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Dell R740 vs HPE DL380 Gen10

A specification-by-specification comparison of the Dell PowerEdge R740 and the HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10, built from Dell’s and HPE’s own documents. 1 headline measure favours the R740, 3 favour the DL380 Gen10, and 106 processors appear in both lists.

Bottom line. DL380 Gen10 leads on storage density, AI and acceleration, network throughput. Neither vendor publishes benchmarks for these machines, so every call here is made on what their documents state.

Dell PowerEdge R740 rear: three PCIe risers carrying slots 1 to 8, the iDRAC, serial, VGA and USB ports, four rNDC ports and two 1100 W supplies
Dell PowerEdge
R740
2U Rack2 sockets24 DIMMiDRAC9
Configure the R740 →Full data sheet
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DL380 Gen10 front: eight 2.5-inch SAS bays, two premium bays, an optical drive and the media-bay ports, with the model badge at the right
HPE ProLiant
DL380 Gen10
2U Rack2 sockets24 DIMMHPE iLO 5
Configure the DL380 Gen10 →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.

R7402
Processor sockets
DL380 Gen102
R74056
Cores, fully populated
Largest listed processor × its socket count
DL380 Gen1056
R7403 TB
Memory ceiling
As each document states it
DL380 Gen103 TB
R74016
Drive bays
DL380 Gen1024Higher
R740Up to 6
Accelerators
DL380 Gen10Up to 8Higher
R7402,600 WHigher
Largest power supply
DL380 Gen102,200 W
R7402U Rack
Rack height
DL380 Gen102U Rack
R74025 GbE class
Fastest network option
DL380 Gen10100 GbE classHigher
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 R740 if…

  • Largest power supply: 2,600 W against 2,200 W on the DL380 Gen10
  • Keeping every drive at the front is the trade that buys room inside: Dell allows this model three double-width 300 W accelerators or six single-width 150 W ones, plus three double-width or four single-width FPGAs, with no drive-chassis condition attached. The R740xd’s equivalent row stops at two cards and ties them to its 24-bay build.

Choose the DL380 Gen10 if…

  • Drive bays: 24 against 16 on the R740
  • Accelerators: Up to 8 against Up to 6 on the R740
  • Fastest network option: 100 GbE class against 25 GbE class on the R740
  • Expansion is the whole argument for this chassis. Three riser positions carry as many as eight PCIe 3.0 slots, and the pair of x16/x16/x16 GPU riser kits each take three single-width accelerators — six across two processors. The 1U DL360 Gen10, built from the identical processor table, reaches three slots in total.
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.

VirtualisationR740: 56 cores with 3 TB. DL380 Gen10: 56 cores with 3 TB.Line ball
Databases & in-memoryMemory ceiling 3 TB against 3 TB, across 24 and 24 DIMM slots.Line ball
Storage density16 bays in 2U against 24 in 2U.DL380 Gen10
AI & acceleration6 accelerators against 8 in the vendor documents.DL380 Gen10
Network throughputFastest card listed: 25 GbE class against 100 GbE class.DL380 Gen10
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.

SpecificationR740DL380 Gen10
Processors listed111113
Processor familiesIntel Xeon Processor Scalable Family2nd 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

SpecificationR740DL380 Gen10
Memory typesRDIMM DDR4-2666 · RDIMM DDR4-2933 · LRDIMM DDR4-2666 · NVDIMM-N DDR4-2666 + 1 moreRDIMM DDR4-2933 (2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable only) · RDIMM DDR4-2666 (1st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable only) · LRDIMM DDR4-2933 · Intel Optane Persistent Memory for HPE (2666 MT/s) + 1 more

