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Dell R470 vs HPE DL325 Gen11

A specification-by-specification comparison of the Dell PowerEdge R470 and the HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11, built from Dell’s and HPE’s own documents. 1 headline measure favours the R470, 3 favour the DL325 Gen11, and they share no processors.

Bottom line. R470 leads on virtualisation, databases and in-memory work. DL325 Gen11 leads on storage density. Neither vendor publishes benchmarks for these machines, so every call here is made on what their documents state.

Dell PowerEdge R470 1U front, 8 × 2.5-inch build: two groups of four drive bays around a blank centre, with control panels at both ends
Dell PowerEdge
R470
1U Rack1 socket16 DIMMiDRAC10
Configure the R470 →Full data sheet
VS
HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 1U front with the security bezel fitted, drive-box label at left and status LEDs beside the pull tab at right
HPE ProLiant
DL325 Gen11
1U Rack1 socket12 DIMMHPE iLO 6
Configure the DL325 Gen11 →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.

1
Processor sockets
1
144
Cores, fully populated
Largest listed processor × its socket count
Higher160
4 TBHigher
Memory ceiling
As each document states it
3 TB
16
Drive bays
Higher20
Up to 4
Accelerators
Up to 4
1,500 W
Largest power supply
Higher2,200 W
1U Rack
Rack height
1U Rack
200 GbE class
Fastest network option
200 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 R470 if…

  • Memory ceiling: 4 TB against 3 TB on the DL325 Gen11
  • Up to 144 E-cores or 86 P-cores from one socket in 1U, and every processor on Dell’s list is rated for 35°C ambient in each storage layout of its thermal tables.

Choose the DL325 Gen11 if…

  • Cores, fully populated: 160 against 144 on the R470
  • Drive bays: 20 against 16 on the R470
  • Largest power supply: 2,200 W against 1,500 W on the R470
  • Both EPYC generations in one chassis: HPE’s tables list 21 5th Gen and 19 4th Gen processors, from the 8-core 9015 to the 160-core 9845, including the 9684X with 1,150 MB of L3.
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.

VirtualisationR470: 144 cores with 4 TB. DL325 Gen11: 160 cores with 3 TB.R470
Databases & in-memoryMemory ceiling 4 TB against 3 TB, across 16 and 12 DIMM slots.R470
Storage density16 bays in 1U against 20 in 1U.DL325 Gen11
AI & acceleration4 accelerators against 4 in the vendor documents.Line ball
Network throughputFastest card listed: 200 GbE class against 200 GbE class.Line ball
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.

SpecificationR470DL325 Gen11
Processors listed2340
Most cores per processor144160
Highest processor TDP350 W400 W
Processor familiesXeon 6 E-core · Xeon 6 P-coreAMD EPYC 9005 · AMD EPYC 9004

Memory

SpecificationR470DL325 Gen11
DIMM slots1612
Slots per processor1612
Memory typesRDIMM DDR5-6400RDIMM DDR5-6400 · RDIMM DDR5-4800 · 3DS RDIMM DDR5-6400

Storage

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

SpecificationR470DL325 Gen11
Maximum bays1620
Documented layouts68
Boot devicesBOSS-N1 DC-MHS (HW RAID 1, 2 x M.2 NVMe SSDs 480 GB / 960 GB) · M.2 interposer with up to 2 x M.2 NVMe SSDs · Internal USBHPE NS204i-u Gen11 NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device · HPE NS204i-u v2 480GB NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device · HPE NS204i-u v2 960GB NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device + 2 more
Storage controllers612

Accelerators & I/O

SpecificationR470DL325 Gen11
PCIe network slots42
Network cards listed1633

Power & platform

SpecificationR470DL325 Gen11
Power-supply options76
Output range800–1,500 W500–2,200 W
Input typesAC · 277 VAC / HVDCAC · −48 V DC
ManagementiDRAC10HPE iLO 6
Chassis depthVendors measure depth differently — see each data sheet815.14 mm without bezel (rear I/O) / 829.44 mm without bezel (front I/O)8SFF: 64.94 cm (25.57 in)
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.

