Dell PowerEdge MX840c vs HPE Synergy 660 Gen10 Compute Module
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerEdge MX840c is a double-width, four-socket modular compute sled designed for the 7U PowerEdge MX7000 kinetic infrastructure platform. The HPE Synergy 660 Gen10 is a full height four socket compute module engineered for the Synergy 12000 Frame.
| Dell PowerEdge MX840c | HPE Synergy 660 Gen10 Compute Module | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | HPE |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Sep 2018 | Jul 2017 |
| Form factor | blade | full-height compute module |
| Cpu sockets | 4 | 4 |
| Cpu platform | Intel Xeon Scalable 1st Gen and 2nd Gen (up to 4 processors, 28 cores each, 205W TDP) | — |
| Memory slots | 48 | 48 |
| Memory type | DDR4-2666 / DDR4-2933 RDIMM / LRDIMM | DDR4 ECC SmartMemory |
| Memory max (GB) | 6,144 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 8x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe SSDs | 4 SFF NVMe, SAS or SATA drive bays |
| Pcie slots | 4 PCIe Gen3 mezzanine fabric slots | — |
| Gpu support | None supported | — |
| Network onboard | Quad mezzanine cards connected to MX7000 fabrics; iDRAC9 management | — |
| Power supply | Shared redundant power from PowerEdge MX7000 7U chassis | — |
| Cpu family | — | Intel Xeon Scalable 1st and 2nd Gen |
| Max cores | — | 112 |
| Max memory capacity | — | 6TB |
| Mezzanine slots | — | 6 |
| Management | — | HPE OneView with iLO 5 ASIC |
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