Head-to-head · every figure from the vendor documents
HPE DL360 Gen12 vs Lenovo SR630 V3
A specification-by-specification comparison of the HPE ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12 and the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 V3, built from HPE’s and Lenovo’s own documents. 4 headline measures favour the DL360 Gen12 and none favour the SR630 V3, and they share no processors.
Bottom line. DL360 Gen12 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
288Higher
Cores, fully populated
Largest listed processor × its socket count
128
8 TB
Memory ceiling
As each document states it
8 TB
20Higher
Drive bays
16
Up to 3
Accelerators
Up to 3
2,200 WHigher
Largest power supply
1,800 W
1U Rack
Rack height
1U Rack
400 GbE classHigher
Fastest network option
200 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 DL360 Gen12 if…
Cores, fully populated: 288 against 128 on the SR630 V3
Drive bays: 20 against 16 on the SR630 V3
Largest power supply: 2,200 W against 1,800 W on the SR630 V3
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.
Choose the SR630 V3 if…
Two sockets, 32 DDR5 slots and an 8 TB memory ceiling in 1U — the same ceiling Lenovo gives the 2U SR650 V3.
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.
VirtualisationDL360 Gen12: 288 cores with 8 TB. SR630 V3: 128 cores with 8 TB.DL360 Gen12
Databases & in-memoryMemory ceiling 8 TB against 8 TB, across 32 and 32 DIMM slots.Line ball
Storage density20 bays in 1U against 16 in 1U.DL360 Gen12
AI & acceleration3 accelerators against 3 in the vendor documents.Line ball
Network throughputFastest card listed: 400 GbE class against 200 GbE class.DL360 Gen12
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.
Chassis depthVendors measure depth differently — see each data sheet
(8+2) SFF: 75.31 cm (29.65 in)
773 mm
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.
DL360 Gen12: processors by cores and TDP
Xeon 6 E-core 7Xeon 6 P-core 26Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU
SR630 V3: processors by cores and TDP
5th Gen Xeon Scalable 324th Gen Xeon Scalable 52Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU
DL360 Gen12: memory with every slot filled
SR630 V3: memory with every slot filled
DL360 Gen12: drive bays
Front panel
8 × 2.5" SAS/SATA + NVMe at the front — 8 bays in total.
SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe
SR630 V3: drive bays
Front panel
16 × EDSFF NVMe at the front — 16 bays in total.
SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe
DL360 Gen12: power supplies
AC−48 V DC
SR630 V3: power supplies
AC−48 V DC
07 — Questions
DL360 Gen12 vs SR630 V3, answered
Is the DL360 Gen12 or the SR630 V3 the faster server?
Neither document publishes benchmark results, so this page compares what they do state. The DL360 Gen12 lists 33 processors up to 144 cores at 350 W; the SR630 V3 lists 84 up to 64 cores at 385 W. Fully populated that is 288 cores against 128.
Which holds more memory?
The DL360 Gen12 has 32 DIMM slots and a stated ceiling of 8.0 TB. The SR630 V3 has 32 and 8 TB.
Which takes more drives?
DL360 Gen12: 20 bays across 5 documented layouts. SR630 V3: 16 across 17. Counts include rear and mid-chassis positions where the vendor documents them.
Can either take GPUs?
DL360 Gen12: up to 3 accelerators, 0 double-wide cards listed. SR630 V3: up to 3, 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. DL360 Gen12: HPE ProLiant Compute DL360 Gen12 QuickSpecs (Version 18 - 03-Aug-2026) (HPE document). SR630 V3: Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 V3 Server Product Guide (publication date is not printed in the text export) (Lenovo document). Each claim on this page is derived from those documents, checked page by page on the two data sheets, and carries no pricing.