Dell PowerEdge R750xa vs Lenovo ThinkSystem SR670
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerEdge R750xa is a GPU-optimized 2U dual-socket enterprise server designed for artificial intelligence training, machine learning inference, computer-aided engineering, and graphic-intensive virtualization. The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR670 is a 2U dual-socket accelerated compute server optimized for AI training, deep learning inference, and high-performance computing (HPC).
| Dell PowerEdge R750xa | Lenovo ThinkSystem SR670 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | current | end-of-sale |
| Released | May 2021 | Oct 2018 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Cpu sockets | 2 | — |
| Cpu platform | Intel Xeon Scalable 3rd Gen (up to 40 cores, 270W TDP) | — |
| Memory slots | 32 | — |
| Memory type | DDR4-3200 RDIMM / LRDIMM | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 8,192 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 8x 2.5-inch NVMe/SAS/SATA drives | Up to 8x 2.5-inch hot-swap drive bays (SAS/SATA/NVMe) or 4x 3.5-inch drive bays |
| Pcie slots | Up to 8 PCIe Gen4 slots | — |
| Gpu support | Up to 4x 300W double-wide PCIe GPUs (NVIDIA A100) or 8x 75W single-wide GPUs | — |
| Network onboard | OCP 3.0 slot; 1x 1GbE iDRAC dedicated port | — |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 1400W, 1800W or 2400W Platinum/Titanium | Up to 4x hot-swap 2000W Platinum power supplies in N+N redundancy |
| Processor | — | Up to 2x 1st or 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors up to 28 cores (up to 205W TDP) |
| Memory | — | 24x DDR4 DIMM slots (12 per CPU) supporting up to 1.5TB DDR4-2933 ECC RDIMM |
| Expansion slots | — | Dedicated GPU bay supporting up to 4x full-height double-wide PCIe 3.0 x16 GPUs (such as NVIDIA V100) |
| Network | — | Dedicated OCP slot plus standard PCIe slots for InfiniBand and 100GbE fabric cards |
| Management | — | Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) |
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