Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Momentus 5400.3 Ultra ATA/100 60GB vs Seagate SATA 500GB

14specifications compared
13differ
1identical
16known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Momentus 5400.3 Ultra ATA/100 60GB:60 GB
- SATA 500GB:500 GB
HDD speed
- Momentus 5400.3 Ultra ATA/100 60GB:5400 RPM
- SATA 500GB:7200 RPM
HDD size
- Momentus 5400.3 Ultra ATA/100 60GB:2.5"
- SATA 500GB:3.5"
Interface
- Momentus 5400.3 Ultra ATA/100 60GB:Ultra-ATA/100
- SATA 500GB:Serial ATA II
Component for
- Momentus 5400.3 Ultra ATA/100 60GB:Laptop
- SATA 500GB:Surveillance system
Storage drive buffer size
- Momentus 5400.3 Ultra ATA/100 60GB:8 MB
- SATA 500GB:16 MB
Read seek time
- Momentus 5400.3 Ultra ATA/100 60GB:11 ms
- SATA 500GB:8.5 ms
Write seek time
- Momentus 5400.3 Ultra ATA/100 60GB:13 ms
- SATA 500GB:9.5 ms

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Comparison of Momentus 5400.3 Ultra ATA/100 60GB, SATA 500GB
30 specifications	A Seagate Momentus 5400.3 Ultra ATA/100 60GB View product	B Seagate SATA 500GB View product
Features8 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	60 GB	500 GB
HDD speedDiffers	5400 RPM	7200 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	2.5"	3.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Ultra-ATA/100	Serial ATA II
TypeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	HDD
Component forDiffers	Laptop	Surveillance system
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	8 MB	16 MB
Read seek timeDiffers	11 ms	8.5 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	13 ms	9.5 ms
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	512
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50000
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1000000 h
Average latencyKnown for one	5.6 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power1 differ
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	7 W
Power consumption (standby)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 W
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 V	5 / 12 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2 A
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 - 70 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	-40 - 70 °C
Operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	70 G
Non-operating shockKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	300 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	69.8 mm	101.8 mm
DepthDiffers	100.5 mm	147 mm
HeightDiffers	9.5 mm	26.1 mm
WeightDiffers	96 g	544 g
Other featuresidentical
Dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	101.85 x 146.99 x 26.1 mm
Data transfer rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	3 Gbit/s
Internal	Yes	Yes
Sustained data rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 MB/s

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