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Seagate 600GB HDD vs Seagate Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ

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  • 20specifications compared
  • 18differ
  • 2identical
  • 16known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate 600GB HDD has 350 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ (600 GB vs 250 GB). The Seagate 600GB HDD has 9,600 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ (15000 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate 600GB HDD has 8 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ (16 MB vs 8 MB). Interface: Fibre Channel on the Seagate 600GB HDD, Serial ATA II on the Seagate Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ. Component for: Server/workstation on the Seagate 600GB HDD, Laptop on the Seagate Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ.

  • HDD capacity
    • 600GB HDD:600 GB
    • Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:250 GB
  • HDD speed
    • 600GB HDD:15000 RPM
    • Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:5400 RPM
  • Interface
    • 600GB HDD:Fibre Channel
    • Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:Serial ATA II
  • Component for
    • 600GB HDD:Server/workstation
    • Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:Laptop
  • Storage drive buffer size
    • 600GB HDD:16 MB
    • Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:8 MB
  • HDD number of heads
    • 600GB HDD:8
    • Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:2
  • Read seek time
    • 600GB HDD:3.4 ms
    • Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:14 ms
  • Average latency
    • 600GB HDD:2 ms
    • Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ:5.56 ms

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Comparison of 600GB HDD, Momentus 5400RPM 250GB 8M SATA 3Gb/s NCQ
36 specifications
Features8 differ
HDD capacityDiffers600 GB250 GB
HDD speedDiffers15000 RPM5400 RPM
InterfaceDiffersFibre ChannelSerial ATA II
Component forDiffersServer/workstationLaptop
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers16 MB8 MB
HDD number of headsDiffers82
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)Differs16.31 W1.54 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source0.22 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one11.61 WUnknown — not stated by the source
Operating voltageKnown for one5 / 12 VUnknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions5 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs5 - 55 °C0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)-40 - 70 °C-40 - 70 °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%
Operating vibrationDiffers1 G1.0 Gs
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
WeightDiffers686 g93.5 g
Other featuresidentical
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for oneUnknown — not stated by the source69.85 x 100.33 x 9.5 mm
InternalYesYes
Recording densityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source1490 kbit/inch
Track densityKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source265

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