Dell PowerEdge XR4520c vs Lenovo ThinkSystem SE450
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The PowerEdge XR4520c is a 2U compute sled for the XR4000 chassis that adds dedicated PCIe expansion slots to Intel Xeon D compute. 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 XR4520c | Lenovo ThinkSystem SE450 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Dell | Lenovo |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
| Form factor | blade | 2U rack |
| Cpu sockets | 1 | 1 |
| Cpu platform | Intel Xeon D-2700 series processors | Single 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processor (Ice Lake-SP) up to 36 cores and 205W TDP |
| Memory slots | 4 | 8 |
| Memory type | DDR4 ECC RDIMM up to 2933 MT/s | DDR4-3200 RDIMM / 3DS RDIMM |
| Drive bays | Up to 4x M.2 NVMe SSDs | Up to 6x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap bays supporting NVMe, SAS, or SATA SSDs |
| Pcie slots | Up to 2x PCIe Gen4 slots (supports full-height GPU or accelerator) | Up to 4 PCIe 4.0 slots |
| Chassis compatibility | PowerEdge XR4000 enclosure | — |
| Memory max (GB) | — | 1,024 |
| Gpu support | — | Up to 4 single-wide or 2 double-wide 300W GPUs (such as NVIDIA A30, A100, L40) |
| Network onboard | — | Dual OCP 3.0 slots plus dedicated 1GbE XClarity management port |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant 1100W / 1800W AC or -48V DC hot-swap power supplies |
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