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

Dell R6715 vs HPE DL320 Gen12

A specification-by-specification comparison of the Dell PowerEdge R6715 and the HPE ProLiant Compute DL320 Gen12, built from Dell’s and HPE’s own documents. 3 headline measures favour the R6715, 2 favour the DL320 Gen12, and they share no processors.

Bottom line. R6715 leads on virtualisation, databases and in-memory work, storage density. DL320 Gen12 leads on AI and acceleration. Neither vendor publishes benchmarks for these machines, so every call here is made on what their documents state.

Dell PowerEdge R6715 front with 20 EDSFF E3.S drive bays, USB and Mini DisplayPort at the left, power button and USB-C at the right
Dell PowerEdge
R6715
1U Rack1 socket24 DIMMiDRAC10
Configure the R6715 →Full data sheet
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HPE ProLiant Compute DL320 Gen12 4 LFF front view: four 3.5-inch SAS/SATA bays, USB and iLO service ports, and the DL320 Gen12 badge
HPE ProLiant
DL320 Gen12
1U Rack1 socket16 DIMMHPE iLO 7
Configure the DL320 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
160Higher
Cores, fully populated
Largest listed processor × its socket count
144
6 TBHigher
Memory ceiling
As each document states it
4 TB
22Higher
Drive bays
20
Up to 3
Accelerators
HigherUp to 4
1,800 W
Largest power supply
Higher2,400 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 R6715 if…

  • Cores, fully populated: 160 against 144 on the DL320 Gen12
  • Memory ceiling: 6 TB against 4 TB on the DL320 Gen12
  • Drive bays: 22 against 20 on the DL320 Gen12
  • One socket reaches 160 Zen 5 cores with the EPYC 9845; Dell’s 18-processor list starts at the 8-core, 125 W EPYC 9015 and tops out at 400 W.

Choose the DL320 Gen12 if…

  • Accelerators: Up to 4 against Up to 3 on the R6715
  • Largest power supply: 2,400 W against 1,800 W on the R6715
  • Xeon 6 in a single socket: E-core parts up to 144 cores or P-core parts up to 86, including six Rich I/O processors HPE groups as single-socket parts.
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.

VirtualisationR6715: 160 cores with 6 TB. DL320 Gen12: 144 cores with 4 TB.R6715
Databases & in-memoryMemory ceiling 6 TB against 4 TB, across 24 and 16 DIMM slots.R6715
Storage density22 bays in 1U against 20 in 1U.R6715
AI & acceleration3 accelerators against 4 in the vendor documents.DL320 Gen12
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.

SpecificationR6715DL320 Gen12
Processors listed1832
Most cores per processor160144
Highest processor TDP400 W350 W
Processor familiesAMD EPYC 9005Xeon 6 E-core · Xeon 6 P-core

Memory

SpecificationR6715DL320 Gen12
DIMM slots2416
Slots per processor2416
Memory typesRDIMM DDR5-6400 (runs at 5200 MT/s 1DPC / 4400-4000 MT/s 2DPC)RDIMM DDR5-6400 · RDIMM 3DS DDR5-6400

Storage

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

SpecificationR6715DL320 Gen12
Maximum bays2220
Documented layouts89
Bay sizes3.5-inch · 2.5-inch · E3.S2.5-inch · E3.S · 3.5-inch
Boot devicesBOSS-N1 DC-MHS · Internal USBHPE NS204i-u v2 480GB NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device · HPE ProLiant Compute DL320 Gen12 NS204i-u Internal Cable Kit · HPE ProLiant Compute DL320 Gen12 NS204i-u GPU Internal Cable Kit + 3 more
Storage controllers510

Accelerators & I/O

SpecificationR6715DL320 Gen12
Accelerators supportedUp to 3Up to 4
PCIe network slots32
Network cards listed1630

Power & platform

SpecificationR6715DL320 Gen12
Power-supply options86
Output range800–1,800 W800–2,400 W
Input typesAC · 277 VAC / HVDCAC · −48 V DC
ManagementiDRAC10HPE iLO 7
Chassis depthVendors measure depth differently — see each data sheet815.141 mm without bezel / 816.921 mm with bezelSFF 60.75 cm (23.92 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.

R6715: processors by cores and TDP

Dell PowerEdge R6715 processors081624324048566472808896104112120128136144152160100 W150 W200 W250 W300 W350 W400 WCores per processorAMD EPYC 9845 — 160 cores / 320 threads · 390 W · 2.1 GHz base · 320 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9825 — 144 cores / 288 threads · 390 W · 2.2 GHz base · 384 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9745 — 128 cores / 256 threads · 400 W · 2.4 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9655P — 96 cores / 192 threads · 400 W · 2.6 GHz base · 384 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9575F — 64 cores / 128 threads · 400 W · 3.3 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9555P — 64 cores / 128 threads · 360 W · 3.2 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9535 — 64 cores / 128 threads · 300 W · 2.4 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6000AMD EPYC 9475F — 48 cores / 96 threads · 400 W · 3.65 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9455 — 48 cores / 96 threads · 300 W · 3.15 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6000AMD EPYC 9375F — 32 cores / 64 threads · 320 W · 3.8 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9355P — 32 cores / 64 threads · 280 W · 3.55 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9335 — 32 cores / 64 threads · 210 W · 3 GHz base · 128 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9275F — 24 cores / 48 threads · 320 W · 4.1 GHz base · 256 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9255 — 24 cores / 48 threads · 200 W · 3.2 GHz base · 128 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9175F — 16 cores / 32 threads · 320 W · 4.2 GHz base · 512 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9135 — 16 cores / 32 threads · 200 W · 3.65 GHz base · 64 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9115 — 16 cores / 32 threads · 125 W · 2.6 GHz base · 64 MB cache · DDR5-6400AMD EPYC 9015 — 8 cores / 16 threads · 125 W · 3.6 GHz base · 64 MB cache · DDR5-6400EPYC 9845160 cores · 2.4 W/core — top SKU and most efficient
AMD EPYC 9005 18Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU

DL320 Gen12: processors by cores and TDP

HPE ProLiant Compute DL320 Gen12 processors081624324048566472808896104112120128136144100 W150 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 6781P — 80 cores · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 336 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6767P — 64 cores · 350 W · 2.4 GHz base · 336 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6761P — 64 cores · 350 W · 2.5 GHz base · 336 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6760P — 64 cores · 330 W · 2.2 GHz base · 320 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6747P — 48 cores · 330 W · 2.7 GHz base · 288 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6741P — 48 cores · 300 W · 2.5 GHz base · 288 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 baseIntel 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 6730P — 32 cores · 250 W · 2.5 GHz base · 288 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6731P — 32 cores · 245 W · 2.5 GHz base · 144 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 6521P — 24 cores · 225 W · 2.6 GHz base · 144 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6520P — 24 cores · 210 W · 2.4 GHz base · 144 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6725P — 16 cores · 235 W · 3.7 GHz base · 192 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 6511P — 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 6507P — 8 cores · 150 W · 3.5 GHz base · 48 MB cache · DDR5-6400Intel Xeon 6503P — 8 cores · 135 W · 2.8 GHz base · 48 MB cache · DDR5-64006780E144 cores — the top SKU6766E1.7 W/core — most efficient
Xeon 6 E-core 7Xeon 6 P-core 25Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU

R6715: memory with every slot filled

16 GB384 GB32 GB768 GB64 GB1.5 TB96 GB2.3 TB128 GB3 TB256 GB6 TB24 slots · 24 per processor · each tick = one DIMM

DL320 Gen12: 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

R6715: drive bays

Front panel

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

SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe

DL320 Gen12: drive bays

Front panel

12 × 3.5" SAS/SATA at the front — 12 bays in total.

SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe

R6715: power supplies

0500100015002000800 W Platinum — 100-240 VAC or 240 VDC; 60 mm; C13800Platinum800 W Titanium — 100-240 VAC or 240 VDC; 60 mm; C13800Titanium1100 W Platinum — 100-240 VAC (1050 W lowline) or 240 VDC; 60 mm; C131100Platinum1100 W Titanium — 100-240 VAC (1050 W lowline) or 240 VDC; 60 mm; C131100Titanium1400 W Telco (DC) — -48 to -60 VDC; DC power cable1400DC1500 W Titanium — 100-240 VAC (derated to 1050 W at 100-120 VAC) or 240 VDC; 60 mm; C131500Titanium1500 W Titanium — 277 VAC or 336 VDC HVDC; 60 mm; APP/Saf-D-Grid1500Titanium1800 W Titanium — 200-240 VAC or 240 VDC mixed mode; 60 mm; C13; not available at November 2025 launch1800TitaniumWatts · dashed line = output at 100–120 V low line
AC277 VAC / HVDC

DL320 Gen12: power supplies

05001000150020002500800 W Platinum — M-CRPS family. Named 'Platinum' yet listed under the heading 'HPE M-CRPS Titanium Hot Plug Power Supply Kits' whose note says 'All power supplies rated for 96% efficiency' (doc inconsistency). Not in the Standard Features power supply list; no BTU/output figures printed in Technical Specifications. Rated line voltage (per PSU, Technical Specifications): low-line 100-120 VAC, high-line 200-240 VAC, 240 VDC for China800Platinum1000 W Titanium — M-CRPS; 96% efficiency (EU ErP Lot 9 compliant). Rated steady-state: 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; -48 VDC input; no efficiency class printed in the name. Use with HPE Hardwire -48VDC 3.5m 1000-1300W Power Cord (P79842-B21) or 1000-1300W -48VDC Power Lug Kit (P79845-B21).1300DC1500 W Titanium — M-CRPS; 96% efficiency (EU ErP Lot 9 compliant). Rated steady-state: 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; -48 VDC input; no efficiency class printed in the name. Use with HPE Hardwire -48VDC 3.5m 2000-2200W Power Cord (P73874-B21) or 2000-2200W -48VDC Power Lug Kit (P79839-B21).2200DC2400 W Titanium — M-CRPS; 96% efficiency (EU ErP Lot 9 compliant); 73.5mm PSU (rear hot-plug NS204i with this PSU requires riser P77555-B21). Rated steady-state: 1200W at 100-127 VAC, 2400W at 200-240 VAC, 2400W at 240 VDC (China only). BTU max 4268 (100 VAC) / 8532 (240 VAC).2400TitaniumWatts · dashed line = output at 100–120 V low line
AC−48 V DC
07 — Questions

R6715 vs DL320 Gen12, answered

Is the R6715 or the DL320 Gen12 the faster server?

Neither document publishes benchmark results, so this page compares what they do state. The R6715 lists 18 processors up to 160 cores at 400 W; the DL320 Gen12 lists 32 up to 144 cores at 350 W. Fully populated that is 160 cores against 144.

Which holds more memory?

The R6715 has 24 DIMM slots and a stated ceiling of 6 TB. The DL320 Gen12 has 16 and 4 TB.

Which takes more drives?

R6715: 22 bays across 8 documented layouts. DL320 Gen12: 20 across 9. Counts include rear and mid-chassis positions where the vendor documents them.

Can either take GPUs?

R6715: up to 3 accelerators, 0 double-wide cards listed. DL320 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. R6715: Dell PowerEdge R6715 Technical Guide (June 2026) (Dell document). DL320 Gen12: HPE ProLiant Compute DL320 Gen12 QuickSpecs (Version 20 - 08-Sep-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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