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

Dell R660 vs HPE DL360 Gen12

A specification-by-specification comparison of the Dell PowerEdge R660 and the HPE ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12, built from Dell’s and HPE’s own documents. None of the headline measures favour the R660; 4 favour the DL360 Gen12, and they share no processors.

Bottom line. DL360 Gen12 leads on virtualisation, storage density, network throughput. Neither vendor publishes benchmarks for these machines, so every call here is made on what their documents state.

Dell PowerEdge R660 front view with ten 2.5-inch drive bays, the left control panel, and VGA, USB and power button at the right
Dell PowerEdge
R660
1U Rack2 sockets32 DIMMiDRAC9
Configure the R660 →Full data sheet
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HPE ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12 1U server, front view: five drive boxes holding 20 E3.S NVMe drives, USB-C iLO port, USB port and LEDs
HPE ProLiant
DL360 Gen12
1U Rack2 sockets32 DIMMHPE iLO 7
Configure the DL360 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.

2
Processor sockets
2
128
Cores, fully populated
Largest listed processor × its socket count
Higher288
8 TB
Memory ceiling
As each document states it
8 TB
16
Drive bays
Higher20
Up to 3
Accelerators
Up to 3
1,800 W
Largest power supply
Higher2,200 W
1U Rack
Rack height
1U Rack
100 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 R660 if…

  • The same 51 processors and 32 DDR5 slots as the 2U R760 in a 1U chassis, with up to 64 cores per socket and 8 TB of memory.

Choose the DL360 Gen12 if…

  • Cores, fully populated: 288 against 128 on the R660
  • Drive bays: 20 against 16 on the R660
  • Largest power supply: 2,200 W against 1,800 W on the R660
  • Twenty E3.S NVMe bays in 1U — five front boxes that each take four E3.S or two U.3 SFF drives, and can be mixed.
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.

VirtualisationR660: 128 cores with 8 TB. DL360 Gen12: 288 cores with 8 TB.DL360 Gen12
Databases & in-memoryMemory ceiling 8 TB against 8 TB, across 32 and 32 DIMM slots.Line ball
Storage density16 bays in 1U against 20 in 1U.DL360 Gen12
AI & acceleration3 accelerators against 3 in the vendor documents.Line ball
Network throughputFastest card listed: 100 GbE class against 400 GbE class.DL360 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.

SpecificationR660DL360 Gen12
Processors listed5133
Most cores per processor64144
Processor familiesXeon Max (HBM) · 4th Gen Xeon Scalable · 5th Gen Xeon ScalableXeon 6 E-core · Xeon 6 P-core

Memory

SpecificationR660DL360 Gen12
Memory typesRDIMM DDR5-4800 · RDIMM DDR5-5600 · RDIMM DDR5-6400RDIMM DDR5-6400

Storage

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

SpecificationR660DL360 Gen12
Maximum bays1620
Documented layouts135
Bay sizes2.5-inch · E3.S2.5-inch · E3.S · 3.5-inch
Boot devicesBOSS-N1HPE 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 + 3 more
Storage controllers1014

Accelerators & I/O

SpecificationR660DL360 Gen12
OCP slots12
Network cards listed2638

Power & platform

SpecificationR660DL360 Gen12
Power-supply options85
Output range700–1,800 W800–2,200 W
Input typesAC · −48 V DC · 277 VAC / HVDCAC · −48 V DC
ManagementiDRAC9HPE iLO 7
Chassis depthVendors measure depth differently — see each data sheet822.88 mm with bezel / 809.04 mm without bezel(8+2) SFF: 75.31 cm (29.65 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.

