Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Desktop HDD 2TB internal hard drive 7200 RPM 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III vs Seagate 2TB SATAIII

Key differences

HDD speed
- Desktop HDD 2TB internal hard drive 7200 RPM 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:7200 RPM
- 2TB SATAIII:5900 RPM
Component for
- Desktop HDD 2TB internal hard drive 7200 RPM 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:PC
- 2TB SATAIII:NAS
HDD sustained transfer rate
- Desktop HDD 2TB internal hard drive 7200 RPM 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:210 MiB/s
- 2TB SATAIII:159 MiB/s
Start/stop cycles
- Desktop HDD 2TB internal hard drive 7200 RPM 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:300000
- 2TB SATAIII:600000
Power consumption (typical)
- Desktop HDD 2TB internal hard drive 7200 RPM 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:8 W
- 2TB SATAIII:4.3 W
Power consumption (standby)
- Desktop HDD 2TB internal hard drive 7200 RPM 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:0.75 W
- 2TB SATAIII:0.3 W
Power consumption (idle)
- Desktop HDD 2TB internal hard drive 7200 RPM 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:5.4 W
- 2TB SATAIII:3 W
Start-up current
- Desktop HDD 2TB internal hard drive 7200 RPM 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:2.5 A
- 2TB SATAIII:2 A

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Comparison of 2TB, 2TB SATAIII
28 specifications	A Seagate Desktop HDD 2TB internal hard drive 7200 RPM 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III Model 2TB View product	B Seagate 2TB SATAIII View product
Features4 differ
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5900 RPM
Component forDiffers	PC	NAS
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	6 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD sustained transfer rateDiffers	210 MiB/s	159 MiB/s
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	512	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesDiffers	300000	600000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000000 h
Power4 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8 W	4.3 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.75 W	0.3 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one	0.75 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (idle)Differs	5.4 W	3 W
Start-up currentDiffers	2.5 A	2 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 60 °C	0 - 70 °C
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	626 g	535 g
Logistics dataidentical
Products per palletKnown for one	40 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	RoHS	Unknown — not stated by the source

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