Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB vs Seagate Momentus 160GB

11specifications compared
9differ
2identical
2known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate Momentus 160GB (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB has 24 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Momentus 160GB (32 MB vs 8 MB). The Seagate Momentus 160GB has 2.5 ms more read seek time than the Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB (11 ms vs 8.5 ms). HDD capacity: 1.53 TB on the Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB, 160 GB on the Seagate Momentus 160GB.

HDD capacity
- Barracuda 1.5TB:1.53 TB
- Momentus 160GB:160 GB
HDD speed
- Barracuda 1.5TB:7200 RPM
- Momentus 160GB:5400 RPM
Storage drive buffer size
- Barracuda 1.5TB:32 MB
- Momentus 160GB:8 MB
Read seek time
- Barracuda 1.5TB:8.5 ms
- Momentus 160GB:11 ms
Average latency
- Barracuda 1.5TB:4.16 ms
- Momentus 160GB:5.6 ms
Width
- Barracuda 1.5TB:101.6 mm
- Momentus 160GB:69.8 mm
Depth
- Barracuda 1.5TB:147 mm
- Momentus 160GB:100.3 mm
Height
- Barracuda 1.5TB:26.1 mm
- Momentus 160GB:9.5 mm

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Comparison of Barracuda 1.5TB, Momentus 160GB
13 specifications	A Seagate Barracuda 1.5TB View product	B Seagate Momentus 160GB View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1.53 TB	160 GB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5400 RPM
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	32 MB	8 MB
Read seek timeDiffers	8.5 ms	11 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one	10 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Average latencyDiffers	4.16 ms	5.6 ms
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Laptop
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	69.8 mm
DepthDiffers	147 mm	100.3 mm
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	9.5 mm
WeightDiffers	720 g	93 g

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