Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Barracuda 20TB vs Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive

18specifications compared
10differ
8identical
14known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Barracuda 20TB has 14 TB more HDD capacity than the Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive (20 TB vs 6 TB). The Seagate Barracuda 20TB has 1,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive (7200 RPM vs 5400 RPM). The Seagate Barracuda 20TB has 256 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive (512 MB vs 256 MB). Interface: Serial ATA on the Seagate Barracuda 20TB, Serial ATA III on the Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive. Component for: PC on the Seagate Barracuda 20TB, NAS on the Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- Barracuda 20TB:20 TB
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:6 TB
HDD speed
- Barracuda 20TB:7200 RPM
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:5400 RPM
Interface
- Barracuda 20TB:Serial ATA
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
Component for
- Barracuda 20TB:PC
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:NAS
Storage drive buffer size
- Barracuda 20TB:512 MB
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:256 MB
Power consumption (typical)
- Barracuda 20TB:8.9 W
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:5.3 W
Power consumption (idle)
- Barracuda 20TB:6.7 W
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:4 W
Start-up current
- Barracuda 20TB:2 A
- IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive:1.8 A

Side by side

Differences highlightedShow differences only

Comparison of Barracuda 20TB, ST6000VN006_B2
32 specifications	A Seagate Barracuda 20TB View product	B Seagate IronWolf ST6000VN006_B2 internal hard drive Model ST6000VN006_B2 View product
Features5 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	20 TB	6 TB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5400 RPM
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA	Serial ATA III
Component forDiffers	PC	NAS
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	512 MB	256 MB
Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	< 1 per 10^14 bits read
Error Recovery Control (ERC)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Rotational Vibration (RV) sensorsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
24/7 operationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600000
Noise level (idle)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	26 dB
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000000 h
HDD sustained transfer rateKnown for one	190 MiB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8.9 W	5.3 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.25 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	6.7 W	4 W
Start-up currentDiffers	2 A	1.8 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	10 - 60 °C	0 - 65 °C
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	80 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 G
Weight & dimensions1 differ
WeightDiffers	695 g	630 g
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
Other featuresidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	RoHS	Unknown — not stated by the source

A dash means the value is not stated by the source. Unknown values are never counted for or against a product, and there is no overall score.

More internal hard drive comparisons

All internal hard drive comparisons