Dell PowerEdge C6620 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem SD650 V3
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerEdge C6620 is an ultra-dense 2-socket modular compute sled that installs into the 2U four-node PowerEdge C6600 chassis. The Lenovo ThinkSystem SD650 V3 is an advanced direct liquid-cooled dual-socket compute tray built for 4th and 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors.
| Dell PowerEdge C6620 | Lenovo ThinkSystem SD650 V3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Apr 2023 | Jan 2023 |
| Form factor | 2U 4-node | dense node |
| Cpu sockets | 2 | — |
| Cpu platform | Intel Xeon Scalable 4th and 5th Gen (up to 2 processors per node, 300W TDP) | — |
| Memory slots | 16 | — |
| Memory type | DDR5-4800 / DDR5-5600 RDIMM (per node) | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 1,024 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 6x 2.5-inch NVMe/SAS/SATA or 2x E3.S NVMe drives per node (24x 2.5 in 2U chassis) | Up to 2x 2.5-inch 7mm NVMe SSDs or 2x internal M.2 boot SSDs |
| Pcie slots | Up to 2 PCIe Gen5 slots per node | — |
| Gpu support | None supported | — |
| Network onboard | OCP 3.0 mezzanine slot; 1x 1GbE iDRAC9 port per node | — |
| Power supply | Shared dual or quad hot-plug 1800W, 2400W or 2800W Titanium in C6600 chassis | Shared bus-bar power delivery through the ThinkSystem DW612 Enclosure |
| Processor | — | Up to 2x 4th or 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors up to 64 cores each (up to 385W TDP) |
| Memory | — | 16x DDR5 DIMM slots (8 per CPU) supporting up to 2TB DDR5-5600 ECC RDIMM |
| Expansion slots | — | Up to 2x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots supporting 400Gb/s NDR InfiniBand / 400GbE fabric cards |
| Network | — | Mezzanine and PCIe slots for high-speed InfiniBand NDR and RoCE adapters |
| Management | — | Lenovo XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2) |
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