Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive vs Seagate Laptop Ultrathin HDD ST500LT033-50PK internal hard drive

21specifications compared
18differ
3identical
11known for one product only

Key differences

HDD capacity
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:300 GB
- Laptop Ultrathin HDD ST500LT033-50PK internal hard drive:500 GB
HDD size
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:3.5"
- Laptop Ultrathin HDD ST500LT033-50PK internal hard drive:2.5"
Interface
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:Fibre Channel
- Laptop Ultrathin HDD ST500LT033-50PK internal hard drive:Serial ATA III
Read seek time
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:3.4 ms
- Laptop Ultrathin HDD ST500LT033-50PK internal hard drive:13 ms
Write seek time
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:3.9 ms
- Laptop Ultrathin HDD ST500LT033-50PK internal hard drive:15 ms
Bytes per sector
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:512
- Laptop Ultrathin HDD ST500LT033-50PK internal hard drive:4096
Power consumption (typical)
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:13.8 W
- Laptop Ultrathin HDD ST500LT033-50PK internal hard drive:1.4 W
Power consumption (idle)
- Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive:8.98 W
- Laptop Ultrathin HDD ST500LT033-50PK internal hard drive:0.48 W

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Comparison of ST3300457FC-20PK, ST500LT033-50PK
32 specifications	A Seagate Cheetah ST3300457FC-20PK internal hard drive Model ST3300457FC-20PK View product	B Seagate Laptop Ultrathin HDD ST500LT033-50PK internal hard drive Model ST500LT033-50PK View product
Features6 differ
HDD capacityDiffers	300 GB	500 GB
HDD speedKnown for one	15000 RPM	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD sizeDiffers	3.5"	2.5"
InterfaceDiffers	Fibre Channel	Serial ATA III
Type	HDD	HDD
Component forKnown for one	Server/workstation	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage drive buffer size	16 MB	16 MB
HDD number of cylindersKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDD number of headsKnown for one	4	Unknown — not stated by the source
Read seek timeDiffers	3.4 ms	13 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	3.9 ms	15 ms
Average latencyKnown for one	2 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bytes per sectorDiffers	512	4096
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	1600000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Start/stop cyclesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	600000
Power3 differ
Power consumption (typical)Differs	13.8 W	1.4 W
Power consumption (idle)Differs	8.98 W	0.48 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 / 12 V	5 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 A
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)Differs	5 - 55 °C	0 - 60 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating vibrationKnown for one	1 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Non-operating vibrationKnown for one	3 G	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating shockDiffers	60 G	400 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	300 G	1000 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	69.8 mm
DepthDiffers	146.5 mm	100.3 mm
HeightDiffers	25.4 mm	5 mm
WeightDiffers	671 g	93 g
Packaging data1 differ
Quantity per packDiffers	20 pc(s)	50 pc(s)
Other features1 differ
Data transfer rateDiffers	4 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
CertificationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	RoHS

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