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Seagate Constellation Enterprise internal hard drive vs Seagate Thin 500GB

19specifications compared
17differ
2identical
12known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Constellation Enterprise internal hard drive:3 TB
- Thin 500GB:500 GB
HDD speed
- Constellation Enterprise internal hard drive:7200 RPM
- Thin 500GB:5400 RPM
HDD size
- Constellation Enterprise internal hard drive:3.5"
- Thin 500GB:2.5"
Interface
- Constellation Enterprise internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
- Thin 500GB:Serial ATA
Storage drive buffer size
- Constellation Enterprise internal hard drive:64 MB
- Thin 500GB:16 MB
Average latency
- Constellation Enterprise internal hard drive:4.16 ms
- Thin 500GB:5.6 ms
Power consumption (typical)
- Constellation Enterprise internal hard drive:7.40 W
- Thin 500GB:1.4 W
Power consumption (idle)
- Constellation Enterprise internal hard drive:7.71 W
- Thin 500GB:0.45 W

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Comparison of Enterprise, Thin 500GB
31 specifications	A Seagate Constellation Enterprise internal hard drive Model Enterprise View product	B Seagate Thin 500GB View product
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	3 TB	500 GB
HDD speedDiffers	7200 RPM	5400 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	3.5"	2.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA III	Serial ATA
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	64 MB	16 MB
Average latencyDiffers	4.16 ms	5.6 ms
TypeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	HDD
Component forKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Laptop
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	6 Gbit/s
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4096
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	7.40 W	1.4 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	7.71 W	0.45 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 / 12 V	5 V
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 60 °C	0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating shockDiffers	70 G	400 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	300 G	1000 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	101.8 mm	70.1 mm
DepthDiffers	147 mm	100.5 mm
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	7 mm
WeightDiffers	700 g	95 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per pack	1 pc(s)	1 pc(s)
Other features1 differ
Product colourKnown for one	Brushed steel	Unknown — not stated by the source
Data transfer rateKnown for one	6 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Transfer rateKnown for one	600 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Yes	Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other operating systems supportedKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Sustained data rateKnown for one	155 MB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
Storage drive adapter includedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No

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