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Technical data sheet · PowerEdge 16G · 2U dual-socket

Dell PowerEdge R760Specifications, configurations & comparisons

The R760 is Dell’s general-purpose 2U platform for 4th and 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable. This page maps the full option envelope Dell documents for it — every processor, memory speed, drive layout, accelerator and power supply — so you can see what the chassis can and cannot do before you configure one.

2U Rack1 or 2 socketsXeon Max (HBM)4th Gen Xeon Scalable5th Gen Xeon ScalableiDRAC9
64cores per CPU128 per server · 5th Gen Xeon
8TBDDR5 maximum32 DIMM slots · see memory notes
28hot-plug drive bays24 × 2.5" front + 4 rear
6GPUssingle-wide, or 2 × double-wide 350 W
Gen5PCIe80 lanes per processor
3,200Wlargest PSU10 supply options, 1+1
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Every figure checked against the Dell PowerEdge R760 Technical Guide (June 2026, Rev. A06)

Dell PowerEdge R760 front view with 24 × 2.5-inch drive bays and bezel

Image: Dell Technologies

Form factor
2U Rack · 2 sockets
Processors
Xeon Max (HBM) · 4th Gen Xeon · 5th Gen Xeon
Memory
32 × DDR5 RDIMM · up to 8 TB
Drive bays
Up to 28 · 30 drive-bay layouts
Expansion
8 × PCIe · 1 × OCP 3.0
GPUs
Up to 6 · 12 listed
Boot
BOSS-N1
Management
iDRAC9
01 — Overview

The R760 at a glance

Our read of Dell’s documentation: where the R760 is strong, and the limits worth knowing before you spec one.

Strengths

  • The widest option envelope in Dell’s 16G 2U range — 51 processor SKUs, 31 documented drive-bay layouts and 10 power supplies.
  • Identical external dimensions to the R750, so rack, rail and cabling plans carry straight over from the previous generation.
  • PCIe Gen5 and EDSFF E3.S NVMe arrive without giving up the 12 × 3.5-inch and 24 × 2.5-inch SAS layouts many estates still need.
  • Intel Xeon Max with 64 GB of on-package HBM is available — unusual in a general-purpose 2U, and useful for memory-bound HPC.

Watch-outs

  • With 5th Gen Xeon, Dell lists 256 GB DIMMs as a future release — today that caps 5th Gen builds at 4 TB (32 × 128 GB).
  • Only up to four slots run at PCIe Gen5; the eight-slot riser layouts are Gen4.
  • Processors at 250 W and above use the MAX system board, and four SKUs (Xeon Max 9480 and 9470, Platinum 8470Q, Gold 6458Q) are liquid-cooled only.
  • The Universal backplane runs hardware RAID for SAS/SATA only — NVMe on it is direct-attach, so plan NVMe RAID on the dedicated NVMe RAID layouts.
Processors51 SKUs
Cores / CPU8–64
DIMM slots32
Drive layouts30
Max bays28
GPUsup to 6
PSU options10 · to 3,200 W
02 — Processors

51 supported processors, mapped

Dell’s guide lists 51 processors across three families. The chart plots every one by core count and power, so the trade-off is visible at a glance: frequency-optimised parts sit low and left, throughput parts high and right. Hover a bubble for the full SKU; use the explorer to filter and sort.

Processor landscape — cores × TDP

51 SKUs · 3 families
Dell PowerEdge R760: every supported processor by cores and TDP0816243240485664100 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

