Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB vs Seagate Cheetah 300GB

Key differences

The Seagate Cheetah 300GB has 7,800 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB (15000 RPM vs 7200 RPM). The Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB has 16 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Cheetah 300GB (32 MB vs 16 MB). The Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB has 5 ms more read seek time than the Seagate Cheetah 300GB (8.5 ms vs 3.5 ms). HDD capacity: 1 TB on the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB, 300 GB on the Seagate Cheetah 300GB. Interface: Serial ATA on the Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB, Fibre Channel on the Seagate Cheetah 300GB.

• HDD capacity
  • Barracuda 7200.12 1TB:1 TB
  • Cheetah 300GB:300 GB
• HDD speed
  • Barracuda 7200.12 1TB:7200 RPM
  • Cheetah 300GB:15000 RPM
• Interface
  • Barracuda 7200.12 1TB:Serial ATA
  • Cheetah 300GB:Fibre Channel
• Storage drive buffer size
  • Barracuda 7200.12 1TB:32 MB
  • Cheetah 300GB:16 MB
• Read seek time
  • Barracuda 7200.12 1TB:8.5 ms
  • Cheetah 300GB:3.5 ms
• Write seek time
  • Barracuda 7200.12 1TB:9.5 ms
  • Cheetah 300GB:4 ms
• Average latency
  • Barracuda 7200.12 1TB:4.16 ms
  • Cheetah 300GB:2 ms
• Width
  • Barracuda 7200.12 1TB:101.6 mm
  • Cheetah 300GB:101.8 mm