Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive vs Seagate Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive

21specifications compared
14differ
7identical
8known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive has 1,300 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive (7200 RPM vs 5900 RPM). The Seagate SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive has 32 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive (64 MB vs 32 MB). The Seagate Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive has 30 MiB/s more HDD sustained transfer rate than the Seagate SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive (210 MiB/s vs 180 MiB/s). HDD capacity: 2 TB on the Seagate SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive, 500 GB on the Seagate Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive. Operating temperature (T-T): 5 - 70 °C on the Seagate SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive, 0 - 60 °C on the Seagate Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive.

HDD capacity
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive:2 TB
- Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive:500 GB
HDD speed
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive:5900 RPM
- Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive:7200 RPM
Storage drive buffer size
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive:64 MB
- Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive:32 MB
HDD sustained transfer rate
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive:180 MiB/s
- Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive:210 MiB/s
Power consumption (typical)
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive:5.6 W
- Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive:5.3 W
Power consumption (standby)
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive:0.5 W
- Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive:0.94 W
Power consumption (off)
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive:0.5 W
- Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive:0.94 W
Power consumption (idle)
- SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive:4 W
- Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive:4.6 W

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Comparison of ST2000VX008, ST500DM009-25PK
29 specifications	A Seagate SkyHawk ST2000VX008 internal hard drive Model ST2000VX008 View product	B Seagate Barracuda ST500DM009-25PK internal hard drive Model ST500DM009-25PK View product
Features4 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	2 TB	500 GB
HDD speedDiffers	5900 RPM	7200 RPM
HDD size	3.5"	3.5"
Interface	Serial ATA III	Serial ATA III
Type	HDD	HDD
Component forKnown for one	Surveillance system	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	64 MB	32 MB
HDD interface transfer rateKnown for one	6 Gbit/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD sustained transfer rateDiffers	180 MiB/s	210 MiB/s
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	1000000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD number of headsKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Bytes per sectorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	4096
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	50000
Power5 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	5.6 W	5.3 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.5 W	0.94 W
Power consumption (off)Differs	0.5 W	0.94 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	4 W	4.6 W
Operating voltage	5 / 12 V	5 / 12 V
Start-up currentDiffers	1.8 A	2 A
Operational conditions1 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 70 °C	0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Packaging contentidentical
Storage drive adapter included	No	No
Weight & dimensions3 differ
WidthDiffers	101.8 mm	101.6 mm
Depth	147 mm	147 mm
HeightDiffers	26.1 mm	20.2 mm
WeightDiffers	610 g	400 g
Packaging data1 differ
Quantity per packDiffers	1 pc(s)	25 pc(s)
Logistics dataidentical
Harmonized System (HS) codeKnown for one	84717050	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other featuresidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	RoHS

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