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Head-to-head · every figure from the vendor documents

Dell MX760c vs HPE 480 Gen12 Compute Module

A specification-by-specification comparison of the Dell PowerEdge MX760c and the HPE Synergy 480 Gen12 Compute Module, built from Dell’s and HPE’s own documents. 2 headline measures favour the MX760c, 1 favours the 480 Gen12 Compute Module, and they share no processors.

Bottom line. MX760c leads on network throughput. 480 Gen12 Compute Module leads on virtualisation. Neither vendor publishes benchmarks for these machines, so every call here is made on what their documents state.

Dell PowerEdge MX760c sled front with six 2.5-inch drive bays and the front I/O module with iDRAC Direct, USB 3.0 and power button
Dell PowerEdge
MX760c
Blade / modular compute sled2 sockets32 DIMMiDRAC9
Configure the MX760c →Full data sheet
VS
HPE Synergy 480 Gen12 compute module front with four SFF NVMe bays, UID and health LEDs, power button, USB and iLO ports and Gen12 badge
HPE ProLiant
480 Gen12 Compute Module
Synergy Compute Module2 sockets32 DIMMHPE iLO 7
Configure the 480 Gen12 Compute Module →Full data sheet
01 — Scoreboard

The measures that decide it

Each row is a figure both vendors publish. Bars show the split between the two; a badge marks the larger figure, which is not always the better buy — a shallower chassis or a lower power ceiling can matter more.

2
Processor sockets
2
96
Cores, fully populated
Largest listed processor × its socket count
Higher172
8 TB
Memory ceiling
As each document states it
8 TB
8
Drive bays
8
3,000 WHigher
Largest power supply
—
100 GbE classHigher
Fastest network option
50 GbE class
02 — Verdict

Which one, and why

Drawn from the measures above and each model’s own data sheet. Neither vendor publishes benchmark results for these servers, so nothing here claims one is “faster”.

Choose the MX760c if…

  • Largest power supply: 3,000 W against — on the 480 Gen12 Compute Module
  • Fastest network option: 100 GbE class against 50 GbE class on the 480 Gen12 Compute Module
  • Two sockets and 32 DDR5 slots — eight channels per processor, two DIMMs per channel — in a sled 51 mm high, with up to 8 TB of RDIMM.

Choose the 480 Gen12 Compute Module if…

  • Cores, fully populated: 172 against 96 on the MX760c
  • Two Xeon 6 P-core sockets, up to 86 cores each, and 16 DDR5 slots per processor rated to 6400 MT/s — in a module 6.35 cm high.
03 — By workload

Where each one pulls ahead

Calls made on documented capacity only — cores, memory, bays, accelerators and network options — with the figures behind each one shown.

VirtualisationMX760c: 96 cores with 8 TB. 480 Gen12 Compute Module: 172 cores with 8 TB.480 Gen12 Compute Module
Databases & in-memoryMemory ceiling 8 TB against 8 TB, across 32 and 32 DIMM slots.Line ball
Storage density8 bays in Blade against 8 in Synergy.Line ball
AI & accelerationNeither document lists an accelerator option.Line ball
Network throughputFastest card listed: 100 GbE class against 50 GbE class.MX760c
04 — Specifications

Side by side, differences first

Everything both documents state, grouped. The default view hides rows where the two machines are identical.

Processors

Every processor each vendor lists for the model, from its own document.

SpecificationMX760c480 Gen12 Compute Module
Processors listed2816
Most cores per processor4886
Highest processor TDP330 W350 W
Processor families4th Gen Xeon Scalable · 5th Gen Xeon ScalableXeon 6 P-core

Memory

SpecificationMX760c480 Gen12 Compute Module
Fastest rated speed5,600 MT/s6,400 MT/s
Memory typesRDIMM DDR5-4800 (4th Gen Xeon; 4400 MT/s at 2DPC) · RDIMM DDR5-5600 (5th Gen Xeon; 4400 MT/s at 2DPC)RDIMM DDR5-6400 · 3DS RDIMM DDR5-6400

Storage

Bay counts are the maximum each document states, including rear and mid-chassis positions.

