Product comparison · 2 internal hard drives

Seagate Cheetah ST3300657SS-20PK internal hard drive vs Seagate Savvio ST9300605SS-20PK internal hard drive

26specifications compared
16differ
10identical
8known for one product only

Key differences

The Seagate Cheetah ST3300657SS-20PK internal hard drive has 5,000 RPM more HDD speed than the Seagate Savvio ST9300605SS-20PK internal hard drive (15000 RPM vs 10000 RPM). The Seagate Cheetah ST3300657SS-20PK internal hard drive has 1" more HDD size than the Seagate Savvio ST9300605SS-20PK internal hard drive (3.5" vs 2.5"). The Seagate Savvio ST9300605SS-20PK internal hard drive has 48 MB more storage drive buffer size than the Seagate Cheetah ST3300657SS-20PK internal hard drive (64 MB vs 16 MB). Operating voltage: 5 / 12 V on the Seagate Cheetah ST3300657SS-20PK internal hard drive, 5 V on the Seagate Savvio ST9300605SS-20PK internal hard drive.

HDD speed
- Cheetah ST3300657SS-20PK internal hard drive:15000 RPM
- Savvio ST9300605SS-20PK internal hard drive:10000 RPM
HDD size
- Cheetah ST3300657SS-20PK internal hard drive:3.5"
- Savvio ST9300605SS-20PK internal hard drive:2.5"
Storage drive buffer size
- Cheetah ST3300657SS-20PK internal hard drive:16 MB
- Savvio ST9300605SS-20PK internal hard drive:64 MB
HDD number of cylinders
- Cheetah ST3300657SS-20PK internal hard drive:2
- Savvio ST9300605SS-20PK internal hard drive:1
HDD number of heads
- Cheetah ST3300657SS-20PK internal hard drive:4
- Savvio ST9300605SS-20PK internal hard drive:2
Write seek time
- Cheetah ST3300657SS-20PK internal hard drive:3.9 ms
- Savvio ST9300605SS-20PK internal hard drive:3.8 ms
Average latency
- Cheetah ST3300657SS-20PK internal hard drive:2 ms
- Savvio ST9300605SS-20PK internal hard drive:3 ms
Power consumption (idle)
- Cheetah ST3300657SS-20PK internal hard drive:8.74 W
- Savvio ST9300605SS-20PK internal hard drive:3.5 W

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Comparison of ST3300657SS-20PK, ST9300605SS-20PK
34 specifications	A Seagate Cheetah ST3300657SS-20PK internal hard drive Model ST3300657SS-20PK View product	B Seagate Savvio ST9300605SS-20PK internal hard drive Model ST9300605SS-20PK View product
Features7 differ
HDD capacity	300 GB	300 GB
HDD speedDiffers	15000 RPM	10000 RPM
HDD sizeDiffers	3.5"	2.5"
Interface	SAS	SAS
Type	HDD	HDD
Storage drive buffer sizeDiffers	16 MB	64 MB
HDD number of cylindersDiffers	2	1
HDD number of headsDiffers	4	2
Read seek time	3.4 ms	3.4 ms
Write seek timeDiffers	3.9 ms	3.8 ms
Track to track seek timeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.2 ms
Average latencyDiffers	2 ms	3 ms
Bytes per sector	512	512
Component forKnown for one	Server/workstation	Unknown — not stated by the source
Mean time between failures (MTBF)Known for one	1600000 h	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power2 differ
Power consumption (idle)Differs	8.74 W	3.5 W
Operating voltageDiffers	5 / 12 V	5 V
Start-up currentKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	0.46 A
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	12.92 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operational conditions3 differ
Operating temperature (T-T)	5 - 55 °C	5 - 55 °C
Storage temperature (T-T)	-40 - 70 °C	-40 - 70 °C
Operating vibrationDiffers	1 G	0.5 G
Non-operating vibration	3 G	3 G
Operating shockDiffers	60 G	40 G
Non-operating shockDiffers	300 G	400 G
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	101.6 mm	70.1 mm
DepthDiffers	146.5 mm	100.5 mm
HeightDiffers	25.4 mm	15 mm
WeightDiffers	671 g	211 g
Packaging dataidentical
Quantity per pack	20 pc(s)	20 pc(s)
Other featuresidentical
Data transfer rate	6 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
Windows operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Mac operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Linux operating systems supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes

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