Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB vs Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB

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  • 38specifications compared
  • 5differ
  • 33identical
  • 1known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB has 40 GB more HDD capacity than the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB (160 GB vs 120 GB). The Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB has 1 more HDD heads than the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB (4 vs 3). The Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB has 50 MB/s more drive device, transfer rate than the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB (150 MB/s vs 100 MB/s). Interface: IDE/ATA on the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 120 GB, Serial ATA on the Seagate Momentus 5400.3 160 GB.

  • HDD capacity
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:120 GB
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:160 GB
  • Interface
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:IDE/ATA
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:Serial ATA
  • HDD number of heads
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:3
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:4
  • Drive device, transfer rate
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:100 MB/s
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:150 MB/s
  • Recording density
    • Momentus 5400.3 120 GB:835 kbit/inch
    • Momentus 5400.3 160 GB:870 kbit/inch

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Comparison of Momentus 5400.3 120 GB, Momentus 5400.3 160 GB
39 specifications
Features3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers120 GB160 GB
HDD speed5400 RPM5400 RPM
HDD size2.5"2.5"
InterfaceDiffersIDE/ATASerial ATA
Component forLaptopLaptop
Storage drive buffer size8 MB8 MB
HDD number of cylinders1638316383
HDD number of headsDiffers34
Read seek time11 ms11 ms
Write seek time13 ms13 ms
Full stroke seek time24 ms24 ms
Track to track seek time1 ms1 ms
Average seek time12.5 ms12.5 ms
Average latency5.56 ms5.56 ms
Bytes per sector512512
Poweridentical
Power consumption (typical)2 W2 W
Operating voltage5 V5 V
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)0 - 40 °C0 - 40 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)-40 - 70 °C-40 - 70 °C
Operating relative humidity (H-H)5 - 90%5 - 90%
Storage relative humidity (H-H)5 - 95%5 - 95%
Operating vibration1 G1 G
Non-operating vibration5 G5 G
Operating altitude-304.8 - 3048 m-304.8 - 3048 m
Non-operating altitude-304.8 - 12192 m-304.8 - 12192 m
Operating shock350 G350 G
Non-operating shock900 G900 G
Weight & dimensionsidentical
Width69.8 mm69.8 mm
Depth100.5 mm100.5 mm
Height9.5 mm9.5 mm
Weight100 g100 g
Other features2 differ
HDD transfer rate352 Mbit/s352 Mbit/s
Power requirements+5.0V ± 5%+5.0V ± 5%
Disks included quantity2 pc(s)2 pc(s)
Drive device, transfer rateDiffers100 MB/s150 MB/s
Drive ready timeKnown for oneUnknown — not stated by the source8 s
InternalYesYes
Recording densityDiffers835 kbit/inch870 kbit/inch
Track density150000150000

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