Storage

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

SpecificationR740DL380 Gen10
Maximum bays1624
Documented layouts315
Boot devicesBOSS - HW RAID, 2 x M.2 SATA SSD, 240 GB or 480 GB (Table 3) · IDSDM (2 x microSD, 16/32/64 GB) and/or vFlash (1 x 16 GB microSD)HPE NS204i-p x2 Lanes NVMe PCIe3 x8 OS Boot Device · 2 x M.2 SATA on the default primary riser; RAID 1 requires HPE FIO Enable Smart Array SW RAID (784308-B21) · HPE Smart Array S100i SR Gen10 SW RAID (embedded, 14 SATA ports of which 12 accessible) + 1 more
Storage controllers1215

Accelerators & I/O

SpecificationR740DL380 Gen10
Accelerators supportedUp to 6Up to 8
Double-wide cards listed214
Network cards listed422

Power & platform

SpecificationR740DL380 Gen10
Power-supply options128
Output range495–2,600 W500–2,200 W
Input typesAC · −48 V DCAC · −48 V DC · 277 VAC / HVDC
ManagementiDRAC9HPE iLO 5
Chassis depthVendors measure depth differently — see each data sheetTables 3/17: height 86.8 mmSFF drives: 8.73 x 44.54 x 67.94 cm (3.44 x 17.54 x 26.75 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.

