Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate 500GB 3.5 vs Seagate 750GB 3.5

19specifications compared
9differ
10identical
14known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- 500GB 3.5:500 GB
- 750GB 3.5:750 GB
Storage drive buffer size
- 500GB 3.5:16 MB
- 750GB 3.5:32 MB
Average latency
- 500GB 3.5:4.17 ms
- 750GB 3.5:4.16 ms
Power consumption (typical)
- 500GB 3.5:8 W
- 750GB 3.5:11.6 W
Power consumption (idle)
- 500GB 3.5:5 W
- 750GB 3.5:8 W
Operating shock
- 500GB 3.5:70 G
- 750GB 3.5:63 G
Non-operating shock
- 500GB 3.5:350 G
- 750GB 3.5:300 G
Height
- 500GB 3.5:20 mm
- 750GB 3.5:26.1 mm

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Comparison of 500GB 3.5, 750GB 3.5
33 specifications	A Seagate 500GB 3.5 View product	B Seagate 750GB 3.5 View product
Features3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	500 GB	750 GB
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	16 MB	32 MB
Read seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8.5 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	9.5 ms
Track to track seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.8 ms
Average latencyDiffers	4.17 ms	4.16 ms
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1200000 h
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	50000	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8 W	11.6 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	5 W	8 W
Start-up currentKnown for one	2 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	5 - 95%
Operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-60.96 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-60.96 - 12192 m
Operating shockDiffers	70 G	63 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	350 G	300 G
Weight & dimensions2 differ
HeightDiffers	20 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	540 g	633 g
Other featuresidentical
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Sustained data rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	105 MB/s
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	84717050	Unknown — not stated by the source

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