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Dell R470 vs HPE DL325 Gen12

A specification-by-specification comparison of the Dell PowerEdge R470 and the HPE ProLiant Compute DL325 Gen12, built from Dell’s and HPE’s own documents. None of the headline measures favour the R470; 5 favour the DL325 Gen12, and they share no processors.

Bottom line. DL325 Gen12 leads on virtualisation, databases and in-memory work, storage density, network throughput. 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 Compute DL325 Gen12 1U front without bezel: eight 2.5-inch NVMe bays and a media bay with optical drive, DisplayPort and USB
HPE ProLiant
DL325 Gen12
1U Rack1 socket24 DIMMHPE iLO 7
Configure the DL325 Gen12 →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
Higher192
4 TB
Memory ceiling
As each document states it
Higher6 TB
16
Drive bays
Higher20
Up to 4
Accelerators
Up to 4
1,500 W
Largest power supply
Higher2,400 W
1U Rack
Rack height
1U Rack
200 GbE class
Fastest network option
Higher400 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…

  • 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 Gen12 if…

  • Cores, fully populated: 192 against 144 on the R470
  • Memory ceiling: 6 TB against 4 TB on the R470
  • Drive bays: 20 against 16 on the R470
  • Twice the DIMM slots of the DL325 Gen11 in the same 1U height: 24 slots at two per channel take one socket to 6 TB with 256 GB kits.
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 Gen12: 192 cores with 6 TB.DL325 Gen12
Databases & in-memoryMemory ceiling 4 TB against 6 TB, across 16 and 24 DIMM slots.DL325 Gen12
Storage density16 bays in 1U against 20 in 1U.DL325 Gen12
AI & acceleration4 accelerators against 4 in the vendor documents.Line ball
Network throughputFastest card listed: 200 GbE class against 400 GbE class.DL325 Gen12
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 Gen12
Most cores per processor144192
Highest processor TDP350 W500 W
Processor familiesXeon 6 E-core · Xeon 6 P-coreAMD EPYC 9005

Memory

SpecificationR470DL325 Gen12
DIMM slots1624
Slots per processor1624
Memory typesRDIMM DDR5-6400RDIMM DDR5-6400 · RDIMM 3DS DDR5-6400

Storage

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

SpecificationR470DL325 Gen12
Maximum bays1620
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 v2 480GB NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device · HPE NS204i-u v2 960GB NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device · HPE NS204i-u v2 960GB NVMe SED Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device + 2 more
Storage controllers611

Accelerators & I/O

SpecificationR470DL325 Gen12
PCIe network slots46
Network cards listed1636

Power & platform

SpecificationR470DL325 Gen12
Power-supply options76
Output range800–1,500 W800–2,400 W
Input typesAC · 277 VAC / HVDCAC · −48 V DC
ManagementiDRAC10HPE iLO 7
Chassis depthVendors measure depth differently — see each data sheet815.14 mm without bezel (rear I/O) / 829.44 mm without bezel (front I/O)66.7 cm (26.25 in) for 4LFF (P81965-B21) and SFF/EDSFF (P81966-B21) CTO
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 Gen12: processors by cores and TDP

HPE ProLiant Compute DL325 Gen12 processors081624324048566472808896104112120128136144152160168176184192100 W150 W200 W250 W300 W350 W400 W450 W500 WCores per processorAMD EPYC 9965 — 192 cores · 500 W · 2.25 GHz base · 384 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD 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 9755 — 128 cores · 500 W · 2.7 GHz base · 512 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 · DDR5-6400EPYC 9965192 cores — the top SKUEPYC 98452.4 W/core — most efficient
AMD EPYC 9005 23Bubble 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 Gen12: memory with every slot filled

32 GB768 GB64 GB1.5 TB96 GB2.3 TB128 GB3 TB256 GB6 TB24 slots · 24 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 Gen12: drive bays

Front panel

8 × 2.5" NVMe at the front — 8 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 Gen12: power supplies

05001000150020002500800 W Platinum — M-CRPS family. The only kit NOT rated 96% efficiency. Rated steady-state 650W at 100-120 VAC, 800W at 200-240 VAC (no 240 VDC rating printed). BTU max 2458 (100 VAC) / 2919 (240 VAC).800Platinum1000 W Titanium — M-CRPS family; 96% efficiency; ErP Lot 9 compliant. Rated 800W at 100-120 VAC, 1000W at 200-240 VAC, 1000W at 240 VDC (China only). BTU max 3044 (100 VAC) / 3680 (200 VAC).1000Titanium1300 W null — M-CRPS family; -48 V DC input; efficiency not printed. Companion HPE 1000-1300W -48VDC Power Lug Kit P79845-B21. Not in the Standard Features PSU list.1300DC1500 W Titanium — M-CRPS family; 96% efficiency; ErP Lot 9 compliant. Rated 1000W at 100 VAC, 1100W at 110-120 VAC, 1500W at 200-240 VAC, 1500W at 240 VDC (China only). BTU max 3792 (100 VAC) / 5560 (200 VAC).1500Titanium2200 W null — M-CRPS family; -48 V DC input; efficiency not printed. Companion HPE 2000-2200W -48VDC Power Lug Kit P79839-B21. Not in the Standard Features PSU list; listed in Core Options (added V7, 02-Mar-2026).2200DC2400 W Titanium — M-CRPS family; 96% efficiency; ErP Lot 9 compliant. Rated steady-state 1200W at 100-127 VAC, 2400W at 200-240 VAC, 2400W at 240 VDC (China only); maximum peak printed as 2400W at 100-127 VAC. BTU max 4268 (100 VAC) / 8532 (240 VAC).2400TitaniumWatts · dashed line = output at 100–120 V low line
AC−48 V DC
07 — Questions

R470 vs DL325 Gen12, answered

Is the R470 or the DL325 Gen12 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 Gen12 lists 23 up to 192 cores at 500 W. Fully populated that is 144 cores against 192.

Which holds more memory?

The R470 has 16 DIMM slots and a stated ceiling of 4 TB. The DL325 Gen12 has 24 and 6 TB.

Which takes more drives?

R470: 16 bays across 6 documented layouts. DL325 Gen12: 20 across 6. 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 Gen12: 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 Gen12: HPE ProLiant Compute DL325 Gen12 QuickSpecs (Version 12 - 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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