R740: processors by cores and TDP

Dell PowerEdge R740 processors081624320 W50 W100 W150 W200 W250 WCores per processorIntel Xeon Platinum 8280L — 28 cores · 205 W · 2.7 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M — 28 cores · 205 W · 2.7 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 — 28 cores · 205 W · 2.7 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M — 28 cores · 205 W · 2.5 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 — 28 cores · 205 W · 2.5 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6258R — 28 cores · 205 W · 2.7 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8276L — 28 cores · 165 W · 2.2 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M — 28 cores · 165 W · 2.2 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8276 — 28 cores · 165 W · 2.2 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8176M — 28 cores · 165 W · 2.1 GHz base · 38 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Platinum 8176 — 28 cores · 165 W · 2.1 GHz base · 38 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6238R — 28 cores · 165 W · 2.2 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 — 26 cores · 205 W · 2.7 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8164 — 26 cores · 205 W · 2.7 GHz base · 33 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Platinum 8170M — 26 cores · 165 W · 2.1 GHz base · 36 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 — 26 cores · 165 W · 2.1 GHz base · 36 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6230R — 26 cores · 150 W · 2.1 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 — 24 cores · 205 W · 2.9 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 — 24 cores · 205 W · 2.7 GHz base · 33 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6248R — 24 cores · 205 W · 3 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L — 24 cores · 165 W · 2.4 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M — 24 cores · 165 W · 2.4 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y — 24 cores · 165 W · 2.4 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 — 24 cores · 165 W · 2.4 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6240 — 24 cores · 165 W · 2.6 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6240R — 24 cores · 165 W · 2.4 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6212U — 24 cores · 165 W · 2.4 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8160M — 24 cores · 150 W · 2.1 GHz base · 33 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 — 24 cores · 150 W · 2.1 GHz base · 33 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6252 — 24 cores · 150 W · 2.1 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6252N — 24 cores · 150 W · 3 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 5220R — 24 cores · 150 W · 2.2 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 6262V — 24 cores · 135 W · 1.9 GHz base · 33 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Gold 6238 — 22 cores · 140 W · 2.1 GHz base · 30.25 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6238L — 22 cores · 140 W · 2.1 GHz base · 30.25 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6238M — 22 cores · 140 W · 2.1 GHz base · 30.25 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6152 — 22 cores · 140 W · 2.1 GHz base · 25 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6242R — 20 cores · 205 W · 3.1 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6248 — 20 cores · 150 W · 2.5 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6210U — 20 cores · 150 W · 2.5 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6148 — 20 cores · 150 W · 2.4 GHz base · 27 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6230N — 20 cores · 125 W · 2.3 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6230 — 20 cores · 125 W · 2.1 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6209U — 20 cores · 125 W · 2.1 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6138 — 20 cores · 125 W · 2 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 5218 — 20 cores · 125 W · 2.3 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 5218R — 20 cores · 125 W · 2.1 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6222V — 20 cores · 115 W · 1.8 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Gold 6254 — 18 cores · 200 W · 3.1 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6154 — 18 cores · 200 W · 3 GHz base · 25 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6150 — 18 cores · 165 W · 2.7 GHz base · 25 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6240L — 18 cores · 150 W · 2.6 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6240M — 18 cores · 150 W · 2.6 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y — 18 cores · 150 W · 2.6 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6140M — 18 cores · 140 W · 2.3 GHz base · 25 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6140 — 18 cores · 140 W · 2.3 GHz base · 25 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 5220 — 18 cores · 125 W · 2.2 GHz base · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 5220S — 18 cores · 125 W · 2.7 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6246R — 16 cores · 205 W · 3.4 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6242 — 16 cores · 150 W · 2.8 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6226R — 16 cores · 150 W · 2.9 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6208U — 16 cores · 150 W · 2.9 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6142M — 16 cores · 150 W · 2.6 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6142 — 16 cores · 150 W · 2.6 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Platinum 8253 — 16 cores · 125 W · 2.2 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8153 — 16 cores · 125 W · 2 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6130 — 16 cores · 125 W · 2.1 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 5218N — 16 cores · 110 W · 2.3 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Silver 4216 — 16 cores · 100 W · 2.1 GHz base · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6132 — 14 cores · 140 W · 2.6 GHz base · 19.25 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 5120 — 14 cores · 105 W · 2.2 GHz base · 19.25 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Gold 6246 — 12 cores · 165 W · 3.3 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6146 — 12 cores · 165 W · 3.2 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 — 12 cores · 150 W · 3 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6226 — 12 cores · 125 W · 2.7 GHz base · 19.25 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6136 — 12 cores · 125 W · 3 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6126 — 12 cores · 125 W · 2.6 GHz base · 19.25 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 5118 — 12 cores · 105 W · 2.3 GHz base · 16.5 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y — 12 cores · 105 W · 2.2 GHz base · 2667Intel Xeon Silver 4214R — 12 cores · 100 W · 2.4 GHz base · 16.5 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4214 — 12 cores · 85 W · 2.2 GHz base · 2667Intel Xeon Silver 4116 — 12 cores · 85 W · 2.1 GHz base · 16 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4210R — 10 cores · 100 W · 2.4 GHz base · 13.75 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Gold 5215 — 10 cores · 85 W · 2.5 GHz base · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 5215M — 10 cores · 85 W · 2.5 GHz base · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 5215L — 10 cores · 85 W · 2.5 GHz base · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 5115 — 10 cores · 85 W · 2.4 GHz base · 13.75 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4210 — 10 cores · 85 W · 2.2 GHz base · 2667Intel Xeon Silver 4114 — 10 cores · 85 W · 2.2 GHz base · 14 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Gold 6244 — 8 cores · 150 W · 3.6 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6144 — 8 cores · 150 W · 3.5 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6234 — 8 cores · 130 W · 3.3 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6134M — 8 cores · 130 W · 3.2 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 6134 — 8 cores · 130 W · 3.3 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Silver 4215R — 8 cores · 130 W · 3.2 GHz base · 11 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Gold 5217 — 8 cores · 125 W · 3 GHz base · 2667Intel Xeon Silver 4215 — 8 cores · 85 W · 2.5 GHz base · 2667Intel Xeon Silver 4208 — 8 cores · 85 W · 2.1 GHz base · 2667Intel Xeon Silver 4110 — 8 cores · 85 W · 2.1 GHz base · 11 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4108 — 8 cores · 85 W · 1.8 GHz base · 11 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R — 8 cores · 85 W · 1.9 GHz base · 11 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 — 8 cores · 85 W · 1.7 GHz base · 11 MB cache · 2133Intel Xeon Gold 6128 — 6 cores · 115 W · 3.4 GHz base · 19.25 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Bronze 3204 — 6 cores · 85 W · 1.9 GHz base · 2667Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 — 6 cores · 85 W · 1.7 GHz base · 11 MB cache · 2133Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 — 4 cores · 105 W · 3.6 GHz base · 16.5 MB cache · 2667Intel Xeon Gold 5222 — 4 cores · 105 W · 3.8 GHz base · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 5122 — 4 cores · 105 W · 3.6 GHz base · 16.5 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4112 — 4 cores · 85 W · 2.6 GHz base · 8.25 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Gold 6256 — null cores · null W · 3.6 GHz base · 33 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6250 — null cores · null W · 3.9 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 29338280L28 cores — the top SKU6262V5.6 W/core — most efficient
Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family 111Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU

