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Dell R760 vs HPE DL380a Gen11

A specification-by-specification comparison of the Dell PowerEdge R760 and the HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11, built from Dell’s and HPE’s own documents. 3 headline measures favour the R760, 2 favour the DL380a Gen11, and 29 processors appear in both lists.

Bottom line. R760 leads on virtualisation, databases and in-memory work, storage density. DL380a Gen11 leads on 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 R760 front view: 24 hot-plug 2.5-inch drive bays with the control panel, USB and VGA ports at the right
Dell PowerEdge
R760
2U Rack2 sockets32 DIMMiDRAC9
Configure the R760 →Full data sheet
VS
HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 front: eight 2.5-inch NVMe bays in the centre between two perforated GPU cage grilles, with the model badge on the right ear
HPE ProLiant
DL380a Gen11
2U Rack2 sockets24 DIMMHPE iLO 6
Configure the DL380a Gen11 →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
128
Cores, fully populated
Largest listed processor × its socket count
128
8 TBHigher
Memory ceiling
As each document states it
3 TB
28Higher
Drive bays
8
Up to 6
Accelerators
HigherUp to 8
3,200 WHigher
Largest power supply
2,200 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…

  • Memory ceiling: 8 TB against 3 TB on the DL380a Gen11
  • Drive bays: 28 against 8 on the DL380a Gen11
  • Largest power supply: 3,200 W against 2,200 W on the DL380a Gen11
  • 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 DL380a Gen11 if…

  • Accelerators: Up to 8 against Up to 6 on the R760
  • Fastest network option: 400 GbE class against 200 GbE class on the R760
  • Four double-wide or eight single-wide accelerators in a 2U chassis, with six NVIDIA and Intel cards in HPE’s GPU table spanning the 72 W L4 to the 400 W H100 NVL.
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. DL380a Gen11: 128 cores with 3 TB.R760
Databases & in-memoryMemory ceiling 8 TB against 3 TB, across 32 and 24 DIMM slots.R760
Storage density28 bays in 2U against 8 in 2U.R760
AI & acceleration6 accelerators against 8 in the vendor documents.DL380a Gen11
Network throughputFastest card listed: 200 GbE class against 400 GbE class.DL380a Gen11
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.

SpecificationR760DL380a Gen11
Processors listed5141
Processor familiesXeon Max (HBM) · 4th Gen Xeon Scalable · 5th Gen Xeon Scalable4th Gen Xeon Scalable · 5th Gen Xeon Scalable
Single-processor optionYesNo

Memory

SpecificationR760DL380a Gen11
DIMM slots3224
Slots per processor1612
Largest module listed256 GB128 GB
Fastest rated speed6,400 MT/s5,600 MT/s
Memory typesRDIMM DDR5-4800 · RDIMM DDR5-5600 · RDIMM DDR5-6400RDIMM DDR5-4800 (HPE DDR5 Smart Memory, Registered) · RDIMM DDR5-5600 (HPE DDR5 Smart Memory, Registered)

Storage

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

SpecificationR760DL380a Gen11
Maximum bays288
Documented layouts302
Bay sizes3.5-inch · 2.5-inch · E3.S2.5-inch · E3.S
Boot devicesBOSS-N1HPE NS204i-u Gen11 NVMe Hot Plug Boot Optimized Storage Device
Storage controllers105

Accelerators & I/O

SpecificationR760DL380a Gen11
Accelerators supportedUp to 6Up to 8
Double-wide cards listed90
OCP slots12
PCIe network slots84
Network cards listed2832

Power & platform

SpecificationR760DL380a Gen11
Power-supply options102
Output range700–3,200 W1,600–2,200 W
Input typesAC · 277 VAC / HVDC · −48 V DCAC
ManagementiDRAC9HPE iLO 6
Chassis depthVendors measure depth differently — see each data sheet772.13 mm with bezel / 758.29 mm without bezel81.6 cm / 32.13 in deep (server)
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