Processor explorer

filter · sort · compare
ProcessorCores / threadsBaseL3 cacheTDPW / coreMemory
Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+64 / 1281.9 GHz320 MB350 W5.5DDR5-5600
Intel Xeon Platinum 858060 / 1202 GHz300 MB350 W5.8DDR5-5600
Intel Xeon Max 9480 *56 / 1121.9 GHz113 MB350 W6.3DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+56 / 1122 GHz105 MB350 W6.3DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Max 9470 *52 / 1042 GHz105 MB350 W6.7DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470Q *52 / 1042.1 GHz105 MB350 W6.7DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Platinum 847052 / 1042 GHz105 MB350 W6.7DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Platinum 8471N52 / 1041.8 GHz98 MB300 W5.8DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N52 / 1041.7 GHz98 MB300 W5.8DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Platinum 846848 / 962.1 GHz105 MB350 W7.3DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Platinum 8568Y+48 / 962.3 GHz300 MB350 W7.3DDR5-5600
Intel Xeon Platinum 8558U48 / 962 GHz260 MB300 W6.3DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Max 946040 / 802.2 GHz98 MB350 W8.8DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Platinum 8460Y+40 / 802 GHz105 MB300 W7.5DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Platinum 8452Y36 / 722 GHz68 MB300 W8.3DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Max 946232 / 642.7 GHz75 MB350 W10.9DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q *32 / 643.1 GHz60 MB350 W10.9DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y+32 / 642.8 GHz60 MB300 W9.4DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 6454S32 / 642.2 GHz60 MB270 W8.4DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 643032 / 642.1 GHz60 MB270 W8.4DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 6414U32 / 642 GHz60 MB250 W7.8DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y32 / 642.2 GHz60 MB225 W7.0DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y+32 / 642 GHz60 MB205 W6.4DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 6438N32 / 642 GHz60 MB205 W6.4DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 6438M32 / 642.2 GHz60 MB205 W6.4DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 6428N32 / 641.8 GHz60 MB185 W5.8DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 6421N32 / 641.8 GHz60 MB185 W5.8DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Platinum 8562Y+32 / 642.8 GHz60 MB300 W9.4DDR5-5600
Intel Xeon Gold 6548N32 / 642.8 GHz60 MB250 W7.8DDR5-5200
Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+32 / 642.5 GHz60 MB250 W7.8DDR5-5200
Intel Xeon Gold 5420+28 / 562 GHz53 MB205 W7.3DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Gold 5512U28 / 562.1 GHz52.5 MB185 W6.6DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y24 / 482.6 GHz60 MB225 W9.4DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 5418Y24 / 482 GHz45 MB185 W7.7DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Gold 5412U24 / 482.1 GHz45 MB185 W7.7DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Gold 5418N24 / 481.8 GHz45 MB165 W6.9DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Gold 5411N24 / 481.9 GHz45 MB165 W6.9DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y24 / 482.9 GHz60 MB250 W10.4DDR5-5200
Intel Xeon Silver 4416+20 / 402 GHz38 MB165 W8.3DDR5-4000
Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y16 / 323.5 GHz45 MB270 W16.9DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y16 / 322.6 GHz38 MB185 W11.6DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 5416S16 / 322 GHz30 MB150 W9.4DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Gold 6526Y16 / 322.8 GHz37.5 MB195 W12.2DDR5-5200
Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y16 / 322 GHz30 MB150 W9.4DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y12 / 242 GHz30 MB150 W12.5DDR5-4000
Intel Xeon Silver 451012 / 242.4 GHz30 MB150 W12.5DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Gold 64348 / 163.7 GHz23 MB205 W25.6DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 5415+8 / 162.9 GHz23 MB150 W18.8DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Bronze 3408U8 / 161.8 GHz23 MB125 W15.6DDR5-4000
Intel Xeon Gold 65348 / 163.9 GHz22.5 MB195 W24.4DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y8 / 162.6 GHz23 MB125 W15.6DDR5-4400
  • Processors of 250 W and above require the MAX system board; below 250 W use the Mainstream (MS) board.
  • Xeon Max 9480 and 9470, Platinum 8470Q and Gold 6458Q are supported only in Direct Liquid Cooling configurations.
  • Dell’s processor table marks turbo as yes/no only, so turbo frequencies are not shown here.
03 — Memory

32 DIMM slots, 16 per processor

Thirty-two DDR5 RDIMM slots — eight channels per processor, two DIMMs per channel. Filling one DIMM per channel (16 DIMMs) keeps the highest speed; the second DIMM per channel doubles capacity at a lower speed.

Capacity with every slot filled

by DIMM size
16 GB512 GB32 GB1 TB64 GB2 TB96 GB3 TB128 GB4 TB256 GB8 TB5th Gen: future release32 slots · 16 per processor · each tick = one DIMM

Operating speed

per Dell memory tables
Processor1 DIMM / channel2 DIMMs / channel
4th Gen Xeon Scalable / Xeon Max4800 MT/s4400 MT/s
5th Gen Xeon Scalable6400 / 5600 MT/s*4400 MT/s
  • * Dell’s R760 guide lists 6400/5600 MT/s-rated RDIMMs at 1 DIMM per channel for 5th Gen; its R770 comparison table gives the R760 as “up to 5600 MT/s”, and Dell notes the processor may run DIMMs below their rated speed.
  • 8 TB requires 32 × 256 GB RDIMMs, which Dell currently supports with 4th Gen processors.
  • Quad-rank 128 GB RDIMMs have reached end of life; dual-rank 128 GB parts replace them.
04 — Storage

30 drive-bay layouts, up to 28 bays

Dell documents 31 drive-bay layouts for the R760 — from diskless to 28 hot-plug bays. Pick a headline layout to see the physical front panel, then scan the full list below to find the exact combination of front and rear bays your workload needs.

