Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Cheetah 73G internal hard drive 73.4 GB 10000 RPM 16 MB 3.5" Fibre Channel vs Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 80GB

7specifications compared
6differ
1identical
25known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Cheetah 73G internal hard drive 73.4 GB 10000 RPM 16 MB 3.5" Fibre Channel:73.4 GB
- Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 80GB:80 GB
HDD speed
- Cheetah 73G internal hard drive 73.4 GB 10000 RPM 16 MB 3.5" Fibre Channel:10000 RPM
- Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 80GB:5400 RPM
Interface
- Cheetah 73G internal hard drive 73.4 GB 10000 RPM 16 MB 3.5" Fibre Channel:Fibre Channel
- Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 80GB:Serial ATA
Component for
- Cheetah 73G internal hard drive 73.4 GB 10000 RPM 16 MB 3.5" Fibre Channel:Server/workstation
- Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 80GB:Laptop
Storage drive buffer size
- Cheetah 73G internal hard drive 73.4 GB 10000 RPM 16 MB 3.5" Fibre Channel:16 MB
- Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 80GB:8 MB
Average latency
- Cheetah 73G internal hard drive 73.4 GB 10000 RPM 16 MB 3.5" Fibre Channel:3 ms
- Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 80GB:5.56 ms

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Comparison of 73G, Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 80GB
32 specifications	A Seagate Cheetah 73G internal hard drive 73.4 GB 10000 RPM 16 MB 3.5" Fibre Channel Model 73G View product	B Seagate Momentus 5400.5 SATA 3Gb/s 80GB View product
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	73.4 GB	80 GB
HDD speedDiffers	10000 RPM	5400 RPM
InterfaceDiffers	Fibre Channel	Serial ATA
TypeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	HDD
Component forDiffers	Server/workstation	Laptop
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	16 MB	8 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
Average latencyDiffers	3 ms	5.56 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	512
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	500000 h
HDD sizeKnown for one	3.5"	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average seek timeKnown for one	4.9 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.3 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.205 W
Power consumption (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.685 W
Power consumption (read)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.6 W
Power consumption (write)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.6 W
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 A
Operating voltageKnown for one	5 / 12 V	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	350 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000 G
Weight & dimensionsidentical
WidthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	69.8 mm
DepthKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	100.5 mm
HeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	9.5 mm
WeightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	93 g
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 Gbit/s
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	60.3 MB/s
Internal	Yes	Yes
Maximum data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 Mbit/s

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