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Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate 100GB HDD vs Seagate 300GB HDD

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  • 26specifications compared
  • 18differ
  • 8identical
  • 13known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate 300GB HDD has 200 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate 100GB HDD (300 GB vs 100 GB). The Seagate 300GB HDD has 5,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate 100GB HDD (10000 RPM vs 4200 RPM). The Seagate 300GB HDD has 1" more HDD size than the Seagate 100GB HDD (3.5" vs 2.5"). Interface: Ultra-ATA/100 on the Seagate 100GB HDD, SCSI on the Seagate 300GB HDD. Component for: Laptop on the Seagate 100GB HDD, Server/workstation on the Seagate 300GB HDD.

  • HDD capacity
    • 100 GB
    • 300 GB
  • HDD speed
    • 4200 RPM
    • 10000 RPM
  • HDD size
    • 2.5"
    • 3.5"
  • Interface
    • Ultra-ATA/100
    • SCSI
  • Component for
    • Laptop
    • Server/workstation
  • HDD number of heads
    • 4
    • 8
  • Average latency
    • 5.6 ms
    • 3 ms
  • Power consumption (typical)
    • 2.3 W
    • 16.4 W

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100GB HDDView product
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300GB HDDView product
Features7 differ
HDD capacityDiffers100 GB300 GB
HDD speedDiffers4200 RPM10000 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers2.5"3.5"
InterfaceDiffersUltra-ATA/100SCSI
TypeHDDHDD
Component forDiffersLaptopServer/workstation
Storage drive buffer size8 MB8 MB
HDD number of headsDiffers48
Average seek timeKnown for one12.5 ms
Average latencyDiffers5.6 ms3 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one512
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one20000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one600000 h
Read seek timeKnown for one4.7 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one5.3 ms
Full stroke seek timeKnown for one10.3 ms
Track to track seek timeKnown for one0.2 ms
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs2.3 W16.4 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one0.2 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs0.99 W10.1 W
Power consumption (read)Known for one2.05 W
Power consumption (write)Known for one2.1 W
Operating voltageDiffers5 V5 / 12 V
Start-up currentKnown for one1 A
Operational conditions4 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)5 - 55 °C5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)-40 - 70 °C-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Differs5 - 90%5 - 95%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)5 - 95%5 - 95%
Operating vibration1 G1 G
Non-operating vibrationDiffers5 G3 G
Operating altitude-304.8 - 3048 m-304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitude-304.8 - 12192 m-304.8 - 12192 m
Operating shockDiffers250 G40 G
Non-operating shockDiffers900 G225 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers69.8 mm101.6 mm
DepthDiffers100.2 mm146.1 mm
HeightDiffers9.5 mm25.4 mm
WeightDiffers98 g726 g
Other featuresidentical
Mac compatibilityKnown for oneNo

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