Headline layouts

front panel view

Front panel

Rear module

The capacity maximum: 24 SAS/SATA bays at the front and four direct-attach NVMe bays at the rear — 28 in total.

SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe

Controllers & boot

  • S160 — Software RAID. Entry tier (OS RAID)
  • PERC H355 — RAID. Value tier, PERC 11 (replaces H345 from Dec 2021)
  • HBA355i — HBA. Value tier, HBA 11 internal
  • HBA355e — HBA. Value tier, HBA 11 external
  • HBA465i — HBA. Value tier, HBA 12 internal
  • HBA465e — HBA. Value tier, HBA 12 external; available post-RTS
  • PERC H755 — RAID. Value Performance tier, PERC 11 (front PERC)
  • PERC H755N — RAID. Value Performance tier, PERC 11 NVMe
  • BOSS-N1 — boot
All 10 controllers and 1 boot options
  • PERC H965i — RAID, 8GB cache. Premium Performance tier, PERC 12 (Avenger), 8GB DDR4 NV cache, front PERC/adapter
  • PERC H965e — RAID, 8GB cache. Premium Performance tier, PERC 12 external, 8GB DDR4 NV cache
  • The Universal backplane runs hardware RAID for SAS/SATA with direct-attach NVMe; hardware RAID for NVMe is not supported on it.
  • PowerEdge does not support tri-mode mixing behind a single controller.
  • BOSS-N1 provides a separate mirrored boot pair (2 × M.2 NVMe, hardware RAID 1) without consuming a drive bay.

Every documented layout

30 with drive bays
24 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA) + 4 x 2.5-inch (NVMe Dire…24 x 2.5-inch (SAS4/SATA) + 4 x 2.5-inch (NVMe Direct)2824 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA) + 4 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA)24 x 2.5-inch (SAS4/SATA) + 4 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA)2824 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA) + 4 x EDSFF E3.S (Gen5 x4…24 x 2.5-inch (SAS4/SATA) + 4 x EDSFF E3.S (Gen5 x4 NVMe Direct)2824 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA) + 2 x 2.5-inch (NVMe Dire…24 x 2.5-inch (SAS4/SATA) + 2 x 2.5-inch (NVMe Direct)2624 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA) + 2 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA)24 x 2.5-inch (SAS4/SATA) + 2 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA)2624 x 2.5-inch + 2 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA) - Dual Con…24 x 2.5-inch + 2 x 2.5-inch (SAS4/SATA) - Dual Controller2616 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA) + 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe Direct16 x 2.5-inch (SAS4/SATA) + 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe Direct2424 x 2.5-inch (NVMe Gen4 Direct) Passive24 x 2.5-inch (NVMe Gen4 Direct) Passive2424 x 2.5-inch (NVMe Gen5 switched)24 x 2.5-inch (NVMe Gen5 switched)2424 x 2.5-inch (NVMe RAID - Gen5 Switched) - Dual C…24 x 2.5-inch (NVMe RAID - Gen5 Switched) - Dual Controller2424 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA)24 x 2.5-inch (SAS4/SATA)2424 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA) - Dual Controller24 x 2.5-inch (SAS4/SATA) - Dual Controller2424 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA) with 4 x Universal slots …24 x 2.5-inch (SAS4/SATA) with 4 x Universal slots (SAS/SATA HWRAID + NVMe Direct) + 4 x 2.5-inch (SAS4/SATA)2424 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA) with 8 x Universal slots …24 x 2.5-inch (SAS4/SATA) with 8 x Universal slots (SAS/SATA HWRAID + NVMe Direct)2416 x 2.5-inch (8 x NVMe RAID + 8 x SAS/SATA) Smart…16 x 2.5-inch (8 x NVMe RAID + 8 x SAS4/SATA) Smart Flow - Dual Controller1616 x 2.5-inch (8 x SAS/SATA + 8 x NVMe RAID)16 x 2.5-inch (8 x SAS4/SATA + 8 x NVMe RAID)1616 x 2.5-inch (NVMe Direct) Smart Flow16 x 2.5-inch (NVMe Direct) Smart Flow1616 x 2.5-inch (NVMe RAID) Smart Flow16 x 2.5-inch (NVMe RAID) Smart Flow1616 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA) Smart Flow16 x 2.5-inch (SAS4/SATA) Smart Flow168 x 2.5-inch (NVMe RAID)8 x 2.5-inch (NVMe RAID)88 x 2.5-inch NVMe Direct8 x 2.5-inch NVMe Direct88 x 2.5-inch Universal (SAS/SATA HWRAID + NVMe Dir…8 x 2.5-inch Universal (SAS/SATA HWRAID + NVMe Direct)812 x 3.5-inch (SAS/SATA) + 4 x 2.5-inch (NVMe Dire…12 x 3.5-inch (SAS/SATA) + 4 x 2.5-inch (NVMe Direct)1612 x 3.5-inch (SAS/SATA) + 4 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA)12 x 3.5-inch (SAS/SATA) + 4 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA)1612 x 3.5-inch (SAS/SATA) + 4 x EDSFF E3.S (Gen5 x4…12 x 3.5-inch (SAS/SATA) + 4 x EDSFF E3.S (Gen5 x4 NVMe Direct)1612 x 3.5-inch (SAS/SATA) w/ rear 2 x 2.5-inch (SAS…12 x 3.5-inch (SAS/SATA) w/ rear 2 x 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA)1412 x 3.5-inch (SAS/SATA) w/ rear 2 x 2.5-inch NVMe…12 x 3.5-inch (SAS/SATA) w/ rear 2 x 2.5-inch NVMe Direct1412 x 3.5-inch (SAS/SATA)12 x 3.5-inch (SAS/SATA)1216 x EDSFF E3.S (Gen5 x4 NVMe Direct)16 x EDSFF E3.S (Gen5 x4 NVMe Direct)1616 x EDSFF E3.S (NVMe RAID) - Dual Controller16 x EDSFF E3.S (NVMe RAID) - Dual Controller16Bays · solid = front · dashed = rear · brighter = NVMe-only
2.5-inch3.5-inchEDSFF (E1.S / E3.S)
05 — Accelerators & I/O

