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

Dell R670 vs HPE DL360 Gen12

A specification-by-specification comparison of the Dell PowerEdge R670 and the HPE ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12, built from Dell’s and HPE’s own documents. 1 headline measure favours the R670, 1 favours the DL360 Gen12, and 23 processors appear in both lists.

Bottom line. R670 leads on storage density. Neither vendor publishes benchmarks for these machines, so every call here is made on what their documents state.

Dell PowerEdge R670 front view with 20 EDSFF E3.S drive bays between the left and right control panels
Dell PowerEdge
R670
1U Rack2 sockets32 DIMMiDRAC10
Configure the R670 →Full data sheet
VS
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
288
Cores, fully populated
Largest listed processor × its socket count
288
8 TB
Memory ceiling
As each document states it
8 TB
22Higher
Drive bays
20
Up to 3
Accelerators
Up to 3
1,800 W
Largest power supply
Higher2,200 W
1U Rack
Rack height
1U Rack
400 GbE class
Fastest network option
400 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 R670 if…

  • Drive bays: 22 against 20 on the DL360 Gen12
  • Up to 144 E-cores per socket — 288 cores in one rack unit — or 86 P-cores where per-core speed matters, all from one list of 23 processors.

Choose the DL360 Gen12 if…

  • Largest power supply: 2,200 W against 1,800 W on the R670
  • 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.

VirtualisationR670: 288 cores with 8 TB. DL360 Gen12: 288 cores with 8 TB.Line ball
Databases & in-memoryMemory ceiling 8 TB against 8 TB, across 32 and 32 DIMM slots.Line ball
Storage density22 bays in 1U against 20 in 1U.R670
AI & acceleration3 accelerators against 3 in the vendor documents.Line ball
Network throughputFastest card listed: 400 GbE class against 400 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.

SpecificationR670DL360 Gen12
Processors listed2333
Single-processor optionNoYes

Storage

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

SpecificationR670DL360 Gen12
Maximum bays2220
Documented layouts85
Bay sizesE3.S · 2.5-inch2.5-inch · E3.S · 3.5-inch
Boot devicesBOSS-N1 DC-MHS (HW RAID 1, 2 x M.2 NVMe SSD 480 GB or 960 GB) · M.2 Interposer board (DC-MHS): 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 + 3 more
Storage controllers514

Accelerators & I/O

SpecificationR670DL360 Gen12
Network cards listed1438

Power & platform

SpecificationR670DL360 Gen12
Power-supply options85
Output range800–1,800 W800–2,200 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)(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.

R670: processors by cores and TDP

Dell PowerEdge R670 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 6710E — 64 cores / 64 threads · 205 W · 2.4 GHz base · 96 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6787P — 86 cores / 172 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 6760P — 64 cores / 128 threads · 330 W · 2.2 GHz base · 320 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6747P — 48 cores / 96 threads · 330 W · 2.7 GHz base · 288 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6740P — 48 cores / 96 threads · 270 W · 2.1 GHz base · 288 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6 6736P — 36 cores / 72 threads · 205 W · 2 GHz base · 144 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 6530P — 32 cores / 64 threads · 225 W · 2.3 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 6520P — 24 cores / 48 threads · 210 W · 2.4 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 6515P — 16 cores / 32 threads · 150 W · 2.3 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 6714P — 8 cores / 16 threads · 165 W · 4 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 6Xeon 6 P-core 17Bubble 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

R670: 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

R670: drive bays

Front panel

20 × EDSFF NVMe at the front — 20 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

R670: power supplies

0500100015002000800 W Platinum — mixed mode 100-240 VAC or 240 VDC; 60 mm M-CRPS800Platinum800 W Titanium — mixed mode 100-240 VAC or 240 VDC800Titanium1100 W Platinum — mixed mode 100-240 VAC or 240 VDC (1050 W lowline)1100Platinum1100 W Titanium — mixed mode 100-240 VAC or 240 VDC (1050 W lowline)1100Titanium1400 W N/A (DC) — -48 to -60 VDC1400DC1500 W Titanium — mixed mode 100-240 VAC or 240 VDC (1050 W lowline)1500Titanium1500 W Titanium — 277 VAC or 336 VDC HVDC; not available at September 2025 launch1500Titanium1800 W Titanium — HLAC 200-240 VAC / 240 HVDC; not available at September 2025 launch1800TitaniumWatts · dashed line = output at 100–120 V low line
AC277 VAC / HVDC

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
06 — Like for like

23 processors you can order in either

Both vendor documents list these parts, so a build can be matched across the two and the comparison comes down to the chassis: 0 more are exclusive to the R670 and 10 to the DL360 Gen12.

ProcessorCoresTDP
Intel Xeon 6 6780E144330 W
Intel Xeon 6 6766E144250 W
Intel Xeon 6 6756E128225 W
Intel Xeon 6 6746E112250 W
Intel Xeon 6 6740E96250 W
Intel Xeon 6 6787P86350 W
Intel Xeon 6 6710E64205 W
Intel Xeon 6 6767P64350 W
Intel Xeon 6 6760P64330 W
Intel Xeon 6 6747P48330 W
Intel Xeon 6 6740P48270 W
Intel Xeon 6 6736P36205 W
07 — Questions

R670 vs DL360 Gen12, answered

Is the R670 or the DL360 Gen12 the faster server?

Neither document publishes benchmark results, so this page compares what they do state. The R670 lists 23 processors up to 144 cores at 350 W; the DL360 Gen12 lists 33 up to 144 cores at 350 W. Fully populated that is 288 cores against 288.

Which holds more memory?

The R670 has 32 DIMM slots and a stated ceiling of 8 TB. The DL360 Gen12 has 32 and 8.0 TB.

Which takes more drives?

R670: 22 bays across 8 documented layouts. DL360 Gen12: 20 across 5. Counts include rear and mid-chassis positions where the vendor documents them.

Can either take GPUs?

R670: up to 3 accelerators, 0 double-wide cards listed. DL360 Gen12: up to 3, 0 double-wide listed.

Do they share any processors?

Yes — 23 processors appear in both documents, including the Intel Xeon 6 6780E. That makes a like-for-like build possible on either server.

Where these figures come from. R670: Dell PowerEdge R670 Technical Guide (May 2026, Rev. A07) (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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