Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Samsung Spinpoint M 500GB internal hard drive 5400 RPM 8 MB 2.5" Serial ATA II vs Samsung Spinpoint M HN-M640MBB internal hard drive

6specifications compared
2differ
4identical
28known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Spinpoint M 500GB internal hard drive 5400 RPM 8 MB 2.5" Serial ATA II:500 GB
- Spinpoint M HN-M640MBB internal hard drive:640 GB
Interface
- Spinpoint M 500GB internal hard drive 5400 RPM 8 MB 2.5" Serial ATA II:Serial ATA II
- Spinpoint M HN-M640MBB internal hard drive:Serial ATA III

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Comparison of 500GB, HN-M640MBB
34 specifications	A Samsung Spinpoint M 500GB internal hard drive 5400 RPM 8 MB 2.5" Serial ATA II Model 500GB View product	B Samsung Spinpoint M HN-M640MBB internal hard drive Model HN-M640MBB View product
Features2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	640 GB
HDD speed	5400 RPM	5400 RPM
HDD size	2.5"	2.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA II	Serial ATA III
Storage drive buffer size	8 MB	8 MB
Average latencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5.6 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1024
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.2 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.2 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.7 W
Power consumption (read)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.2 W
Power consumption (write)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.2 W
Operating voltage	5 V	5 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 A
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-300 - 3000 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-400 - 15000 m
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	325 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	750 G
Packaging contentidentical
User guideKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	69.8 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	100.3 mm
HeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	9.5 mm
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	107 g
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	84717050
Other featuresidentical
HDD transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 Mbit/s
Drive ready timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4 s
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Product colourKnown for one	Black	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateKnown for one	3 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
InternalKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source

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