Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate SATA 1TB vs Seagate SATA 500GB

24specifications compared
4differ
20identical
6known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- SATA 1TB:1 TB
- SATA 500GB:500 GB
Storage drive buffer size
- SATA 1TB:32 MB
- SATA 500GB:16 MB
Width
- SATA 1TB:101.6 mm
- SATA 500GB:101.8 mm
Weight
- SATA 1TB:677 g
- SATA 500GB:544 g

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Comparison of SATA 1TB, SATA 500GB
30 specifications	A Seagate SATA 1TB View product	B Seagate SATA 500GB View product
Features2 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	1 TB	500 GB
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	32 MB	16 MB
Poweridentical
Power consumption (PowerSave)Known for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 W
Weight & dimensions2 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	101.8 mm
WeightDiffers	677 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
InternalKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Sustained data rateKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0 MB/s
Drive ready timeKnown for one	17 s	Unknown — not stated by the source

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