ
  • 9identical
  • 6known for one product only

Key differences

The Samsung 200GB HDD has 100 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate 100GB HDD (200 GB vs 100 GB). The Samsung 200GB HDD has 3,000 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate 100GB HDD (7200 RPM vs 4200 RPM). The Samsung 200GB HDD has 1" more HDD size than the Seagate 100GB HDD (3.5" vs 2.5"). Interface: Serial ATA II on the Samsung 200GB HDD, Ultra-ATA/100 on the Seagate 100GB HDD. Operating voltage: 5 / 12 V on the Samsung 200GB HDD, 5 V on the Seagate 100GB HDD.

  • HDD capacity
    • 200 GB
    • 100 GB
  • HDD speed
    • 7200 RPM
    • 4200 RPM
  • HDD size
    • 3.5"
    • 2.5"
  • Interface
    • Serial ATA II
    • Ultra-ATA/100
  • HDD number of heads
    • 2
    • 4
  • Average seek time
    • 8.9 ms
    • 12.5 ms
  • Average latency
    • 4.17 ms
    • 5.6 ms
  • Start/stop cycles
    • 50000
    • 20000

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38 specifications
A

Samsung

200GB HDDView product
B

Seagate

100GB HDDView product
Features8 differ
HDD capacityDiffers200 GB100 GB
HDD speedDiffers7200 RPM4200 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers3.5"2.5"
InterfaceDiffersSerial ATA IIUltra-ATA/100
TypeHDDHDD
Storage drive buffer size8 MB8 MB
HDD number of headsDiffers24
Full stroke seek timeKnown for one18 ms
Track to track seek timeKnown for one0.8 ms
Average seek timeDiffers8.9 ms12.5 ms
Average latencyDiffers4.17 ms5.6 ms
Bytes per sector512512
Start/stop cyclesDiffers5000020000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)600000 h600000 h
Component forKnown for oneLaptop
Power6 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs9.5 W2.3 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs1.5 W0.2 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one1.5 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs7.5 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
Operational conditions5 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)5 - 90%5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)5 - 95%5 - 95%
Operating vibrationDiffers1.5 G1 G
Non-operating vibrationDiffers8 G5 G
Operating altitude-304.8 - 3048 m-304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitude-304.8 - 12192 m-304.8 - 12192 m
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
WeightDiffers653 g98 g
Other featuresidentical
Drive ready timeKnown for one7 s

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