Dell PowerEdge C6520 vs HPE Apollo 2000 Gen10 Plus
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerEdge C6520 is an enterprise 2U 4-node server powered by 2 Intel Xeon Scalable 3rd Gen (Ice Lake and 16 memory slots supporting up to 1024GB DDR4-3200 RDIMM (per node). The HPE Apollo 2000 Gen10 Plus System is a dense 2U 4-node supercomputing platform featuring ProLiant XL225n Gen10 Plus server nodes powered by AMD EPYC 7002 and 7003 processors.
| Dell PowerEdge C6520 | HPE Apollo 2000 Gen10 Plus | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | May 2021 | Sep 2020 |
| Form factor | 2U 4-node | 2U 4-node |
| Cpu sockets | 2 | — |
| Cpu platform | Intel Xeon Scalable 3rd Gen (Ice Lake, up to 2 processors per node, 250W TDP) | AMD EPYC 7002 / 7003 series processors per node |
| Memory slots | 16 | — |
| Memory type | DDR4-3200 RDIMM (per node) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 1,024 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 6x 2.5-inch NVMe/SAS/SATA drives per node (24x 2.5 in 2U chassis) | Up to 24 SFF SAS/SATA/NVMe drive bays |
| Pcie slots | Up to 2 PCIe Gen4 slots per node | — |
| Gpu support | None supported | — |
| Network onboard | OCP 3.0 mezzanine slot; 1x 1GbE iDRAC9 port per node | — |
| Power supply | Shared dual hot-plug 1600W, 2000W or 2400W Platinum in C6400/C6500 chassis | Up to 2x 1600W, 2200W, or 2900W power supplies |
| Chassis form factor | — | 2U shared infrastructure chassis (n2600 / n2800) |
| Nodes supported | — | Up to 4 ProLiant XL225n Gen10 Plus AMD server trays |
| Memory per node | — | 16 DDR4-3200 DIMM slots per node |
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