Product comparison · 2 optical disc drives

ASUS SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver vs ASUS SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold

30specifications compared
11differ
19identical
28known for one product only

Key differences

The ASUS SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold has 14 x more CD-RW write speed than the ASUS SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver (24x vs 10x). The ASUS SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold has 2 x more DVD+R Double Layer write speed than the ASUS SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver (6x vs 4x). The ASUS SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold has 2 x more DVD-R Double Layer write speed than the ASUS SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver (6x vs 4x). Product colour: Black, Silver on the ASUS SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver, Gold on the ASUS SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold. Optical drive type: Blu-Ray RW on the ASUS SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver, DVD±RW on the ASUS SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold.

Product colour
- SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver:Black, Silver
- SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold:Gold
Optical drive type
- SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver:Blu-Ray RW
- SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold:DVD±RW
CD-RW write speed
- SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver:10x
- SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold:24x
DVD+R Double Layer write speed
- SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver:4x
- SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold:6x
DVD-R Double Layer write speed
- SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver:4x
- SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold:6x
Width
- SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver:144 mm
- SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold:135.5 mm
Depth
- SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver:149.4 mm
- SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold:142.5 mm
Height
- SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver:14.7 mm
- SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold:13.9 mm

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Comparison of SBW-06D5H-U, SDRW-08U8M-U
58 specifications	A ASUS SBW-06D5H-U optical disc drive Blu-Ray RW Black, Silver Model SBW-06D5H-U View product	B ASUS SDRW-08U8M-U optical disc drive DVD±RW Gold Model SDRW-08U8M-U View product
Design1 differ
Product colourDiffers	Black, Silver	Gold
MountingKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Horizontal
Performance1 differ
Optical drive typeDiffers	Blu-Ray RW	DVD±RW
InterfaceKnown for one	USB 3.1 Gen 1	Unknown — not stated by the source
Disc types supportedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CD-R, CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+R DL, DVD+RW, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-RW
Writing speed3 differ
CD-RW write speedDiffers	10x	24x
BD-R Dual Layer write speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-R write speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-RE Dual Layer write speedKnown for one	2x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-RE write speedKnown for one	2x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R Double Layer write speedDiffers	4x	6x
DVD-R Double Layer write speedDiffers	4x	6x
DVD-RAM write speedKnown for one	5x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Reading speedidentical
CD-RW read speedKnown for one	24x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-R Dual Layer read speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-R read speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-RE Dual Layer read speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-RE read speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-ROM read speedKnown for one	6x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-RAM read speedKnown for one	5x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-Video read speedKnown for one	2x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD-ROM Double Layer read speedKnown for one	8x	Unknown — not stated by the source
Video CD read speedKnown for one	9.3x	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVD+R Double Layer read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
DVD+RW read speedKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	8x
Access timeidentical
DVD drive average random access timeKnown for one	170 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
BD-ROM average random access timeKnown for one	200 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
CD-ROM drive average random access timeKnown for one	160 ms	Unknown — not stated by the source
System requirements2 differ
Mac operating systems supportedDiffers	Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra, Mac OS X 10.13 High Sierra, Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks	Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, Mac OS X 11.0 Big Sur
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1	Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1
Operational conditionsidentical
Operating relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 85%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Operating temperature (T-T)Known for one	5 - 45 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage relative humidity (H-H)Known for one	5 - 85%	Unknown — not stated by the source
Storage temperature (T-T)Known for one	-20 - 60 °C	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WidthDiffers	144 mm	135.5 mm
DepthDiffers	149.4 mm	142.5 mm
HeightDiffers	14.7 mm	13.9 mm
WeightDiffers	240 g	235 g
Packaging contentidentical
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	CyberLink Power2Go 8 CyberLink PowerBackup 2.6 Nero BackItUp E-Green

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