Dell PowerEdge R760 processors0816243240485664100 W150 W200 W250 W300 W350 WCores per processorIntel Xeon Max 9480 — 56 cores / 112 threads · 350 W · 1.9 GHz base · 113 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Max 9470 — 52 cores / 104 threads · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Max 9460 — 40 cores / 80 threads · 350 W · 2.2 GHz base · 98 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Max 9462 — 32 cores / 64 threads · 350 W · 2.7 GHz base · 75 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+ — 56 cores / 112 threads · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8470Q — 52 cores / 104 threads · 350 W · 2.1 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8470 — 52 cores / 104 threads · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8471N — 52 cores / 104 threads · 300 W · 1.8 GHz base · 98 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N — 52 cores / 104 threads · 300 W · 1.7 GHz base · 98 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8468 — 48 cores / 96 threads · 350 W · 2.1 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8460Y+ — 40 cores / 80 threads · 300 W · 2 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8452Y — 36 cores / 72 threads · 300 W · 2 GHz base · 68 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q — 32 cores / 64 threads · 350 W · 3.1 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y+ — 32 cores / 64 threads · 300 W · 2.8 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6454S — 32 cores / 64 threads · 270 W · 2.2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6430 — 32 cores / 64 threads · 270 W · 2.1 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6414U — 32 cores / 64 threads · 250 W · 2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y — 32 cores / 64 threads · 225 W · 2.2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y+ — 32 cores / 64 threads · 205 W · 2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6438N — 32 cores / 64 threads · 205 W · 2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6438M — 32 cores / 64 threads · 205 W · 2.2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6428N — 32 cores / 64 threads · 185 W · 1.8 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6421N — 32 cores / 64 threads · 185 W · 1.8 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5420+ — 28 cores / 56 threads · 205 W · 2 GHz base · 53 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y — 24 cores / 48 threads · 225 W · 2.6 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5418Y — 24 cores / 48 threads · 185 W · 2 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 5412U — 24 cores / 48 threads · 185 W · 2.1 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 5418N — 24 cores / 48 threads · 165 W · 1.8 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 5411N — 24 cores / 48 threads · 165 W · 1.9 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ — 20 cores / 40 threads · 165 W · 2 GHz base · 38 MB cache · DDR5-4000Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y — 16 cores / 32 threads · 270 W · 3.5 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y — 16 cores / 32 threads · 185 W · 2.6 GHz base · 38 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5416S — 16 cores / 32 threads · 150 W · 2 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y — 12 cores / 24 threads · 150 W · 2 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4000Intel Xeon Gold 6434 — 8 cores / 16 threads · 205 W · 3.7 GHz base · 23 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ — 8 cores / 16 threads · 150 W · 2.9 GHz base · 23 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Bronze 3408U — 8 cores / 16 threads · 125 W · 1.8 GHz base · 23 MB cache · DDR5-4000Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+ — 64 cores / 128 threads · 350 W · 1.9 GHz base · 320 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon Platinum 8580 — 60 cores / 120 threads · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 300 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon Platinum 8568Y+ — 48 cores / 96 threads · 350 W · 2.3 GHz base · 300 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon Platinum 8558U — 48 cores / 96 threads · 300 W · 2 GHz base · 260 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Platinum 8562Y+ — 32 cores / 64 threads · 300 W · 2.8 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon Gold 6548N — 32 cores / 64 threads · 250 W · 2.8 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+ — 32 cores / 64 threads · 250 W · 2.5 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon Gold 5512U — 28 cores / 56 threads · 185 W · 2.1 GHz base · 52.5 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y — 24 cores / 48 threads · 250 W · 2.9 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon Gold 6526Y — 16 cores / 32 threads · 195 W · 2.8 GHz base · 37.5 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y — 16 cores / 32 threads · 150 W · 2 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Silver 4510 — 12 cores / 24 threads · 150 W · 2.4 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 6534 — 8 cores / 16 threads · 195 W · 3.9 GHz base · 22.5 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y — 8 cores / 16 threads · 125 W · 2.6 GHz base · 23 MB cache · DDR5-44008592+64 cores · 5.5 W/core — top SKU and most efficient
Xeon Max (HBM) 44th Gen Xeon Scalable 335th Gen Xeon Scalable 14Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU

