IBM Power System S1024 vs Lenovo ThinkSystem SR850 V3
Side-by-side specifications from the vendors' own documents. The IBM Power System S1024 is an enterprise 4U dual-socket server built around IBM POWER10 processors. The ThinkSystem SR850 V3 is Lenovo's premier high-density 2U four-socket enterprise server engineered for 4th and 5th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids and Emerald Rapids).
| IBM Power System S1024 | Lenovo ThinkSystem SR850 V3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | IBM | Lenovo |
| Status | current | current |
| Released | Jul 2022 | Jan 2023 |
| Form factor | 4U rack | 2U rack |
| Form factor | 4U rack | — |
| Sockets | 2 | — |
| Processor family | IBM POWER10 | — |
| Memory slots | 64 | 64 |
| Max memory | 8TB DDR4-3200 (DDIMM) | — |
| Drive bays | Up to 16x 2.5-inch NVMe U.2 | Up to 24x 2.5-inch SFF hot-swap bays (supporting up to 24 NVMe PCIe Gen5 SSDs) or up to 24x EDSFF E3.S bays |
| Power supplies | 2x 2000W Redundant Titanium | — |
| Cpu sockets | — | 4 |
| Cpu platform | — | Up to 4 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) or 5th Gen (Emerald Rapids) processors up to 60 cores per socket and 350W TDP |
| Memory type | — | DDR5-4800 / DDR5-5600 RDIMM / 3DS RDIMM |
| Memory max (GB) | — | 16,384 |
| Pcie slots | — | Up to 12 PCIe Gen5 slots plus 2 OCP 3.0 slots |
| Network onboard | — | Dual OCP 3.0 slots plus dedicated 1GbE XClarity management port |
| Power supply | — | Dual redundant 1800W / 2400W / 2600W AC 80 PLUS Titanium or Platinum PSUs |
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