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Compare Seagate Barracuda 500GB vs Barracuda 2TB

Seagate Barracuda 500GB and Seagate Barracuda 2TB are both hard disk drives with the same RPM (7200), Interface (SATA 6 Gb/s) and Form Factor (3.5"). The main differences are in Performance (+52%), Capacity and Cache.
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Brand
Seagate
Brand
Seagate
Model
ST500DM002
Model
ST2000DM001
Release Date
📅 November 2011
Release Date
📅 November 2013
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User reviews
★★★★★
(121 reviews)
User reviews
★★★★★
(120 reviews)
Performance (Charts)
110th / 637
(-52%)
Performance (Charts)
21st / 637
(0%)
Effective Value
65th / 161
Effective Value
35th / 161
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Price/GB
$0.12
Price/GB
$0.05
GB/$1
8.33
GB/$1
19.05
Pros
  • Reliability
  • Good performance
Pros
  • Reliability
  • Good performance
Capacity
500 GB
Capacity
2000 GB
Cache
16MB
Cache
64MB
RPM
7200
RPM
7200
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
Interface
SATA 6 Gb/s
Form Factor
3.5"
Form Factor
3.5"

Comparison and key differences summary

Reasons to buy the Seagate Barracuda 500GB:

  • 43% cheaper, you can save $45.00

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Reasons to buy the Seagate Barracuda 2TB:

  • Much better performance, around +52%
  • Moderately better effective value.
  • Newer Product, it was released around 2 years later
  • More Capacity (+1500 GB available)
  • More Internal Cache (+48 MB available)

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