DL380 Gen10: processors by cores and TDP

HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 processors0816243250 W100 W150 W200 W250 WCores per processorIntel Xeon Platinum 8280 — 28 cores · 205 W · 2.7 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L — 28 cores · 205 W · 2.7 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M — 28 cores · 205 W · 2.7 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8276 — 28 cores · 165 W · 2.2 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8276L — 28 cores · 165 W · 2.2 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M — 28 cores · 165 W · 2.2 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8270 — 26 cores · 205 W · 2.7 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 — 24 cores · 205 W · 2.9 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8260 — 24 cores · 165 W · 2.4 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8260L — 24 cores · 165 W · 2.4 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M — 24 cores · 165 W · 2.4 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8260Y — 24 cores · 165 W · 2.4 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8253 — 16 cores · 125 W · 2.2 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8256 — 4 cores · 105 W · 3.8 GHz base · 16.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 — 28 cores · 205 W · 2.5 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M — 28 cores · 205 W · 2.5 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Platinum 8176 — 28 cores · 165 W · 2.1 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Platinum 8170 — 26 cores · 165 W · 2.1 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Platinum 8164 — 26 cores · 150 W · 2 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 — 24 cores · 205 W · 2.7 GHz base · 33 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Platinum 8165 — 24 cores · 205 W · 2.3 GHz base · 33 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 — 24 cores · 150 W · 2.1 GHz base · 33 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Platinum 8153 — 16 cores · 125 W · 2 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Platinum 8158 — 12 cores · 150 W · 3 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 — 4 cores · 105 W · 3.6 GHz base · 16.5 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6258R — 28 cores · 205 W · 2.7 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6238R — 28 cores · 165 W · 2.2 GHz base · 38.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6230R — 26 cores · 150 W · 2.1 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6248R — 24 cores · 205 W · 3 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6240R — 24 cores · 165 W · 2.4 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6212U — 24 cores · 165 W · 2.4 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6252 — 24 cores · 150 W · 2.1 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6252N — 24 cores · 150 W · 2.3 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 5220R — 24 cores · 150 W · 2.2 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6262V — 24 cores · 135 W · 1.9 GHz base · 33 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6238 — 22 cores · 140 W · 2.1 GHz base · 30.25 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6238L — 22 cores · 140 W · 2.1 GHz base · 30.25 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6238M — 22 cores · 140 W · 2.1 GHz base · 30.25 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6242R — 20 cores · 205 W · 3.1 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6248 — 20 cores · 150 W · 2.5 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6210U — 20 cores · 150 W · 2.5 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6230 — 20 cores · 125 W · 2.1 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6230N — 20 cores · 125 W · 2.3 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6209U — 20 cores · 125 W · 2.1 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 5218R — 20 cores · 125 W · 2.1 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6222V — 20 cores · 115 W · 1.8 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6254 — 18 cores · 200 W · 3.1 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6240 — 18 cores · 150 W · 2.6 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6240L — 18 cores · 150 W · 2.6 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6240M — 18 cores · 150 W · 2.6 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6240Y — 18 cores · 150 W · 2.6 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 5220 — 18 cores · 125 W · 2.2 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 5220S — 18 cores · 125 W · 2.7 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6246R — 16 cores · 205 W · 3.4 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6242 — 16 cores · 150 W · 2.8 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6226R — 16 cores · 150 W · 2.9 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6208U — 16 cores · 150 W · 2.9 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 5218 — 16 cores · 125 W · 2.3 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 5218B — 16 cores · 125 W · 2.3 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 5218N — 16 cores · 110 W · 2.3 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6256 — 12 cores · 205 W · 3.6 GHz base · 33 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6246 — 12 cores · 165 W · 3.3 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6226 — 12 cores · 125 W · 2.7 GHz base · 19.25 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 5215 — 10 cores · 85 W · 2.5 GHz base · 13.