Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate 3TB SATA 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB vs Seagate Archive HDD 5TB

Key differences

HDD capacity
- 3TB SATA 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB:3 TB
- Archive HDD 5TB:5 TB
Storage drive buffer size
- 3TB SATA 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB:64 MB
- Archive HDD 5TB:128 MB
HDD sustained transfer rate
- 3TB SATA 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB:210 MiB/s
- Archive HDD 5TB:180 MiB/s
HDD number of heads
- 3TB SATA 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB:6
- Archive HDD 5TB:8
Power consumption (typical)
- 3TB SATA 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB:8 W
- Archive HDD 5TB:5.5 W
Power consumption (idle)
- 3TB SATA 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB:5.8 W
- Archive HDD 5TB:3.5 W
Depth
- 3TB SATA 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB:26.1 mm
- Archive HDD 5TB:147 mm
Height
- 3TB SATA 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB:147 mm
- Archive HDD 5TB:26.1 mm

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Comparison of 3TB SATA 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB, Archive HDD 5TB
27 specifications	A Seagate 3TB SATA 3.5" 7200rpm 64MB View product	B Seagate Archive HDD 5TB View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	3 TB	5 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	7200 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	64 MB	128 MB
HDD sustained transfer rateDiffers	210 MiB/s	180 MiB/s
HDD number of headsDiffers	6	8
Read seek timeKnown for one	8.5 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Write seek timeKnown for one	9.5 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	4096	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	800000 h
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8 W	5.5 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	5.8 W	3.5 W
Start-up currentKnown for one	2.5 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions3 differ
DepthDiffers	26.1 mm	147 mm
HeightDiffers	147 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	629 g	655 g

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