Dell PowerEdge C6520 vs HPE ProLiant XL290n Gen10 Plus Server
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 ProLiant XL290n Gen10 Plus is a 2U half-width server tray with dual 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors and accelerator expansion for the Apollo 2000 Gen10 Plus System.
| Dell PowerEdge C6520 | HPE ProLiant XL290n Gen10 Plus Server | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | May 2021 | Apr 2021 |
| Form factor | 2U 4-node | 2U half-width tray |
| Cpu sockets | 2 | — |
| Cpu platform | Intel Xeon Scalable 3rd Gen (Ice Lake, up to 2 processors per node, 250W TDP) | — |
| 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) | — |
| 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 | — |
| Processor | — | Up to 2 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors up to 40 cores each |
| Memory | — | 16 DDR4 DIMM slots up to 1TB DDR4-3200 MT/s SmartMemory |
| Accelerator support | — | Up to 2 double-wide or 4 single-wide PCIe Gen4 accelerator cards |
| Storage | — | Up to 12 SFF drives allocated from chassis front backplane |
| Management | — | HPE iLO 5 management engine |
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