Head-to-head · every figure from the vendor documents
Dell R660xs vs HPE DL360 Gen10
A specification-by-specification comparison of the Dell PowerEdge R660xs and the HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10, built from Dell’s and HPE’s own documents. 3 headline measures favour the R660xs, 2 favour the DL360 Gen10, and they share no processors.
Bottom line. R660xs leads on storage density. DL360 Gen10 leads on virtualisation, databases and in-memory work, AI and acceleration. Neither vendor publishes benchmarks for these machines, so every call here is made on what their documents state.
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.
R660xs2
Processor sockets
DL360 Gen102
R660xs64Higher
Cores, fully populated
Largest listed processor × its socket count
DL360 Gen1056
R660xs1.5 TB
Memory ceiling
As each document states it
DL360 Gen103 TBHigher
R660xs12Higher
Drive bays
DL360 Gen1010
R660xsNone listed
Accelerators
DL360 Gen10Up to 2Higher
R660xs1,800 WHigher
Largest power supply
DL360 Gen101,600 W
R660xs1U Rack
Rack height
DL360 Gen101U Rack
R660xs100 GbE class
Fastest network option
DL360 Gen10100 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 R660xs if…
Cores, fully populated: 64 against 56 on the DL360 Gen10
Drive bays: 12 against 10 on the DL360 Gen10
Largest power supply: 1,800 W against 1,600 W on the DL360 Gen10
A short 1U: 712.95 mm from rack ears to PSU handles for the 10-bay, 4 × 3.5-inch and 8 × NVMe builds, 661.37 mm for the 8 × SAS/SATA or diskless chassis, and 748.79 mm with the bezel against 822.88 mm for the R660.
Choose the DL360 Gen10 if…
Memory ceiling: 3 TB against 1.5 TB on the R660xs
Accelerators: Up to 2 against None listed on the R660xs
Nothing is cut from the compute half. A 113-row processor table, 112 rows of which, the same 24 DDR4 slots at twelve per socket, the same C621 chipset and the same iLO 5 silicon as the 2U DL380 Gen10 — so a pair of these in two rack units doubles the socket count and doubles the DIMM count against one DL380 Gen10 in the same space.
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.
VirtualisationR660xs: 64 cores with 1.5 TB. DL360 Gen10: 56 cores with 3 TB.DL360 Gen10
Databases & in-memoryMemory ceiling 1.5 TB against 3 TB, across 16 and 24 DIMM slots.DL360 Gen10
Storage density12 bays in 1U against 10 in 1U.R660xs
AI & accelerationno accelerators against 2 in the vendor documents.DL360 Gen10
Network throughputFastest card listed: 100 GbE class against 100 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.
Specification
R660xs
DL360 Gen10
Processors listed
21
113
Most cores per processor
32
28
Highest processor TDP
225 W
205 W
Processor families
5th Gen Xeon Scalable · 4th Gen Xeon Scalable
2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Platinum) · 1st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Platinum) · 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Gold) · 1st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Gold) · 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Silver) · 1st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Silver) · 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Bronze) · 1st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Bronze)
Memory
Specification
R660xs
DL360 Gen10
DIMM slots
16
24
Slots per processor
8
12
Largest module listed
96 GB
512 GB
Fastest rated speed
5,600 MT/s
2,933 MT/s
Memory types
RDIMM DDR5-4800 · RDIMM DDR5-5600
RDIMM DDR4-2933 (2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable only) · RDIMM DDR4-2666 (1st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable only) · LRDIMM DDR4-2933 · HPE Persistent Memory (2666 MT/s) + 1 more
Storage
Bay counts are the maximum each document states, including rear and mid-chassis positions.
Specification
R660xs
DL360 Gen10
Maximum bays
12
10
Documented layouts
10
14
Bay sizes
3.5-inch · 2.5-inch
2.5-inch · 3.5-inch
Boot devices
BOSS-N1 (2 x M.2 NVMe 480/960 GB, HW RAID 0/1, Marvell 88NR2241, cold-swap internal) · Internal USB
HPE NS204i-p x2 Lanes NVMe PCIe3 x8 OS Boot Device · 2 x M.2 2280 SATA on the HPE DL360 Gen10 SATA M.2 2280 Riser Kit (867978-B21) · Up to 4 x M.2 via 2 Dual uFF cartridges in the Universal Media Bay (867970-B21), or 2 x M.2 via a Dual uFF carrier in the rear bay (867972-B21) + 2 more
Storage controllers
10
18
Accelerators & I/O
Specification
R660xs
DL360 Gen10
Accelerators supported
None listed
Up to 2
OCP slots
1
0
Network cards listed
27
11
Power & platform
Specification
R660xs
DL360 Gen10
Power-supply options
9
7
Output range
600–1,800 W
500–1,600 W
Input types
AC · −48 V DC · 277 VAC / HVDC
AC · −48 V DC
Management
iDRAC9
HPE iLO 5
Chassis depthVendors measure depth differently — see each data sheet
677.1 mm ear-to-rear-wall (10 x 2.5 / 4 x 3.5 / 8 x NVMe chassis) or 626.42 mm (8 x SAS/SATA or no-backplane chassis)
SFF drives: 4.29 x 43.46 x 70.7 cm (1.69 x 17.11 x 27.83 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.
R660xs: processors by cores and TDP
5th Gen Xeon Scalable 84th Gen Xeon Scalable 13Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU
DL360 Gen10: processors by cores and TDP
2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Platinum) 141st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Platinum) 122nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Gold) 471st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Gold) 222nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Silver) 91st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Silver) 52nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Bronze) 21st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Bronze) 2Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU
R660xs: memory with every slot filled
DL360 Gen10: memory with every slot filled
R660xs: drive bays
Front panel
Rear module
10 × 2.5" NVMe at the front, plus 2 × 2.5" SAS/SATA + NVMe at the rear — 12 bays in total.
SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe
DL360 Gen10: drive bays
Front panel
10 × 2.5" SAS/SATA + NVMe at the front — 10 bays in total.
SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe
R660xs: power supplies
AC277 VAC / HVDC−48 V DC
DL360 Gen10: power supplies
AC−48 V DC
07 — Questions
R660xs vs DL360 Gen10, answered
Is the R660xs or the DL360 Gen10 the faster server?
Neither document publishes benchmark results, so this page compares what they do state. The R660xs lists 21 processors up to 32 cores at 225 W; the DL360 Gen10 lists 113 up to 28 cores at 205 W. Fully populated that is 64 cores against 56.
Which holds more memory?
The R660xs has 16 DIMM slots and a stated ceiling of 1.5 TB. The DL360 Gen10 has 24 and 3.0 TB.
Which takes more drives?
R660xs: 12 bays across 10 documented layouts. DL360 Gen10: 10 across 14. Counts include rear and mid-chassis positions where the vendor documents them.
Can either take GPUs?
R660xs: no accelerator option in its document. DL360 Gen10: up to 2, 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. R660xs: Dell PowerEdge R660xs Technical Guide (June 2026, Rev. A05) (Dell document). DL360 Gen10: HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Server QuickSpecs (a00008159enw, Version 74 — 18 May 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.