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Seagate Desktop HDD 3TB internal hard drive 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III vs Seagate NAS 6TB

15specifications compared
10differ
5identical
12known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate NAS 6TB has 3 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate Desktop HDD 3TB internal hard drive 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III (6 TB vs 3 TB). The Seagate NAS 6TB has 64 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Desktop HDD 3TB internal hard drive 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III (128 MB vs 64 MB). The Seagate NAS 6TB has 36 MiB/s more HDD sustained transfer rate than the Seagate Desktop HDD 3TB internal hard drive 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III (216 MiB/s vs 180 MiB/s). Operating temperature (T-T): 0 - 70 °C on the Seagate Desktop HDD 3TB internal hard drive 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III, 5 - 60 °C on the Seagate NAS 6TB.

HDD capacity
- Desktop HDD 3TB internal hard drive 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:3 TB
- NAS 6TB:6 TB
Storage drive buffer size
- Desktop HDD 3TB internal hard drive 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:64 MB
- NAS 6TB:128 MB
HDD sustained transfer rate
- Desktop HDD 3TB internal hard drive 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:180 MiB/s
- NAS 6TB:216 MiB/s
Mean time between failures (MTBF)
- Desktop HDD 3TB internal hard drive 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:1000000 h
- NAS 6TB:1200000 h
Power consumption (idle)
- Desktop HDD 3TB internal hard drive 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:4 W
- NAS 6TB:6.9 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Desktop HDD 3TB internal hard drive 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:0 - 70 °C
- NAS 6TB:5 - 60 °C
Width
- Desktop HDD 3TB internal hard drive 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:101.6 mm
- NAS 6TB:101.8 mm
Depth
- Desktop HDD 3TB internal hard drive 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III:26.1 mm
- NAS 6TB:147 mm

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Comparison of 3TB, NAS 6TB
27 specifications	A Seagate Desktop HDD 3TB internal hard drive 64 MB 3.5" Serial ATA III Model 3TB View product	B Seagate NAS 6TB View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	3 TB	6 TB
HDD speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7200 RPM
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
Interface	Serial ATA III	Serial ATA III
Type	HDD	HDD
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	NAS
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	64 MB	128 MB
HDD interface transfer rate	6 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
HDD sustained transfer rateDiffers	180 MiB/s	216 MiB/s
Average latencyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4.16 ms
SMART technologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Differs	1000000 h	1200000 h
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	4096	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Power consumption (idle)Differs	4 W	6.9 W
Power consumption (read)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	11.27 W
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V	5 / 12 V
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	5.6 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	0.5 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	0 - 70 °C	5 - 60 °C
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	40 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	250 G
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	101.8 mm
DepthDiffers	26.1 mm	147 mm
HeightDiffers	147 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	610 g	780 g
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	84717050

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