Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Barracuda 16TB vs Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive

14specifications compared
8differ
6identical
20known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Barracuda 16TB has 12 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive (16 TB vs 4 TB). The Seagate Barracuda 16TB has 1,300 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive (7200 RPM vs 5900 RPM). The Seagate Barracuda 16TB has 448 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive (512 MB vs 64 MB). Interface: Serial ATA on the Seagate Barracuda 16TB, Serial ATA III on the Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Barracuda 16TB:16 TB
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:4 TB
HDD speed
- Barracuda 16TB:7200 RPM
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:5900 RPM
Interface
- Barracuda 16TB:Serial ATA
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
Storage drive buffer size
- Barracuda 16TB:512 MB
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:64 MB
Power consumption (typical)
- Barracuda 16TB:8.9 W
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:6.49 W
Power consumption (idle)
- Barracuda 16TB:6.7 W
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:4.59 W
Operating temperature (T-T)
- Barracuda 16TB:10 - 60 °C
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:5 - 60 °C
Weight
- Barracuda 16TB:695 g
- S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive:606 g

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Comparison of Barracuda 16TB, ST4000NC000-RF
34 specifications	A Seagate Barracuda 16TB View product	B Seagate S-series ST4000NC000-RF internal hard drive Model ST4000NC000-RF View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	16 TB	4 TB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5900 RPM
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA	Serial ATA III
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	512 MB	64 MB
HDD number of headsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8
Read seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12 ms
Write seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12 ms
Average seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	12 ms
SMART technologyKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4096
RefurbishedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	800000 h
Component forKnown for one	PC	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	6 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD sustained transfer rateKnown for one	190 MiB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power2 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8.9 W	6.49 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.77 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	6.7 W	4.59 W
Start-up currentKnown for one	2 A	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	10 - 60 °C	5 - 60 °C
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%
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	695 g	606 g
DepthKnown for one	147 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	RoHS	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Storage drive adapter includedKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per packKnown for one	1 pc(s)	Unknown — not stated by the source

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