Dell PowerEdge R720 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The PowerEdge R720 is Dell 12th-generation flagship 2U dual-socket enterprise server powered by Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 processors. The ThinkSystem SR650 was Lenovo's core two-socket 2U rack server for 1st and 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors.
| Dell PowerEdge R720 | Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | end-of-support | end-of-sale |
| Released | Mar 2012 | Jul 2017 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Cpu sockets | 2 | 2 |
| Cpu platform | Intel Xeon E5-2600 and E5-2600 v2 series processors | Intel Xeon Scalable 1st Gen (Skylake-SP) and 2nd Gen (Cascade Lake-SP) |
| Memory slots | 24 | 24 |
| Memory type | DDR3 ECC RDIMM/LRDIMM up to 1866 MT/s | DDR4-2666 / DDR4-2933 RDIMM / LRDIMM |
| Drive bays | Up to 16x 2.5in SAS/SATA drives or 8x 3.5in SAS/SATA drives | Up to 24x 2.5-inch SFF or 14x 3.5-inch LFF hot-swap bays; up to 8 AnyBay NVMe bays |
| Pcie slots | Up to 7x PCIe Gen3 slots | Up to 7 PCIe 3.0 slots plus dedicated LOM and internal storage slots |
| Power supply | Dual hot-plug redundant PSUs (495W, 750W, 1100W) | Dual redundant 550W / 750W / 1100W / 1600W AC 80 PLUS Platinum or Titanium PSUs |
| Memory max (GB) | — | 3,072 |
| Gpu support | — | Up to 2 double-wide 300W GPUs or 4 single-wide GPUs |
| Network onboard | — | Modular LOM adapter slot (1GbE or 10GbE) plus dedicated 1GbE XClarity management port |
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