R660: processors by cores and TDP

Dell PowerEdge R660 processors0816243240485664100 W150 W200 W250 W300 W350 WCores per processorIntel Xeon Max 9480 — 56 cores / 112 threads · 350 W · 1.9 GHz base · 113 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Max 9470 — 52 cores / 104 threads · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Max 9460 — 40 cores / 80 threads · 350 W · 2.2 GHz base · 98 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Max 9462 — 32 cores / 64 threads · 350 W · 2.7 GHz base · 75 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+ — 56 cores / 112 threads · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8470Q — 52 cores / 104 threads · 350 W · 2.1 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 — 52 cores / 104 threads · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8471N — 52 cores / 104 threads · 300 W · 1.8 GHz base · 98 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N — 52 cores / 104 threads · 300 W · 1.7 GHz base · 98 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8468 — 48 cores / 96 threads · 350 W · 2.1 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8460Y+ — 40 cores / 80 threads · 300 W · 2 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8452Y — 36 cores / 72 threads · 300 W · 2 GHz base · 68 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q — 32 cores / 64 threads · 350 W · 3.1 GHz base · 60 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 6414U — 32 cores / 64 threads · 250 W · 2 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 6438N — 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 6428N — 32 cores / 64 threads · 185 W · 1.8 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6421N — 32 cores / 64 threads · 185 W · 1.8 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5420+ — 28 cores / 56 threads · 205 W · 2 GHz base · 53 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y — 24 cores / 48 threads · 225 W · 2.6 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5418Y — 24 cores / 48 threads · 185 W · 2 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 5412U — 24 cores / 48 threads · 185 W · 2.1 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 5418N — 24 cores / 48 threads · 165 W · 1.8 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 5411N — 24 cores / 48 threads · 165 W · 1.9 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ — 20 cores / 40 threads · 165 W · 2 GHz base · 38 MB cache · DDR5-4000Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y — 16 cores / 32 threads · 270 W · 3.5 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y — 16 cores / 32 threads · 185 W · 2.6 GHz base · 38 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5416S — 16 cores / 32 threads · 150 W · 2 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y — 12 cores / 24 threads · 150 W · 2 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4000Intel Xeon Gold 6434 — 8 cores / 16 threads · 205 W · 3.7 GHz base · 23 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ — 8 cores / 16 threads · 150 W · 2.9 GHz base · 23 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Bronze 3408U — 8 cores / 16 threads · 125 W · 1.8 GHz base · 23 MB cache · DDR5-4000Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+ — 64 cores / 128 threads · 350 W · 1.9 GHz base · 320 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon Platinum 8580 — 60 cores / 120 threads · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 300 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon Platinum 8568Y+ — 48 cores / 96 threads · 350 W · 2.3 GHz base · 300 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon Platinum 8558U — 48 cores / 96 threads · 300 W · 2 GHz base · 260 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel 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 5512U — 28 cores / 56 threads · 185 W · 2.1 GHz base · 52.5 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel 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 · DDR5-44008592+64 cores · 5.5 W/core — top SKU and most efficient
Xeon Max (HBM) 44th Gen Xeon Scalable 335th Gen Xeon Scalable 14Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU

DL360 Gen12: processors by cores and TDP

HPE ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12 processors081624324048566472808896104112120128136144150 W200 W250 W300 W350 WCores per processorIntel Xeon 6780E — 144 cores · 330 W · 2.2 GHz base · 108 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6766E — 144 cores · 250 W · 1.9 GHz base · 108 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6756E — 128 cores · 225 W · 1.8 GHz base · 96 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6746E — 112 cores · 250 W · 2 GHz base · 96 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon 6731E — 96 cores · 250 W · 2.2 GHz base · 96 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon 6740E — 96 cores · 250 W · 2.4 GHz base · 96 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6710E — 64 cores · 205 W · 2.4 GHz base · 96 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon 6787P — 86 cores · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 336 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6788P — 86 cores · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 336 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6762P — 64 cores · 350 W · 2.9 GHz base · 320 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 6768P — 64 cores · 330 W · 2.4 GHz base · 336 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6747P — 48 cores · 330 W · 2.7 GHz base · 288 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6748P — 48 cores · 300 W · 2.5 GHz base · 192 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 6732P — 32 cores · 350 W · 3.8 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 6738P — 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 6728P — 24 cores · 210 W · 2.7 GHz base · 144 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6725P — 16 cores · 235 W · 3.7 GHz base · 192 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6724P — 16 cores · 210 W · 3.6 GHz base · 72 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 6714P — 8 cores · 165 W · 4 GHz base · 48 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6507P — 8 cores · 150 W · 3.5 GHz base · 48 MB cache · DDR5-64006780E144 cores — the top SKU6766E1.7 W/core — most efficient
Xeon 6 E-core 7Xeon 6 P-core 26Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU

R660: 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

DL360 Gen12: 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

R660: drive bays

Front panel

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

SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe

DL360 Gen12: drive bays

Front panel

8 × 2.5" SAS/SATA + NVMe at the front — 8 bays in total.

SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe

R660: power supplies

0500100015002000700 W Titanium — Mixed mode HLAC (200-240 V AC / 240 V DC); no 100-120 V low-line support; 60 mm700Titanium800 W N/A (-48 V DC) — -(48-60) V DC input (LVDC); 60 mm800DC800 W Platinum — Mixed mode (100-240 V AC / 240 V DC); 60 mm800Platinum1100 W N/A (-48 V DC) — -(48-60) V DC input (LVDC); 60 mm1100DC1100 W Titanium — Mixed mode (100-240 V AC / 240 V DC); 1050 W at low line 100-120 V; 60 mm10501100Titanium1400 W Platinum — Mixed mode (100-240 V AC / 240 V DC); 1050 W at low line 100-120 V; 60 mm10501400Platinum1400 W Titanium — Mixed mode 277 V AC and HVDC (336 V DC); 60 mm1400Titanium1800 W Titanium — Mixed mode HLAC (200-240 V AC / 240 V DC); no 100-120 V low-line support; 60 mm1800TitaniumWatts · dashed line = output at 100–120 V low line
AC277 VAC / HVDC−48 V DC

DL360 Gen12: power supplies

05001000150020002500800 W Platinum — HPE Flex Slot; Low Halogen; 94% efficiency; rated input 100-240 VAC (800W at 100 VAC and 240 VAC; 240 VDC input China only); not Energy Star 4.0 compatible (Platinum)800Platinum1000 W Titanium — HPE Flex Slot; 96% efficiency, Energy Star 4.0, EU ErP Lot 9 compliant; rated input 100-240 VAC (240 VDC China only). Standard Features names it 'Low Halogen', Core Options name omits it.1000Titanium1600 W null — HPE Flex Slot -48VDC; rated input -40 to -72 VDC; no efficiency rating printed; P36877-B21 lug kit defaulted (or P22173-B21 cable kit). CONTRADICTION: Core Options note under this PSU says 'Only supports high line voltage (200 VAC to 240 VAC)', which conflicts with the -40 to -72 VDC rating in Technical Specifications.1600DC1600 W Platinum — HPE Flex Slot; Low Halogen; 94% efficiency; high line only 200-240 VAC (240 VDC China only); not Energy Star 4.0 compatible (Platinum)1600Platinum2200 W Titanium — HPE 1800W-2200W Flex Slot Titanium; 96% efficiency, Energy Star 4.0, EU ErP Lot 9 compliant; high line only 200-240 VAC; 1799W @200 VAC, 2000W @220 VAC, 2200W @240 VAC (240 VDC China only). BTU heading misprints it as '1800-2400W'.2200TitaniumWatts · dashed line = output at 100–120 V low line
AC−48 V DC
07 — Questions

R660 vs DL360 Gen12, answered

Is the R660 or the DL360 Gen12 the faster server?

Neither document publishes benchmark results, so this page compares what they do state. The R660 lists 51 processors up to 64 cores at 350 W; the DL360 Gen12 lists 33 up to 144 cores at 350 W. Fully populated that is 128 cores against 288.

Which holds more memory?

The R660 has 32 DIMM slots and a stated ceiling of 8 TB. The DL360 Gen12 has 32 and 8.0 TB.

Which takes more drives?

R660: 16 bays across 13 documented layouts. DL360 Gen12: 20 across 5. Counts include rear and mid-chassis positions where the vendor documents them.

Can either take GPUs?

R660: up to 3 accelerators, 0 double-wide cards listed. DL360 Gen12: up to 3, 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. R660: Dell PowerEdge R660 Technical Guide (June 2026, Rev. A01) (Dell document). DL360 Gen12: HPE ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12 QuickSpecs (Version 18 - 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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