Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM006 internal hard drive vs Seagate Barracuda ST500DM009 internal hard drive

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Barracuda ST2000DM006 internal hard drive:2 TB
- Barracuda ST500DM009 internal hard drive:500 GB
Storage drive buffer size
- Barracuda ST2000DM006 internal hard drive:64 MB
- Barracuda ST500DM009 internal hard drive:32 MB
HDD number of heads
- Barracuda ST2000DM006 internal hard drive:6
- Barracuda ST500DM009 internal hard drive:2
Power consumption (typical)
- Barracuda ST2000DM006 internal hard drive:8 W
- Barracuda ST500DM009 internal hard drive:5.3 W
Power consumption (standby)
- Barracuda ST2000DM006 internal hard drive:0.75 W
- Barracuda ST500DM009 internal hard drive:0.94 W
Power consumption (off)
- Barracuda ST2000DM006 internal hard drive:0.75 W
- Barracuda ST500DM009 internal hard drive:0.94 W
Power consumption (idle)
- Barracuda ST2000DM006 internal hard drive:5.4 W
- Barracuda ST500DM009 internal hard drive:4.6 W
Start-up current
- Barracuda ST2000DM006 internal hard drive:2.5 A
- Barracuda ST500DM009 internal hard drive:2 A

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Comparison of ST2000DM006, ST500DM009
25 specifications	A Seagate Barracuda ST2000DM006 internal hard drive Model ST2000DM006 View product	B Seagate Barracuda ST500DM009 internal hard drive Model ST500DM009 View product
Features3 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	2 TB	500 GB
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	64 MB	32 MB
HDD number of headsDiffers	6	2
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50000
Power5 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	8 W	5.3 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.75 W	0.94 W
Power consumption (off)Differs	0.75 W	0.94 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	5.4 W	4.6 W
Start-up currentDiffers	2.5 A	2 A
Weight & dimensions2 differ
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	20.2 mm
WeightDiffers	626 g	400 g

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