Product comparison · 2 internal solid state drives

Kingston Technology SM2280S3/120GB internal solid state drive Serial ATA III vs Kingston Technology SSDNow KC380

25specifications compared
16differ
9identical
11known for one product only

Key differences

SSD capacity
- SM2280S3/120GB internal solid state drive Serial ATA III:120 GB
- SSDNow KC380:240 GB
Interface
- SM2280S3/120GB internal solid state drive Serial ATA III:Serial ATA III
- SSDNow KC380:micro SATA
Read speed
- SM2280S3/120GB internal solid state drive Serial ATA III:550 MB/s
- SSDNow KC380:540 MB/s
Write speed
- SM2280S3/120GB internal solid state drive Serial ATA III:520 MB/s
- SSDNow KC380:530 MB/s
Random read (4KB)
- SM2280S3/120GB internal solid state drive Serial ATA III:46000 IOPS
- SSDNow KC380:21000 IOPS
Random write (4KB)
- SM2280S3/120GB internal solid state drive Serial ATA III:4500 IOPS
- SSDNow KC380:41000 IOPS
TBW rating
- SM2280S3/120GB internal solid state drive Serial ATA III:230
- SSDNow KC380:585
Power consumption (read)
- SM2280S3/120GB internal solid state drive Serial ATA III:1.02 W
- SSDNow KC380:1.2 W

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Comparison of SM2280S3/120GB, SSDNow KC380
36 specifications	A Kingston Technology SM2280S3/120GB internal solid state drive Serial ATA III Model SM2280S3/120GB View product	B Kingston Technology SSDNow KC380 View product
Features8 differ
SSD capacityDiffers	120 GB	240 GB
SSD form factorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1.8"
InterfaceDiffers	Serial ATA III	micro SATA
Security algorithms	Not supported	Not supported
Data transfer rate	6 Gbit/s	6 Gbit/s
Read speedDiffers	550 MB/s	540 MB/s
Write speedDiffers	520 MB/s	530 MB/s
Random read (4KB)Differs	46000 IOPS	21000 IOPS
Random write (4KB)Differs	4500 IOPS	41000 IOPS
S.M.A.R.T. support	Yes	Yes
TRIM support	Yes	Yes
Mean time between failures (MTBF)	1000000 h	1000000 h
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Yes	Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vi
Mac operating systems supported	Yes	Yes
Linux operating systems supported	Yes	Yes
TBW ratingDiffers	230	585
Protection featuresKnown for one	Shock resistant	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power3 differ
Power consumption (read)Differs	1.02 W	1.2 W
Power consumption (write)Differs	2.86 W	1.8 W
Power consumption (standby)Differs	0.09 W	0.4 W
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	22 mm	54 mm
DepthDiffers	80 mm	5 mm
HeightDiffers	3.5 mm	78.5 mm
WeightDiffers	7.36 g	27.43 g
Packaging dataidentical
Package typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Blister
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating vibration	2.17 G	2.17 G
Non-operating vibration	20 G	20 G
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	0 - 70 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-40 - 85 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Other features1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black, Blue	Grey
Internal memoryKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	245760 MB
Internal memory typeKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Flash
Memory layoutKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1 x 245760 MB
Module configurationKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	(N/A) (N/A)
RegisteredKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	No
InternalKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source

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