Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate 10K.6 900GB 2.5 vs Seagate 160GB 2.5

17specifications compared
10differ
7identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- 10K.6 900GB 2.5:900 GB
- 160GB 2.5:160 GB
HDD speed
- 10K.6 900GB 2.5:10000 RPM
- 160GB 2.5:7200 RPM
Interface
- 10K.6 900GB 2.5:SAS
- 160GB 2.5:Serial ATA II
Storage drive buffer size
- 10K.6 900GB 2.5:64 MB
- 160GB 2.5:32 MB
Average latency
- 10K.6 900GB 2.5:2.9 ms
- 160GB 2.5:4.16 ms
Power consumption (idle)
- 10K.6 900GB 2.5:3.9 W
- 160GB 2.5:2.3 W
Non-operating vibration
- 10K.6 900GB 2.5:3 G
- 160GB 2.5:2.4 G
Width
- 10K.6 900GB 2.5:70.1 mm
- 160GB 2.5:70 mm

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Comparison of 10K.6 900GB 2.5, 160GB 2.5
33 specifications	A Seagate 10K.6 900GB 2.5 View product	B Seagate 160GB 2.5 View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	900 GB	160 GB
HDD speedDiffers	10000 RPM	7200 RPM
HDD size	2.5"	2.5"
InterfaceDiffers	SAS	Serial ATA II
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	64 MB	32 MB
Average latencyDiffers	2.9 ms	4.16 ms
Bytes per sector	512	512
TypeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	HDD
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 Gbit/s
Read seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8.5 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	9.5 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1200000 h
Power1 differ
Power consumption (idle)Differs	3.9 W	2.3 W
Operating voltage	5 V	5 V
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2.8 W
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 55 °C	5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 95%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 95%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating vibration	0.5 G	0.5 G
Non-operating vibrationDiffers	3 G	2.4 G
Operating shockKnown for one	40 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating shockKnown for one	400 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	70.1 mm	70 mm
Depth	100.5 mm	100.5 mm
HeightDiffers	15 mm	14.8 mm
WeightDiffers	212 g	188 g
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	6 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
InternalKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Number of products includedKnown for one	1 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source

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