HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen11 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem ST650 V3
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen11 is a powerful dual-socket 4U tower and rack-convertible enterprise server engineered for remote and branch offices (ROBO), regional corporate headquarters, and growing data center deployments. 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).
| HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen11 | Lenovo ThinkSystem ST650 V3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | HPE | Lenovo |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Mar 2023 | Jan 2023 |
| Form factor | 4U tower | tower |
| Cpu sockets | 2 | 2 |
| Cpu platform | Intel Xeon Scalable 4th Gen (Sapphire Rapids) and 5th Gen (Emerald Rapids) | Dual 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) and 5th Gen (Emerald Rapids) processors up to 250W TDP |
| Memory slots | 32 | 32 |
| Memory type | DDR5-4800 / DDR5-5600 SmartMemory RDIMM | DDR5-4800 / DDR5-5600 RDIMM / 3DS RDIMM |
| Memory max (GB) | 8,192 | 4,096 |
| Drive bays | Up to 24 SFF SAS/SATA/NVMe U.3 or 12 LFF SAS/SATA, plus media bays | 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 10 PCIe 5.0 / PCIe 4.0 expansion slots plus 1 OCP 3.0 slot | Up to 9 PCIe Gen5 slots plus 1 OCP 3.0 slot |
| Gpu support | Up to 4 double-wide or 8 single-wide PCIe graphics accelerators | Up to 4 double-wide 300W GPUs or 8 single-wide 75W GPUs |
| Network onboard | OCP 3.0 Gen5 slot (no embedded LOM); dedicated 1Gb iLO 6 management port | Dual integrated 10GBASE-T ports plus dedicated 1GbE XClarity management port and OCP 3.0 slot |
| Power supply | Flex Slot 800W, 1000W, or 1600W hot-plug Platinum/Titanium redundant power supplies | Dual redundant 750W / 1100W / 1800W / 2400W AC 80 PLUS Titanium or Platinum hot-swap PSUs |
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