Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate 1TB SATA III 2.5" vs Seagate S-series ST500LM000 internal hard drive

16specifications compared
7differ
9identical
17known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- 1TB SATA III 2.5":1 TB
- S-series ST500LM000 internal hard drive:500 GB
Interface
- 1TB SATA III 2.5":Serial ATA III
- S-series ST500LM000 internal hard drive:Serial ATA
Component for
- 1TB SATA III 2.5":Laptop
- S-series ST500LM000 internal hard drive:Server/workstation
Hot-swap
- 1TB SATA III 2.5":No
- S-series ST500LM000 internal hard drive:Yes
Power consumption (typical)
- 1TB SATA III 2.5":2.7 W
- S-series ST500LM000 internal hard drive:2.9 W
Height
- 1TB SATA III 2.5":9.5 mm
- S-series ST500LM000 internal hard drive:7 mm
Weight
- 1TB SATA III 2.5":115 g
- S-series ST500LM000 internal hard drive:95 g

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Comparison of 1TB SATA III 2.5", ST500LM000
33 specifications	A Seagate 1TB SATA III 2.5"View product	B Seagate S-series ST500LM000 internal hard drive Model ST500LM000 View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	500 GB
HDD speed	5400 RPM	5400 RPM
HDD size	2.5"	2.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA III	Serial ATA
Component forDiffers	Laptop	Server/workstation
Hot-swapDiffers	No	Yes
Storage drive buffer size	64 MB	64 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Read seek timeKnown for one	12 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Write seek timeKnown for one	14 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	4096	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	600000	Unknown — not stated by the source
SMART technologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Power1 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	2.7 W	2.9 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	0.9 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating voltage	5 V	5 V
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 60 °C	0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating shock	350 G	350 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	1000 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
ManualKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
User guideKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions2 differ
Width	69.8 mm	69.8 mm
Depth	100.3 mm	100.3 mm
HeightDiffers	9.5 mm	7 mm
WeightDiffers	115 g	95 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	1 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Product colourKnown for one	Chrome	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
Other operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s

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