Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate 1.5TB 2.5" vs Seagate Surveillance 8TB SATA

19specifications compared
14differ
5identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- 1.5TB 2.5":1.5 TB
- Surveillance 8TB SATA:8 TB
HDD speed
- 1.5TB 2.5":5400 RPM
- Surveillance 8TB SATA:7200 RPM
HDD size
- 1.5TB 2.5":2.5"
- Surveillance 8TB SATA:3.5"
Component for
- 1.5TB 2.5":Laptop
- Surveillance 8TB SATA:Surveillance system
Power consumption (standby)
- 1.5TB 2.5":0.18 W
- Surveillance 8TB SATA:0.6 W
Power consumption (idle)
- 1.5TB 2.5":0.7 W
- Surveillance 8TB SATA:7.6 W
Power consumption (read)
- 1.5TB 2.5":2.3 W
- Surveillance 8TB SATA:9 W
Power consumption (write)
- 1.5TB 2.5":2.3 W
- Surveillance 8TB SATA:9 W

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Comparison of 1.5TB 2.5", Surveillance 8TB SATA
36 specifications	A Seagate 1.5TB 2.5"View product	B Seagate Surveillance 8TB SATA View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1.5 TB	8 TB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	7200 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	2.5"	3.5"
Component forDiffers	Laptop	Surveillance system
Average seek timeKnown for one	12 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyKnown for one	5.6 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
SMART technologyKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	256 MB
HDD sustained transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	230 MiB/s
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4096
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000000 h
Power5 differ
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.18 W	0.6 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	0.7 W	7.6 W
Power consumption (read)Differs	2.3 W	9 W
Power consumption (write)Differs	2.3 W	9 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 V	5 / 12 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	1 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 60 °C	5 - 60 °C
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	1.5 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating altitudeKnown for one	-304.8 - 3048 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	-304.8 - 12192 m	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating shockKnown for one	300 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	101.8 mm
DepthDiffers	100.3 mm	26.1 mm
HeightDiffers	9.5 mm	147 mm
WeightDiffers	130 g	780 g
Other featuresidentical
Drive ready timeKnown for one	0.35 s	Unknown — not stated by the source

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