Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5" vs Seagate Laptop Ultrathin, 500GB

20specifications compared
8differ
12identical
9known for one product only

Key differences

Storage drive buffer size
- 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5":32 MB
- Laptop Ultrathin, 500GB:16 MB
Read seek time
- 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5":11 ms
- Laptop Ultrathin, 500GB:13 ms
Write seek time
- 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5":11 ms
- Laptop Ultrathin, 500GB:15 ms
Power consumption (typical)
- 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5":1.5 W
- Laptop Ultrathin, 500GB:1.4 W
Width
- 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5":70.1 mm
- Laptop Ultrathin, 500GB:69.8 mm
Depth
- 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5":100.5 mm
- Laptop Ultrathin, 500GB:100.3 mm
Height
- 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5":7 mm
- Laptop Ultrathin, 500GB:5 mm
Weight
- 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5":95 g
- Laptop Ultrathin, 500GB:93 g

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Comparison of 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5", Laptop Ultrathin, 500GB
29 specifications	A Seagate 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 2.5"View product	B Seagate Laptop Ultrathin, 500GB View product
Features3 differ
HDD capacity	500 GB	500 GB
HDD size	2.5"	2.5"
Interface	Serial ATA III	Serial ATA III
Type	HDD	HDD
Component for	Laptop	Laptop
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	32 MB	16 MB
Read seek timeDiffers	11 ms	13 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	11 ms	15 ms
Bytes per sector	4096	4096
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600000
HDD speedKnown for one	7200 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average seek timeKnown for one	11 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	1.5 W	1.4 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.48 W
Operating voltage	5 V	5 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 A
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	0.65 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 60 °C	0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating shock	400 G	400 G
Non-operating shock	1000 G	1000 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	70.1 mm	69.8 mm
DepthDiffers	100.5 mm	100.3 mm
HeightDiffers	7 mm	5 mm
WeightDiffers	95 g	93 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 pc(s)
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rate	6 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
CertificationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	RoHS
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	84717050	Unknown — not stated by the source

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