Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Samsung Spinpoint P HM500LI/Y internal hard drive vs Seagate Desktop HDD ST3160813AS internal hard drive

9specifications compared
7differ
2identical
24known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Spinpoint P HM500LI/Y internal hard drive:500 GB
- Desktop HDD ST3160813AS internal hard drive:160 GB
HDD speed
- Spinpoint P HM500LI/Y internal hard drive:5400 RPM
- Desktop HDD ST3160813AS internal hard drive:7200 RPM
Start/stop cycles
- Spinpoint P HM500LI/Y internal hard drive:600000
- Desktop HDD ST3160813AS internal hard drive:50000
Width
- Spinpoint P HM500LI/Y internal hard drive:69.8 mm
- Desktop HDD ST3160813AS internal hard drive:101.6 mm
Depth
- Spinpoint P HM500LI/Y internal hard drive:100 mm
- Desktop HDD ST3160813AS internal hard drive:147 mm
Height
- Spinpoint P HM500LI/Y internal hard drive:9.5 mm
- Desktop HDD ST3160813AS internal hard drive:20 mm
Weight
- Spinpoint P HM500LI/Y internal hard drive:115 g
- Desktop HDD ST3160813AS internal hard drive:0.365 g

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Comparison of HM500LI/Y, ST3160813AS
33 specifications	A Samsung Spinpoint P HM500LI/Y internal hard drive Model HM500LI/Y View product	B Seagate Desktop HDD ST3160813AS internal hard drive Model ST3160813AS View product
Features3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	160 GB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	7200 RPM
HDD sizeKnown for one	2.5"	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	8 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Track to track seek timeKnown for one	5.6 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyKnown for one	12 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	512	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesDiffers	600000	50000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	750000 h
Poweridentical
Operating voltageKnown for one	5 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	5 - 55 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 90%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 95%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating vibrationKnown for one	0.76 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating altitudeKnown for one	-300 - 3.000 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	-400 - 15000 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating shockKnown for one	325 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating shockKnown for one	900 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	69.8 mm	101.6 mm
DepthDiffers	100 mm	147 mm
HeightDiffers	9.5 mm	20 mm
WeightDiffers	115 g	0.365 g
Other featuresidentical
Power requirementsKnown for one	+ 5V ± 5%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one	300 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Drive ready timeKnown for one	5 s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive desktop or notebook?Known for one	notebook	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 Gbit/s
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 Mbit/s
Sustained data rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 MB/s
Cache bandwidth (max)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8

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