Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Samsung 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive vs Seagate 300GB HDD

22specifications compared
13differ
9identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate 300GB HDD has 100 GB more HDD capacity than the Samsung 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive (300 GB vs 200 GB). The Seagate 300GB HDD has 2,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Samsung 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive (10000 RPM vs 7200 RPM). The Seagate 300GB HDD has 4 more HDD heads than the Samsung 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive (8 vs 4). Interface: Ultra-ATA/133 on the Samsung 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive, SCSI on the Seagate 300GB HDD. Operating relative humidity (H-H): 5 - 90% on the Samsung 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive, 5 - 95% on the Seagate 300GB HDD.

HDD capacity
- 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:200 GB
- 300GB HDD:300 GB
HDD speed
- 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:7200 RPM
- 300GB HDD:10000 RPM
Interface
- 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:Ultra-ATA/133
- 300GB HDD:SCSI
HDD number of heads
- 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:4
- 300GB HDD:8
Full stroke seek time
- 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:18 ms
- 300GB HDD:10.3 ms
Track to track seek time
- 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:0.8 ms
- 300GB HDD:0.2 ms
Average latency
- 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:4.17 ms
- 300GB HDD:3 ms
Operating relative humidity (H-H)
- 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive:5 - 90%
- 300GB HDD:5 - 95%

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Comparison of 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive, 300GB HDD
39 specifications	A Samsung 200GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive View product	B Seagate 300GB HDD View product
Features7 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	200 GB	300 GB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	10000 RPM
InterfaceDiffers	Ultra-ATA/133	SCSI
TypeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	HDD
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Server/workstation
HDD number of headsDiffers	4	8
Read seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.7 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5.3 ms
Full stroke seek timeDiffers	18 ms	10.3 ms
Track to track seek timeDiffers	0.8 ms	0.2 ms
Average latencyDiffers	4.17 ms	3 ms
Average seek timeKnown for one	8.9 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	512	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	50000	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	500000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	16.4 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	10.1 W
Operational conditions5 differ
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs	5 - 90%	5 - 95%
Operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 G
Operating altitudeDiffers	-305 - 3050 m	-304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeDiffers	-305 - 12200 m	-304.8 - 12192 m
Operating shockDiffers	63 G	40 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	350 G	225 G
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	635 g	726 g
Other featuresidentical
Mac compatibilityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
Power requirementsKnown for one	+5V° 5% / +12V° 10%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one	133 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive ready timeKnown for one	7 s	Unknown — not stated by the source
InternalKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source

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