Dell PowerEdge XR12 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem SE450
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The Dell PowerEdge XR12 is a ruggedized 2U short-depth server for edge sites such as telecom cabinets, marine and mobile deployments, announced by Dell in March 2021. The ThinkSystem SE450 is Lenovo's compact 2U single-socket ruggedized edge AI server engineered for complex artificial intelligence inference, computer vision, video analytics, and 5G open-RAN workloads deployed directly at telecom cell…
| Dell PowerEdge XR12 | Lenovo ThinkSystem SE450 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | unknown | current |
| Released | Mar 2021 | Dec 2021 |
| Form factor | 2U rack (short-depth, rugged) | 2U rack |
| Cpu sockets | 1 | 1 |
| Cpu platform | One 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor, up to 36 cores | Single 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor (Ice Lake-SP) up to 36 cores and 205W TDP |
| Memory slots | 8 | 8 |
| Memory type | DDR4-3200 RDIMM / LRDIMM; Intel Optane PMem 200 Series supported | DDR4-3200 RDIMM / 3DS RDIMM |
| Memory max (GB) | 2,048 | 1,024 |
| Drive bays | 6x 2.5-inch hot-swap SAS, SATA or NVMe SSD (rear-accessed or front-accessed configuration) | Up to 6x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap bays supporting NVMe, SAS, or SATA SSDs |
| Pcie slots | Up to 5 PCIe Gen 4 expansion cards depending on riser (x16 and x8+x8 options) | Up to 4 PCIe 4.0 slots |
| Gpu support | Up to 2x 75 W or 150 W single-width GPUs, or 2x 300 W double-width full-height full-length GPUs, depending on riser | Up to 4 single-wide or 2 double-wide 300W GPUs (such as NVIDIA A30, A100, L40) |
| Network onboard | 4x embedded LOM ports (4x 25GbE SFP+, also 10GbE) plus a dedicated 1GbE iDRAC port | Dual OCP 3.0 slots plus dedicated 1GbE XClarity management port |
| Power supply | Up to two AC or DC PSUs from 700 W to 1400 W (Platinum or Titanium), -48 V DC options | Dual redundant 1100W / 1800W AC or -48V DC hot-swap power supplies |
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