Dell PowerEdge T560 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem ST650 V3
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerEdge T560 is a quiet, purpose-built 4.5U tower-to-rack convertible dual-socket server powered by 4th and 5th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. The ThinkSystem ST650 V3 is Lenovo's current-generation 4U tower and rack-convertible enterprise server designed for 4th and 5th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids and Emerald Rapids).
| Dell PowerEdge T560 | Lenovo ThinkSystem ST650 V3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Mar 2023 | Jan 2023 |
| Form factor | tower | tower |
| Cpu sockets | 2 | 2 |
| Cpu platform | Intel Xeon Scalable 4th Gen and 5th Gen (up to 32 cores, 250W TDP) | Dual 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) and 5th Gen (Emerald Rapids) processors up to 250W TDP |
| Memory slots | 16 | 32 |
| Memory type | DDR5-4800 / DDR5-5600 RDIMM | DDR5-4800 / DDR5-5600 RDIMM / 3DS RDIMM |
| Memory max (GB) | 1,024 | 4,096 |
| Drive bays | Up to 24x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe or 12x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA drives | Up to 32x 2.5-inch SFF, 16x 3.5-inch LFF, or up to 16x NVMe PCIe Gen5 SSD bays |
| Pcie slots | Up to 6 PCIe Gen4/Gen5 slots | Up to 9 PCIe Gen5 slots plus 1 OCP 3.0 slot |
| Gpu support | Up to 2x 300W double-wide or 4x 75W single-wide GPUs | Up to 4 double-wide 300W GPUs or 8 single-wide 75W GPUs |
| Network onboard | 2x 1GbE LOM ports; OCP 3.0 slot; 1x 1GbE iDRAC9 port | Dual integrated 10GBASE-T ports plus dedicated 1GbE XClarity management port and OCP 3.0 slot |
| Power supply | Dual redundant hot-plug 800W, 1100W, 1400W or 1800W Titanium/Platinum | Dual redundant 750W / 1100W / 1800W / 2400W AC 80 PLUS Titanium or Platinum hot-swap PSUs |
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