Head-to-head · every figure from the vendor documents
Dell R760 vs Dell R770
A specification-by-specification comparison of the Dell PowerEdge R760 and the Dell PowerEdge R770, built from Dell’s own documents. None of the headline measures favour the R760; 3 favour the R770, and they share no processors.
Bottom line. R770 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.
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
28
Drive bays
Higher44
Up to 6
Accelerators
Up to 6
3,200 W
Largest power supply
3,200 W
2U Rack
Rack height
2U Rack
200 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 R760 if…
Dell documents 51 processor SKUs, 31 drive-bay layouts and 10 power supplies for this one chassis — far more choice than the R760xs, R760xd2 or R760xa siblings.
Choose the R770 if…
Cores, fully populated: 288 against 128 on the R760
Drive bays: 44 against 28 on the R760
Fastest network option: 400 GbE class against 200 GbE class on the R760
Forty front E3.S Gen5 bays plus four at the rear; Dell puts the front alone at 2457.6 TB raw.
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.
VirtualisationR760: 128 cores with 8 TB. R770: 288 cores with 8 TB.R770
Databases & in-memoryMemory ceiling 8 TB against 8 TB, across 32 and 32 DIMM slots.Line ball
Storage density28 bays in 2U against 44 in 2U.R770
AI & acceleration6 accelerators against 6 in the vendor documents.Line ball
Network throughputFastest card listed: 200 GbE class against 400 GbE class.R770
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
R760
R770
Processors listed
51
23
Most cores per processor
64
144
Processor families
Xeon Max (HBM) · 4th Gen Xeon Scalable · 5th Gen Xeon Scalable
Bay counts are the maximum each document states, including rear and mid-chassis positions.
Specification
R760
R770
Maximum bays
28
44
Documented layouts
30
11
Bay sizes
3.5-inch · 2.5-inch · E3.S
E3.S · 2.5-inch
Boot devices
BOSS-N1
BOSS-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 USB
Storage controllers
10
5
Accelerators & I/O
Specification
R760
R770
Double-wide cards listed
9
5
OCP slots
1
2
Network cards listed
28
14
Power & platform
Specification
R760
R770
Power-supply options
10
11
Output range
700–3,200 W
800–3,200 W
Input types
AC · 277 VAC / HVDC · −48 V DC
AC · 277 VAC / HVDC
Management
iDRAC9
iDRAC10
Chassis depthVendors measure depth differently — see each data sheet
772.13 mm with bezel / 758.29 mm without bezel
801.51 mm without bezel (rear I/O) / 814.52 mm without bezel (front I/O)
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.
R760: processors by cores and TDP
Xeon Max (HBM) 44th Gen Xeon Scalable 335th Gen Xeon Scalable 14Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU
R770: processors by cores and TDP
Xeon 6 E-core 6Xeon 6 P-core 17Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU
R760: memory with every slot filled
R770: memory with every slot filled
R760: drive bays
Front panel
Rear module
24 × 2.5" SAS/SATA at the front, plus 4 × 2.5" SAS/SATA at the rear — 28 bays in total.
SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe
R770: drive bays
Front panel
40 × EDSFF NVMe at the front — 40 bays in total.
SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe
R760: power supplies
AC277 VAC / HVDC−48 V DC
R770: power supplies
AC277 VAC / HVDC
07 — Questions
R760 vs R770, answered
Is the R760 or the R770 the faster server?
Neither document publishes benchmark results, so this page compares what they do state. The R760 lists 51 processors up to 64 cores at 350 W; the R770 lists 23 up to 144 cores at 350 W. Fully populated that is 128 cores against 288.
Which holds more memory?
The R760 has 32 DIMM slots and a stated ceiling of 8 TB. The R770 has 32 and 8 TB.
Which takes more drives?
R760: 28 bays across 30 documented layouts. R770: 44 across 11. Counts include rear and mid-chassis positions where the vendor documents them.
Can either take GPUs?
R760: up to 6 accelerators, 9 double-wide cards listed. R770: up to 6, 5 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. R760: Dell PowerEdge R760 Technical Guide (Rev. A06, June 2026) (Dell document). R770: Dell PowerEdge R770 Technical Guide (May 2026) (Dell document). Each claim on this page is derived from those documents, checked page by page on the two data sheets, and carries no pricing.