SpecificationMX760c480 Gen12 Compute Module
Boot devicesBOSS-N1 (HWRAID 1, 2 x M.2 SSDs; PCIe Gen4 x4 from CPU1; 480 GB or 960 GB per spec sheet) · USB (internal USB 3.0 port; 'USB or BOSS' per spec sheet)HPE Synergy NS204i-d v2 M.2 Boot Storage Device · HPE 480GB NVMe Gen4 Mainstream Performance Read Intensive M.2 2280 PE9010 SSD · HPE 960GB NVMe Gen4 Mainstream Performance Read Intensive M.2 2280 PE9010 SSD
Storage controllers53

Accelerators & I/O

SpecificationMX760c480 Gen12 Compute Module
Network cards listed73

Power & platform

SpecificationMX760c480 Gen12 Compute Module
Power-supply options10
Output range3,000–3,000 W—
Input typesAC—
ManagementiDRAC9HPE iLO 7
Chassis depthVendors measure depth differently — see each data sheetsled 622.35 mm (4/6 x 2.5-inch) or 631.77 mm (8 x E3.S) handle closed6.35 x 21.4 x 60.0 cm (2.5 x 8.43 x 23.62 in) H x W x D
05 — The data

Processors, memory, bays and power

The same charts each data sheet carries, drawn to the same scale so the two ranges can be read against each other.

MX760c: processors by cores and TDP

Dell PowerEdge MX760c processors081624324048100 W150 W200 W250 W300 W350 WCores per processorIntel Xeon Platinum 8468V — 48 cores / 96 threads · 330 W · 2.4 GHz base · 90 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8461V — 48 cores / 96 threads · 300 W · 2.2 GHz base · 90 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8460Y+ — 48 cores / 80 threads · 300 W · 2 GHz base · 75 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8452Y — 44 cores / 72 threads · 300 W · 2 GHz base · 68 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ — 32 cores / 64 threads · 300 W · 2.8 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6454S — 32 cores / 64 threads · 270 W · 2.2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6430 — 32 cores / 64 threads · 270 W · 2.1 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y — 32 cores / 64 threads · 225 W · 2.2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y+ — 32 cores / 64 threads · 205 W · 2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6438M — 32 cores / 64 threads · 205 W · 2.2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5420+ — 28 cores / 56 threads · 205 W · 2 GHz base · 53 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y — 24 cores / 48 threads · 225 W · 2.6 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5418Y — 24 cores / 48 threads · 185 W · 2 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ — 20 cores / 40 threads · 165 W · 2 GHz base · 38 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y — 16 cores / 32 threads · 270 W · 3.5 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y — 16 cores / 32 threads · 185 W · 2.6 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5416S — 16 cores / 32 threads · 150 W · 2 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 6434 — 8 cores / 16 threads · 205 W · 3.7 GHz base · 15 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Bronze 3408U — 8 cores / 16 threads · 125 W · 1.8 GHz base · 15 MB cache · DDR5-4000Intel Xeon Platinum 8562Y+ — 32 cores / 64 threads · 300 W · 2.8 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon Gold 6548N — 32 cores / 64 threads · 250 W · 2.8 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+ — 32 cores / 64 threads · 250 W · 2.5 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y — 24 cores / 48 threads · 250 W · 2.9 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon Gold 6526Y — 16 cores / 32 threads · 195 W · 2.8 GHz base · 37.5 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y — 16 cores / 32 threads · 150 W · 2 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Silver 4510 — 12 cores / 24 threads · 150 W · 2.4 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 6534 — 8 cores / 16 threads · 195 W · 3.9 GHz base · 22.5 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y — 8 cores / 16 threads · 125 W · 2.6 GHz base · 23 MB cache · DDR5-44008468V48 cores — the top SKU8461V6.3 W/core — most efficient
4th Gen Xeon Scalable 195th Gen Xeon Scalable 9Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU

480 Gen12 Compute Module: processors by cores and TDP

HPE Synergy 480 Gen12 Compute Module processors0816243240485664728088150 W200 W250 W300 W350 WCores per processorIntel Xeon 6787P — 86 cores · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 336 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6767P — 64 cores · 350 W · 2.4 GHz base · 336 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6760P — 64 cores · 330 W · 2.2 GHz base · 320 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6747P — 48 cores · 330 W · 2.7 GHz base · 288 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6740P — 48 cores · 270 W · 2.1 GHz base · 288 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6736P — 36 cores · 205 W · 2 GHz base · 144 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6745P — 32 cores · 300 W · 3.1 GHz base · 336 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6737P — 32 cores · 270 W · 2.9 GHz base · 144 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6730P — 32 cores · 250 W · 2.5 GHz base · 288 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6530P — 32 cores · 225 W · 2.3 GHz base · 144 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6527P — 24 cores · 255 W · 3 GHz base · 144 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6520P — 24 cores · 210 W · 2.4 GHz base · 144 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6517P — 16 cores · 190 W · 3.2 GHz base · 72 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6515P — 16 cores · 150 W · 2.3 GHz base · 72 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6505P — 12 cores · 150 W · 2.2 GHz base · 48 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6507P — 8 cores · 150 W · 3.5 GHz base · 48 MB cache · DDR5-64006787P86 cores · 4.1 W/core — top SKU and most efficient
Xeon 6 P-core 16Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU

MX760c: memory with every slot filled

16 GB512 GB32 GB1 TB64 GB2 TB96 GB3 TB128 GB4 TB256 GB8 TB32 slots · 16 per processor · each tick = one DIMM

480 Gen12 Compute Module: memory with every slot filled

16 GB512 GB32 GB1 TB64 GB2 TB96 GB3 TB128 GB4 TB256 GB8 TB32 slots · 16 per processor · each tick = one DIMM

MX760c: drive bays

Front panel

8 × EDSFF NVMe at the front — 8 bays in total.

SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe

480 Gen12 Compute Module: drive bays

Front panel

8 × EDSFF NVMe at the front — 8 bays in total.

SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe

MX760c: power supplies

0500100015002000250030003000 W Platinum — Chassis-provided. Technical guide only says 'The MX760c obtains power from the MX7000 chassis which contains the power supplies' (see MX7000 Sourcebook); wattage/efficiency/count from the spec sheet ('MX7000 chassis: Up to six 3000 W AC Platinum PSU and grid redundancy support') and the guide's acoustic Table 17 (PSU 3000 W x 6).3000PlatinumWatts · dashed line = output at 100–120 V low line
AC

480 Gen12 Compute Module: power supplies

Powered by the chassis or rack it installs into.

07 — Questions

MX760c vs 480 Gen12 Compute Module, answered

Is the MX760c or the 480 Gen12 Compute Module the faster server?

Neither document publishes benchmark results, so this page compares what they do state. The MX760c lists 28 processors up to 48 cores at 330 W; the 480 Gen12 Compute Module lists 16 up to 86 cores at 350 W. Fully populated that is 96 cores against 172.

Which holds more memory?

The MX760c has 32 DIMM slots and a stated ceiling of 8 TB. The 480 Gen12 Compute Module has 32 and 8.0 TB.

Which takes more drives?

MX760c: 8 bays across 4 documented layouts. 480 Gen12 Compute Module: 8 across 4. Counts include rear and mid-chassis positions where the vendor documents them.

Can either take GPUs?

Neither vendor document lists an accelerator option for these models.

Do they share any processors?

No. The two documents list different processors, so a like-for-like processor build is not possible across these two.

Where these figures come from. MX760c: Dell PowerEdge MX760c Technical Guide (Rev. A05, June 2026) (Dell document). 480 Gen12 Compute Module: HPE Synergy 480 Gen12 Compute Module QuickSpecs (Version 13 - 08-Sep-2026) (HPE document). Each claim on this page is derived from those documents, checked page by page on the two data sheets, and carries no pricing.

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