GPUs, PCIe and networking

The R760 takes accelerators in its PCIe risers rather than a dedicated GPU sled. Dell’s thermal tables list twelve supported cards, split between double-wide and single-wide parts. Up to two double-wide cards at 350 W, or up to six single-wide cards at 75 W.

NVIDIA A40

double-wide
up to 2

Intel PVC (Data Center GPU Max / Ponte Vecchio)

double-wide
up to 2

NVIDIA A100 80 GB

double-wide
80GB · up to 2

NVIDIA A16

double-wide
up to 2

NVIDIA A30

double-wide
up to 2

NVIDIA A2

single-wide
up to 6

NVIDIA H100

double-wide
up to 2

NVIDIA A800

double-wide
up to 2

NVIDIA L4

single-wide
up to 6

NVIDIA L40

double-wide
up to 2

Intel ASM (Arctic Sound-M / Flex)

single-wide
up to 6

NVIDIA L40S

double-wide
up to 2

I/O topology

80 lanes per CPU
CPU 180 × PCIe 5.08 ch · 16 DIMMCPU 280 × PCIe 5.08 ch · 16 DIMMUPI 4 links · 16 / 20 GT/sUp to 8 × PCIe Gen4riser dependentor up to 4 × PCIe Gen5full-length / GPU risersOCP NIC 3.0x8, x16 with cableLOM + iDRACoptional 2 × 1GbE + iDRAC

Each processor brings 80 lanes of PCIe 5.0. How they reach the rear of the chassis depends on the riser configuration — Dell lists seventeen of them.

