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Seagate 450GB HDD vs Seagate Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ

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  • 19specifications compared
  • 17differ
  • 2identical
  • 17known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ has 50 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate 450GB HDD (500 GB vs 450 GB). The Seagate 450GB HDD has 9,600 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ (15000 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate 450GB HDD has 8 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ (16 MB vs 8 MB). Interface: Fibre Channel on the Seagate 450GB HDD, Serial ATA II on the Seagate Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ. Component for: Server/workstation on the Seagate 450GB HDD, Laptop on the Seagate Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ.

  • HDD capacity
    • 450GB HDD:450 GB
    • Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:500 GB
  • HDD speed
    • 450GB HDD:15000 RPM
    • Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:5400 RPM
  • Interface
    • 450GB HDD:Fibre Channel
    • Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:Serial ATA II
  • Component for
    • 450GB HDD:Server/workstation
    • Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:Laptop
  • Storage drive buffer size
    • 450GB HDD:16 MB
    • Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:8 MB
  • HDD number of heads
    • 450GB HDD:6
    • Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:4
  • Read seek time
    • 450GB HDD:3.4 ms
    • Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:14 ms
  • Average latency
    • 450GB HDD:2 ms
    • Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:5.56 ms

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Comparison of 450GB HDD, Momentus 5400RPM 500GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
36 specifications
Features8 differ
HDD capacityDiffers450 GB500 GB
HDD speedDiffers15000 RPM5400 RPM
InterfaceDiffersFibre ChannelSerial ATA II
Component forDiffersServer/workstationLaptop
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers16 MB8 MB
HDD number of headsDiffers64
Read seek timeDiffers3.4 ms14 ms
Track to track seek timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1 ms
Average latencyDiffers2 ms5.56 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source512
HDD sizeKnown for one3.5"Unknown — not stated by the source
TypeKnown for oneHDDUnknown — not stated by the source
Write seek timeKnown for one3.9 msUnknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one1600000 hUnknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs15.17 W1.54 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source0.22 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one10.26 WUnknown — not stated by the source
Operating voltageKnown for one5 / 12 VUnknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions4 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs5 - 55 °C0 - 60 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 - 95%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source5 - 95%
Non-operating vibrationDiffers3 G5 Gs
Operating altitudeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source-304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source-304.8 - 12192 m
Operating shockDiffers60 G350 G
Non-operating shockDiffers300 G800 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers101.6 mm69.8 mm
DepthDiffers146.5 mm100.3 mm
HeightDiffers25.4 mm9.5 mm
WeightDiffers676 g98.8 g
Other featuresidentical
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source69.85 x 100.33 x 9.5 mm
InternalKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the sourceYes
Recording densityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1490 kbit/inch
Track densityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source265

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