R470: processors by cores and TDP

Dell PowerEdge R470 processors081624324048566472808896104112120128136144150 W200 W250 W300 W350 WCores per processorIntel Xeon 6 6780E — 144 cores / 144 threads · 330 W · 2.2 GHz base · 108 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6766E — 144 cores / 144 threads · 250 W · 1.9 GHz base · 108 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6756E — 128 cores / 128 threads · 225 W · 1.8 GHz base · 96 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6746E — 112 cores / 112 threads · 250 W · 2 GHz base · 96 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6740E — 96 cores / 96 threads · 250 W · 2.4 GHz base · 96 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6731E — 96 cores / 96 threads · 250 W · 2.2 GHz base · 96 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon 6 6710E — 64 cores / 64 threads · 205 W · 2.4 GHz base · 96 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon 6 6787P — 86 cores / 172 threads · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 336 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6781P (R1S) — 80 cores / 160 threads · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 336 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6767P — 64 cores / 128 threads · 350 W · 2.4 GHz base · 336 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6761P (R1S) — 64 cores / 128 threads · 350 W · 2.5 GHz base · 336 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6747P — 48 cores / 96 threads · 330 W · 2.7 GHz base · 288 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6741P (R1S) — 48 cores / 96 threads · 300 W · 2.5 GHz base · 288 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6737P — 32 cores / 64 threads · 270 W · 2.9 GHz base · 144 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6730P — 32 cores / 64 threads · 250 W · 2.5 GHz base · 288 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6731P (R1S) — 32 cores / 64 threads · 245 W · 2.5 GHz base · 144 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6527P — 24 cores / 48 threads · 255 W · 3 GHz base · 144 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6521P (R1S) — 24 cores / 48 threads · 225 W · 2.6 GHz base · 144 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6724P — 16 cores / 32 threads · 210 W · 3.6 GHz base · 72 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6517P — 16 cores / 32 threads · 190 W · 3.2 GHz base · 72 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6511P (R1S) — 16 cores / 32 threads · 150 W · 2.5 GHz base · 72 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6505P — 12 cores / 24 threads · 150 W · 2.2 GHz base · 48 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6507P — 8 cores / 16 threads · 150 W · 3.5 GHz base · 48 MB cache · DDR5-64006 6780E144 cores — the top SKU6 6766E1.7 W/core — most efficient
Xeon 6 E-core 7Xeon 6 P-core 16Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU

DL325 Gen11: processors by cores and TDP

HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 processors081624324048566472808896104112120128136144152160100 W150 W200 W250 W300 W350 W400 WCores per processorAMD EPYC 9845 — 160 cores · 390 W · 2.1 GHz base · 320 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9825 — 144 cores · 390 W · 2.2 GHz base · 384 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9745 — 128 cores · 400 W · 2.4 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9655P — 96 cores · 400 W · 2.6 GHz base · 384 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9645 — 96 cores · 320 W · 2.3 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9565 — 72 cores · 400 W · 3.15 GHz base · 384 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9575F — 64 cores · 400 W · 3.3 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9555P — 64 cores · 360 W · 3.2 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9535 — 64 cores · 300 W · 2.4 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9475F — 48 cores · 400 W · 3.65 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9455P — 48 cores · 300 W · 3.15 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9365 — 36 cores · 300 W · 3.4 GHz base · 192 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9375F — 32 cores · 320 W · 3.8 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9355P — 32 cores · 280 W · 3.55 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9335 — 32 cores · 210 W · 3 GHz base · 128 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9275F — 24 cores · 320 W · 4.1 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9255 — 24 cores · 200 W · 3.2 GHz base · 128 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9175F — 16 cores · 320 W · 4.2 GHz base · 512 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9135 — 16 cores · 200 W · 3.65 GHz base · 64 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9115 — 16 cores · 125 W · 2.6 GHz base · 64 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9015 — 8 cores · 125 W · 3.6 GHz base · 64 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9754 — 128 cores · 360 W · 2.25 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9734 — 112 cores · 340 W · 2.2 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9684X — 96 cores · 400 W · 2.55 GHz base · 1150 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9654P — 96 cores · 360 W · 2.4 GHz base · 384 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9634 — 84 cores · 290 W · 2.25 GHz base · 384 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9554P — 64 cores · 360 W · 3.1 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9534 — 64 cores · 280 W · 2.45 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9474F — 48 cores · 360 W · 3.6 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9454P — 48 cores · 290 W · 2.75 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9374F — 32 cores · 320 W · 3.85 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9384X — 32 cores · 320 W · 3.1 GHz base · 768 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9354P — 32 cores · 280 W · 3.25 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9334 — 32 cores · 210 W · 2.7 GHz base · 128 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9274F — 24 cores · 320 W · 4.05 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9254 — 24 cores · 200 W · 2.9 GHz base · 128 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9224 — 24 cores · 200 W · 2.5 GHz base · 64 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9174F — 16 cores · 320 W · 4.1 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9184X — 16 cores · 320 W · 3.55 GHz base · 768 MB cache · DDR5-4800AMD EPYC 9124 — 16 cores · 200 W · 3 GHz base · 64 MB cache · DDR5-4800EPYC 9845160 cores · 2.4 W/core — top SKU and most efficient
AMD EPYC 9005 21AMD EPYC 9004 19Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU