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 5215L — 10 cores · 85 W · 2.5 GHz base · 13.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 5215M — 10 cores · 85 W · 2.5 GHz base · 13.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6250 — 8 cores · 185 W · 3.9 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6250L — 8 cores · 185 W · 3.9 GHz base · 35.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6244 — 8 cores · 150 W · 3.6 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6234 — 8 cores · 130 W · 3.3 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 5217 — 8 cores · 115 W · 3 GHz base · 11 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 5222 — 4 cores · 105 W · 3.8 GHz base · 16.5 MB cache · 2933Intel Xeon Gold 6152 — 22 cores · 140 W · 2.1 GHz base · 30.25 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6148 — 20 cores · 150 W · 2.4 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6138 — 20 cores · 125 W · 2 GHz base · 27.5 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6154 — 18 cores · 200 W · 3 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6150 — 18 cores · 165 W · 2.7 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6140 — 18 cores · 140 W · 2.3 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6143 — 16 cores · 205 W · 2.8 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6142 — 16 cores · 150 W · 2.6 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6130 — 16 cores · 125 W · 2.1 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6132 — 14 cores · 140 W · 2.6 GHz base · 19.25 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 5120 — 14 cores · 105 W · 2.2 GHz base · 19.25 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Gold 5117 — 14 cores · 105 W · 2 GHz base · 19.25 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Gold 6146 — 12 cores · 165 W · 3.2 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6136 — 12 cores · 150 W · 3 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6126 — 12 cores · 125 W · 2.6 GHz base · 19.25 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 5118 — 12 cores · 105 W · 2.3 GHz base · 16.5 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Gold 5115 — 10 cores · 85 W · 2.4 GHz base · 13.75 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Gold 6137 — 8 cores · 205 W · 3.9 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6144 — 8 cores · 150 W · 3.5 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6134 — 8 cores · 130 W · 3.2 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6134M — 8 cores · 130 W · 3.2 GHz base · 24.75 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 6128 — 6 cores · 115 W · 3.4 GHz base · 19.25 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Gold 5122 — 4 cores · 105 W · 3.6 GHz base · 16.5 MB cache · 2666Intel Xeon Silver 4216 — 16 cores · 100 W · 2.1 GHz base · 22 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4214R — 12 cores · 100 W · 2.4 GHz base · 16.5 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4214 — 12 cores · 85 W · 2.2 GHz base · 16.5 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4214Y — 12 cores · 85 W · 2.2 GHz base · 16.5 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4210R — 10 cores · 100 W · 2.4 GHz base · 13.75 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4210 — 10 cores · 85 W · 2.2 GHz base · 13.75 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4215R — 8 cores · 130 W · 3.2 GHz base · 11 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4215 — 8 cores · 85 W · 2.5 GHz base · 11 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4208 — 8 cores · 85 W · 2.1 GHz base · 11 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4116 — 12 cores · 85 W · 2.1 GHz base · 16.5 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4114 — 10 cores · 85 W · 2.2 GHz base · 13.75 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4110 — 8 cores · 85 W · 2.1 GHz base · 11 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4108 — 8 cores · 85 W · 1.8 GHz base · 11 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Silver 4112 — 4 cores · 85 W · 2.6 GHz base · 8.25 MB cache · 2400Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R — 8 cores · 85 W · 1.9 GHz base · 11 MB cache · 2133Intel Xeon Bronze 3204 — 6 cores · 85 W · 1.9 GHz base · 8.25 MB cache · 2133Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 — 8 cores · 85 W · 1.7 GHz base · 11 MB cache · 2133Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 — 6 cores · 85 W · 1.7 GHz base · 8.25 MB cache · 2133828028 cores — the top SKU6262V5.6 W/core — most efficient
2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Platinum) 141st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Platinum) 112nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Gold) 471st Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Gold) 232nd 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

