HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem SR655 V3
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 is a high-density, dual-socket 2U rack server powered by AMD EPYC 9004 and 9005 series processors. The Lenovo ThinkSystem SR655 V3 is an enterprise 2U single-socket server powered by AMD EPYC 9004 Series processors.
| HPE ProLiant DL385 Gen11 | Lenovo ThinkSystem SR655 V3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Lenovo |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Nov 2022 | May 2023 |
| Form factor | 2U rack | 2U rack |
| Cpu sockets | 2 | — |
| Cpu platform | AMD EPYC 9004 / 9005 Series Processors (Genoa, Bergamo, Turin) | — |
| Memory slots | 24 | — |
| Memory type | DDR5-4800 / DDR5-5200 / DDR5-6000 SmartMemory RDIMM | — |
| Memory max (GB) | 6,144 | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 24 SFF SAS/SATA/NVMe U.3 or 12 LFF SAS/SATA; EDSFF E3.S options | Up to 24x 2.5-inch or 12x 3.5-inch drive bays; supports up to 24x NVMe Gen5 U.2/U.3 or E3.S drives |
| Pcie slots | Up to 8 PCIe 5.0 slots plus 2 OCP 3.0 slots | — |
| Gpu support | Up to 4 double-wide or 8 single-wide PCIe accelerators | — |
| Network onboard | Dual OCP 3.0 Gen5 slots; 1Gb dedicated iLO 6 management port | — |
| Power supply | HPE 800W, 1000W, or 1600W Flex Slot Platinum hot-plug redundant power supplies | Dual redundant hot-swap 750W, 1100W, or 1800W Platinum/Titanium PSUs |
| Processor | — | Single AMD EPYC 9004 series processor up to 128 cores (up to 360W TDP) |
| Memory | — | 12x DDR5 DIMM slots (1 DPC) supporting up to 1.5TB DDR5-4800 ECC RDIMM |
| Expansion slots | — | Up to 8x PCIe 5.0 slots plus 1x OCP 3.0 mezzanine slot |
| Network | — | OCP 3.0 slot supporting dual or quad 10/25/100GbE adapters |
| Management | — | Lenovo XClarity Controller 2 (XCC2) |
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