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Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Barracuda LP 5900.12 500GB vs Seagate Savvio 146GB

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  • 20specifications compared
  • 16differ
  • 4identical
  • 19known for one product only

Key differences

  • HDD capacity
    • 500 GB
    • 146 GB
  • HDD speed
    • 5900 RPM
    • 15000 RPM
  • HDD size
    • 3.5"
    • 2.5"
  • Interface
    • Serial ATA
    • SAS
  • HDD number of heads
    • 2
    • 4
  • Read seek time
    • 16 ms
    • 3.2 ms
  • Write seek time
    • 16 ms
    • 3.5 ms
  • Average latency
    • 5.1 ms
    • 2 ms

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39 specifications
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Seagate

Barracuda LP 5900.12 500GBView product
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Seagate

Savvio 146GBView product
Features8 differ
HDD capacityDiffers500 GB146 GB
HDD speedDiffers5900 RPM15000 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers3.5"2.5"
InterfaceDiffersSerial ATASAS
Storage drive buffer size16 MB16 MB
HDD number of cylindersKnown for one16383
HDD number of headsDiffers24
Read seek timeDiffers16 ms3.2 ms
Write seek timeDiffers16 ms3.5 ms
Track to track seek timeKnown for one1 ms
Average latencyDiffers5.1 ms2 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one512
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one50000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one1600000 h
Power1 differ
Operating voltageDiffers5 / 12 V5 V
Power consumption (typical)Known for one4.1 W
Start-up currentKnown for one0.45 A
Operational conditions2 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs0 - 60 °C5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)-40 - 70 °C-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one5 - 95%
Operating vibrationKnown for one350 G
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one350 G
Operating altitudeKnown for one60.96 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitudeKnown for one60.96 - 12192 m
Operating shockDiffers70 G60 G
Non-operating shock300 G300 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers101.8 mm70.1 mm
DepthDiffers147 mm100.5 mm
HeightDiffers20.2 mm14.5 mm
WeightDiffers415 g201 g
Other features1 differ
HDD transfer rateKnown for one1285 Mbit/s
Disks included quantityDiffers1 pc(s)2 pc(s)
Drive device, transfer rateKnown for one300 MB/s
InternalYesYes
Recording densityKnown for one1417 kbit/inch
Track densityKnown for one236
Sustained data rateKnown for one95 MB/s
Data transfer rateKnown for one6 Gbit/s

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