R740: memory with every slot filled

8 GB192 GB16 GB384 GB32 GB768 GB64 GB1.5 TB128 GB3 TB256 GB6 TB512 GB12 TB24 slots · 12 per processor · each tick = one DIMM

DL380 Gen10: memory with every slot filled

8 GB192 GB16 GB384 GB32 GB768 GB64 GB1.5 TB128 GB3 TB512 GB12 TB24 slots · 12 per processor · each tick = one DIMM

R740: drive bays

Front panel

16 × 2.5" SAS/SATA at the front — 16 bays in total.

SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe

DL380 Gen10: drive bays

Front panel

24 × 2.5" SAS/SATA at the front — 24 bays in total.

SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe

R740: power supplies

050010001500200025003000495 W Platinum — Table 13: 50/60 Hz, 100-240 Vac / 6.5-3 A, 1908 BTU/hr. Table 14 efficiency 82/90/94/91% at 10/20/50/100% load.495Platinum750 W Platinum — Table 13: 50/60 Hz, 100-240 Vac / 10-5 A, 2891 BTU/hr. Table 14 efficiency 82/90/94/91%.750Platinum750 W Platinum — Table 13 "750W Mix Mode/HVDC (China Only)": 50/60 Hz 100-240 Vac / 10-5 A, or 240 Vdc / 4.5 A, 2891 BTU/hr. Table 14 lists 750W HVDC Platinum at 82/90/94/91%.750Platinum750 W Titanium — Table 13 lists this as "750WT": 50/60 Hz, 200-240 Vac / 5 A, 2843 BTU/hr. Table 14 efficiency 90/94/96/91%.750Titanium1100 W Gold — Table 13 "1100W DC": -48 V DC to -60 V DC, 32 A, 4416 BTU/hr (printed verbatim as "-48--60Vdc/32A"). Table 14 efficiency 80/88/91/88%. Tables 2/3/4 call it "Gold 1100W -48VDC".1100DC1100 W Platinum — Table 13: 50/60 Hz, 100-240 Vac / 12-6.5 A, 4100 BTU/hr. Table 14 efficiency 89/93/94.5/92%.1100Platinum1100 W Platinum — Table 13 "1100W Mix Mode/HVDC (China and Japan Only)": 50/60 Hz 100-240 Vac / 12-6.5 A, or 200-380 Vdc / 6.4-3.2 A, 4100 BTU/hr.1100Platinum1600 W Platinum — Table 13: 50/60 Hz, 100-240 Vac / 10 A, 6000 BTU/hr. Table 14 efficiency 87/90/94/91%.1600Platinum1600 W Titanium — Listed only in the summary tables - Table 2 "AC (Titanium): 750W, 1600W, 2600W" and Table 3 "Titanium 750W, 1600W, and 2600W". The detailed Table 13 (PSU specification) and Table 14 (PSU efficiency) list 1600 W as Platinum only and contain no Titanium 1600 W row.1600Titanium2000 W Platinum — Table 13: 50/60 Hz, 100-240 Vac / 11.5 A, 7500 BTU/hr. Table 14 efficiency 89/93/94/91%.2000Platinum2400 W Platinum — Table 13: 50/60 Hz, 100-240 Vac / 16 A, 9000 BTU/hr. Table 14 efficiency 89/93/94/91.5%.2400Platinum2600 W Titanium — Listed only in the summary tables - Table 2 and Table 3. No 2600 W entry of any class appears in the detailed Table 13 or Table 14, and 2600 W appears nowhere else in the guide. Treat as unconfirmed by this document.2600TitaniumWatts · dashed line = output at 100–120 V low line
AC−48 V DC