DL380a Gen11: processors by cores and TDP

HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 processors0816243240485664100 W150 W200 W250 W300 W350 WCores per processorIntel Xeon-Platinum 8480+ — 56 cores · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Platinum 8470 — 52 cores · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Platinum 8468 — 48 cores · 350 W · 2.1 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Platinum 8468V — 48 cores · 330 W · 2.4 GHz base · 97.5 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Platinum 8458P — 44 cores · 350 W · 2.7 GHz base · 82.5 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Platinum 8460Y+ — 40 cores · 300 W · 2 GHz base · 105 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Platinum 8452Y — 36 cores · 300 W · 2 GHz base · 67.5 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Platinum 9462 — 32 cores · 350 W · 2.7 GHz base · 75 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Platinum 8462Y+ — 32 cores · 300 W · 2.8 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Gold 6454S — 32 cores · 270 W · 2.2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Gold 6430 — 32 cores · 270 W · 2.1 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon-Gold 6448H — 32 cores · 250 W · 2.4 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Gold 6448Y — 32 cores · 225 W · 2.1 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Gold 6438Y+ — 32 cores · 205 W · 2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Gold 6438M — 32 cores · 205 W · 2.2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Gold 5420+ — 28 cores · 205 W · 2 GHz base · 52.5 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon-Gold 6442Y — 24 cores · 225 W · 2.6 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Gold 5418Y — 24 cores · 185 W · 2 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon-Gold 6418H — 24 cores · 185 W · 2.1 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Silver 4416+ — 20 cores · 165 W · 2 GHz base · 37.5 MB cache · DDR5-4000Intel Xeon-Gold 6444Y — 16 cores · 270 W · 3.6 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Gold 6426Y — 16 cores · 185 W · 2.5 GHz base · 37.5 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Gold 6434 — 8 cores · 195 W · 3.7 GHz base · 22.5 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Platinum 8592+ — 64 cores · 350 W · 1.9 GHz base · 320 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon-Platinum 8580 — 60 cores · 350 W · 2 GHz base · 300 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon-Platinum 8570 — 56 cores · 350 W · 2.1 GHz base · 300 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon-Platinum 8568Y+ — 48 cores · 350 W · 2.3 GHz base · 300 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon-Platinum 8558 — 48 cores · 330 W · 2.1 GHz base · 260 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon-Platinum 8562Y+ — 32 cores · 300 W · 2.8 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-5600Intel Xeon-Gold 6530 — 32 cores · 270 W · 2.1 GHz base · 160 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Gold 6548Y+ — 32 cores · 250 W · 2.5 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon-Gold 6538Y+ — 32 cores · 225 W · 2.2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon-Gold 5520+ — 28 cores · 205 W · 2.2 GHz base · 52.5 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Gold 6542Y — 24 cores · 250 W · 2.9 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon-Silver 4516Y+ — 24 cores · 185 W · 2.2 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon-Gold 6544Y — 16 cores · 270 W · 3.6 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon-Gold 6526Y — 16 cores · 195 W · 2.8 GHz base · 37.5 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon-Silver 4514Y — 16 cores · 150 W · 2 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon-Gold 6534 — 8 cores · 195 W · 3.9 GHz base · 22.5 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Gold 5515+ — 8 cores · 165 W · 3.2 GHz base · 22.5 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon-Silver 4509Y — 8 cores · 125 W · 2.6 GHz base · 22.5 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon-Platinum 8592+64 cores · 5.5 W/core — top SKU and most efficient
4th Gen Xeon Scalable 235th Gen Xeon Scalable 18Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU

R760: 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

DL380a Gen11: memory with every slot filled

16 GB384 GB32 GB768 GB64 GB1.5 TB96 GB2.3 TB128 GB3 TB24 slots · 12 per processor · each tick = one DIMM

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

DL380a Gen11: drive bays

Front panel

8 × EDSFF NVMe at the front — 8 bays in total.

SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe

R760: power supplies

0500100015002000250030003500700 W Titanium — Mixed mode HLAC (200-240 V AC / 240 V DC); 60 mm700Titanium800 W Platinum — Mixed mode (100-240 V AC / 240 V DC); 60 mm800Platinum1100 W N/A (-48 V DC) — -(48-60) V DC input (LVDC); 60 mm1100DC1100 W Titanium — Mixed mode (100-240 V AC / 240 V DC); 1050 W at low line; 60 mm10501100Titanium1400 W Platinum — Mixed mode (100-240 V AC / 240 V DC); 1050 W at low line; 60 mm10501400Platinum1400 W Titanium — Mixed mode 277 V AC and HVDC (336 V DC); 60 mm1400Titanium1800 W Titanium — Mixed mode HLAC (200-240 V AC / 240 V DC); 60 mm1800Titanium2400 W Platinum — Mixed mode (100-240 V AC / 240 V DC); 1400 W at low line; 86 mm14002400Platinum2800 W Titanium — Mixed mode HLAC (200-240 V AC / 240 V DC); 86 mm2800Titanium3200 W Titanium — Mixed mode 277 V AC and HVDC (336 V DC); 86 mm3200TitaniumWatts · dashed line = output at 100–120 V low line
AC277 VAC / HVDC−48 V DC

DL380a Gen11: power supplies

050010001500200025001600 W Platinum — HPE 1600W Flex Slot Platinum Hot Plug Low Halogen Power Supply Kit. Standard Features prose: '1 available in 94% efficiency'. Rated line voltage 200-240 VAC only. Rated steady-state and peak power 1600W at 240 VAC (and 240 VDC China only). Max BTU 5918 BTU/hr at 200 VAC. Not one of the part numbers cited as meeting the 96% single-output EU ErP Lot 9 requirement.1600Platinum2200 W Titanium — HPE 1800W-2200W Flex Slot Titanium Hot Plug Power Supply Kit - printed as a 1800W-2200W range part, output depends on input voltage (1800W-2200W at 200-240 VAC; 2200W at 240 VDC China only). Standard Features prose: '1 available in 96% efficiency'. Rated line voltage 200-240 VAC. Max BTU 6497 BTU/hr at 200 VAC, 7962 BTU/hr at 240 VAC. Cited as EU ErP Lot 9 compliant (96% single output). watts recorded as the 2200W top of the printed range.2200TitaniumWatts · dashed line = output at 100–120 V low line
AC
06 — Like for like

29 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: 22 more are exclusive to the R760 and 12 to the DL380a Gen11.

ProcessorCoresTDP
Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+64350 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 858060350 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+56350 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 847052350 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 846848350 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 8568Y+48350 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 8460Y+40300 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 8452Y36300 W
Intel Xeon Max 946232350 W
Intel Xeon Gold 6454S32270 W
Intel Xeon Gold 643032270 W
Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y+32300 W
07 — Questions

R760 vs DL380a Gen11, answered

Is the R760 or the DL380a Gen11 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 DL380a Gen11 lists 41 up to 64 cores at 350 W. Fully populated that is 128 cores against 128.

Which holds more memory?

The R760 has 32 DIMM slots and a stated ceiling of 8 TB. The DL380a Gen11 has 24 and 3.0 TB.

Which takes more drives?

R760: 28 bays across 30 documented layouts. DL380a Gen11: 8 across 2. 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. DL380a Gen11: up to 8, 0 double-wide listed.

Do they share any processors?

Yes — 29 processors appear in both documents, including the Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+. That makes a like-for-like build possible on either server.

Where these figures come from. R760: Dell PowerEdge R760 Technical Guide (Rev. A06, June 2026) (Dell document). DL380a Gen11: HPE ProLiant DL380a Gen11 QuickSpecs (Version 34 - August 3, 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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