Head to head

Seagate BarraCuda 500GB vs Seagate BarraCuda 2TB

Our pick

Seagate BarraCuda 2TB

Mobile Hard Drives

Why this one

  • The 2TB capacity gives a compatible laptop SATA bay more storage in a 7mm-high drive.12

Read the review

Seagate BarraCuda 500GBSeagate BarraCuda 2TB

Product photographs. Not to scale.

What Seagate BarraCuda 500GB offers

A 7mm body lets this 500GB drive fit a compatible laptop SATA bay.23

2 models / at a glance

Key differences

Every specification ↗

What differs

SpecificationSeagate BarraCuda 500GBSeagate BarraCuda 2TB
Capacity0.5 TB (500 GB)32 TB1

More details

SpecificationSeagate BarraCuda 500GBSeagate BarraCuda 2TB
Form factor2.5-inch22.5-inch2
Recording technologySmr2Smr2
Spindle speed5,400 RPM25,400 RPM2
Warranty2 years42 years5
Cache128 MB2128 MB2
InterfaceSATA 6Gb/s2SATA 6Gb/s2
Drive height7.0 mm27.0 mm2

Read the full reviews

Sources

  1. www.compudevices.com
  2. www.seagate.com
  3. www.newegg.com
  4. www.seagate.com
  5. www.seagate.com