DL380 Gen10: power supplies

05001000150020002500500 W Platinum — Up to 94% efficiency; standard C14 inlet. 100-240 VAC. 1840 BTU/hr at 200 VAC.500Platinum800 W Platinum — Up to 94% efficiency; standard C14 inlet. 100-240 VAC. 2958 BTU/hr at 200 VAC.800Platinum800 W Titanium — Up to 96% efficiency; standard C14 inlet. 200-240 VAC. One of the three part numbers HPE names as meeting the EU/UK Lot 9 96% single-output requirement from 1 January 2024.800Titanium800 W Up to 94% (DC input) — -48VDC input, -40 Vdc to -72 Vdc.800DC800 W Up to 94% (universal AC/DC) — Universal high-voltage AC/DC; supports 277VAC/380VDC inputs (200-277 VAC rated).800DC1600 W Platinum — Up to 94% efficiency; C14 inlet supporting HPE Power Discovery Services (blue connector). 200-240 VAC. 5918 BTU/hr at 200 VAC.1600Platinum1600 W Up to 94% (DC input) — -48VDC. Requires power cable kit P22173-B21 or power lug kit P36877-B21. Not supported with Intel Optane Persistent Memory (128/256/512 GB).1600DC2200 W Titanium — HPE 1800W-2200W Flex Slot Titanium; up to 96% efficiency and EU Lot 9 compliant. Rated output varies with input: 1800W at 200 VAC, 1900W at 208 VAC, 2000W at 220 VAC, 2100W at 230 VAC, 2200W at 240 VAC.2200TitaniumWatts · dashed line = output at 100–120 V low line
AC277 VAC / HVDC−48 V DC
06 — Like for like

106 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: 5 more are exclusive to the R740 and 7 to the DL380 Gen10.

ProcessorCoresTDP
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L28205 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 8280M28205 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 828028205 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 8276L28165 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 8276M28165 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 827628165 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 8180M28205 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 818028205 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 817628165 W
Intel Xeon Gold 6258R28205 W
Intel Xeon Gold 6238R28165 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 827026205 W
07 — Questions

R740 vs DL380 Gen10, answered

Is the R740 or the DL380 Gen10 the faster server?

Neither document publishes benchmark results, so this page compares what they do state. The R740 lists 111 processors up to 28 cores at 205 W; the DL380 Gen10 lists 113 up to 28 cores at 205 W. Fully populated that is 56 cores against 56.

Which holds more memory?

The R740 has 24 DIMM slots and a stated ceiling of 3 TB with RDIMM/LRDIMM. The DL380 Gen10 has 24 and 3.0 TB.

Which takes more drives?

R740: 16 bays across 3 documented layouts. DL380 Gen10: 24 across 15. Counts include rear and mid-chassis positions where the vendor documents them.

Can either take GPUs?

R740: up to 6 accelerators, 2 double-wide cards listed. DL380 Gen10: up to 8, 14 double-wide listed.

Do they share any processors?

Yes — 106 processors appear in both documents, including the Intel Xeon Platinum 8280L. That makes a like-for-like build possible on either server.

Where these figures come from. R740: Dell EMC PowerEdge R740 and R740xd Technical Guide (Rev. A12, August 2022) (Dell document). DL380 Gen10: HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 Server QuickSpecs (a00008180enw, Version 77, 16 June 2025) (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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