R470: memory with every slot filled

16 GB256 GB32 GB512 GB64 GB1 TB96 GB1.5 TB128 GB2 TB256 GB4 TB16 slots · 16 per processor · each tick = one DIMM

DL325 Gen11: memory with every slot filled

16 GB192 GB32 GB384 GB64 GB768 GB96 GB1.1 TB128 GB1.5 TB256 GB3 TB12 slots · 12 per processor · each tick = one DIMM

R470: drive bays

Front panel

16 × EDSFF NVMe at the front — 16 bays in total.

SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe

DL325 Gen11: drive bays

Front panel

20 × EDSFF NVMe at the front — 20 bays in total.

SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe

R470: power supplies

050010001500800 W Platinum — mixed mode 100-240 VAC or 240 HVDC; M-CRPS 60 mm800Platinum800 W Titanium — mixed mode 100-240 VAC or 240 HVDC800Titanium1100 W Platinum — mixed mode 100-240 VAC or 240 HVDC (1050 W lowline)1100Platinum1100 W Titanium — mixed mode 100-240 VAC or 240 HVDC (1050 W lowline)1100Titanium1400 W Titanium — -48 to -60 VDC; LOTES APOWA048 cable1400Titanium1500 W Titanium — mixed mode 100-240 VAC or 240 HVDC (1050 W lowline)1500Titanium1500 W Titanium — 277 VAC or 336 VDC HVDC; APP2006G1/2006G3 power cable1500TitaniumWatts · dashed line = output at 100–120 V low line
AC277 VAC / HVDC

DL325 Gen11: power supplies

05001000150020002500500 W Platinum — HPE Flex Slot family; Low Halogen; 94% power efficiency; rated 500W at 100 VAC and 240 VAC (and 240 VAC input for China only); max BTU 1979 (100 VAC) / 1911 (200 VAC) / 1965 (240 VAC, China)500Platinum800 W Platinum — HPE Flex Slot family; Low Halogen; 94% power efficiency; rated 800W at 100 VAC and 240 VAC (and 240 VAC input for China only); max BTU 3207 (100 VAC) / 3071 (200 VAC) / 3112 (240 VAC, China)800Platinum1000 W Titanium — HPE Flex Slot family; 96% power efficiency; named 'Low Halogen' in Standard Features but not in the Core Options kit name; listed as EU ErP Lot 9 compliant (96%); rated input not printed in Technical Specifications1000Titanium1600 W null — HPE Flex Slot family; -48VDC input; must be ordered with HPE 1600W -48VDC Power Cable Lug Kit (P36877-B21). DOC INCONSISTENCY: Standard Features note for this -48VDC unit reads 'Available in 94% Power Efficiency. 200-240VAC power input only.' (appears copied from the AC 1600W entry)1600DC1600 W Platinum — HPE Flex Slot family; Low Halogen; 94% power efficiency; high line only (200-240 VAC); rated 1600W at 240 VAC; max BTU 5918 (200 VAC) / 5884 (240 VAC, China)1600Platinum2200 W Titanium — HPE Flex Slot family; '1800W-2200W' unit - per-voltage split not printed; efficiency % not printed in Standard Features but ErP section lists P44712-B21 as 96% efficient; rated input not printed in Technical Specifications2200TitaniumWatts · dashed line = output at 100–120 V low line
AC−48 V DC
07 — Questions

R470 vs DL325 Gen11, answered

Is the R470 or the DL325 Gen11 the faster server?

Neither document publishes benchmark results, so this page compares what they do state. The R470 lists 23 processors up to 144 cores at 350 W; the DL325 Gen11 lists 40 up to 160 cores at 400 W. Fully populated that is 144 cores against 160.

Which holds more memory?

The R470 has 16 DIMM slots and a stated ceiling of 4 TB. The DL325 Gen11 has 12 and 3.0 TB.

Which takes more drives?

R470: 16 bays across 6 documented layouts. DL325 Gen11: 20 across 8. Counts include rear and mid-chassis positions where the vendor documents them.

Can either take GPUs?

R470: up to 4 accelerators, 0 double-wide cards listed. DL325 Gen11: up to 4, 0 double-wide listed.

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. R470: Dell PowerEdge R470 Technical Guide (December 2025) (Dell document). DL325 Gen11: HPE ProLiant DL325 Gen11 QuickSpecs (Version 40 - 03-Aug-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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