Network adapters Dell lists

28 options
AdapterPortsForm
Broadcom 2 x 100 GbE QSFP56 OCP 3.02 × 100GbEOCP 3.0
Mellanox 2 x 100 GbE QSFP56 OCP 3.02 × 100GbEOCP 3.0
Intel 4 x 25 GbE SFP28 OCP 3.04 × 25GbEOCP 3.0
Broadcom 4 x 25 GbE SFP28 OCP 3.04 × 25GbEOCP 3.0
Intel 2 x 25 GbE SFP28 OCP 3.02 × 25GbEOCP 3.0
Broadcom 2 x 25 GbE SFP28 OCP 3.02 × 25GbEOCP 3.0
Mellanox 2 x 25 GbE SFP28 OCP 3.02 × 25GbEOCP 3.0
Broadcom 4 x 10 GbE BT OCP 3.04 × 10GbEOCP 3.0
Intel 2 x 10 GbE BT OCP 3.02 × 10GbEOCP 3.0
Intel 4 x 10 GbE BT OCP 3.04 × 10GbEOCP 3.0
Broadcom 2 x 10 GbE BT OCP 3.02 × 10GbEOCP 3.0
Broadcom 4 x 1 GbE BT OCP 3.04 × 1GbEOCP 3.0
Intel 4 x 1 GbE BT OCP 3.04 × 1GbEOCP 3.0
Broadcom 5720 (BCM5720) 2 x 1 GbE LOM (optional)2 × 1GbELOM
Dell DPU via Management Interface Card (MIC) 2 x 100 GbE (optional)2 × 100GbEPCIe
Dell DPU via Management Interface Card (MIC) 2 x 200 GbE (optional)2 × 200GbEPCIe
Intel Ethernet 100G 2P E810-C Adapter (FH and LP)2 × 100GbEPCIe
Broadcom NetXtreme-E P2100D BCM57508 2 x 100G QSFP PCIe (LP)2 × 100GbEPCIe
Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx Dual Port 100 GbE QSFP56 PCIe Adapter (FH and LP)2 × 100GbEPCIe
Mellanox BlueField 2 DP 25 GbE SFP Crypto DPU (FH)2 × 25GbEPCIe
Broadcom NetXtreme-E P425D BCM57504 4 x 25G SFP28 PCIe (FH)4 × 25GbEPCIe
Intel Ethernet 25G 2P E810-XXV Adapter (LP)2 × 25GbEPCIe
NVIDIA ConnectX-6 LX Dual Port 25 GbE SFP28 Network Adapter (LP)2 × 25GbEPCIe
Broadcom BCM57414 25G SFP Dual Port PCIe adapter (LP)2 × 25GbEPCIe
Intel Ethernet i350 Quad Port 1 GbE BASE-T Adapter, PCIe Full Height, V2 (540-BDIW; firmware restrictions apply)4 × 1GbEPCIe
Intel E810-XXVDA4 Quad Port 10/25GbE SFP28 Adapter, PCIe Full Height (540-BDDR)4 × 25GbEPCIe
Intel Ethernet 25G 4P E810-XXV OCP4 × 25GbEOCP 3.0
Broadcom BCM57414 25G SFP Dual Port OCP3 Mezz2 × 25GbEOCP 3.0
  • UPI runs up to 16 GT/s with 4th Gen processors and up to 20 GT/s with 5th Gen, across up to four links per processor.
  • On the Mainstream system board the OCP slot runs at x8; x16 needs the MAX board and an OCP cable.
  • The optional LOM card and an OCP card can be fitted together; the LOM and the DPU Management Interface Card cannot.
06 — Power & cooling

10 power supplies, 700–3,200 W

Ten supplies cover every rack power scheme Dell supports for the R760: standard AC, high-line-only Titanium units, 277 VAC / 336 VDC for HVDC data centres, and a −48 V DC telco unit. Two supplies run 1+1 redundant.

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
  • At 100–120 V low line the 2400 W Platinum supply delivers 1400 W, and the 1400 W Platinum and 1100 W Titanium supplies deliver 1050 W.
  • Size supplies for the peak of your configuration — double-wide GPUs and 350 W processors push towards the 2400 W+ units.
07 — Management, security & OS

Run it, secure it, choose the OS

Management

  • iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller
  • iDRAC Direct (front Micro-AB USB)
  • iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
  • iDRAC Service Module
  • Quick Sync 2 wireless module
  • OpenManage Enterprise, plus Power Manager, Service and Update Manager plugins
  • CloudIQ for PowerEdge

Security

  • Silicon Root of Trust
  • Cryptographically signed firmware
  • Secure Boot
  • Secured Component Verification (hardware integrity check)
  • Data at Rest Encryption (SEDs, local or external key management)
  • System Lockdown (iDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter)
  • Secure Erase
  • TPM 2.0 FIPS, CC-TCG certified
  • Intel TDX confidential computing (5th Gen)

Operating systems

  • Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS
  • Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
  • VMware ESXi
08 — Compare

R750 → R760 → R770

Where the R760 sits between the generation it replaced and the one that follows it. Every cell comes from Dell’s own comparison tables.

15th generationPowerEdge R750
16th generationPowerEdge R760
17th generationPowerEdge R770
Processors
2 × 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable
2 × 4th Gen Xeon Scalable or Xeon Max (to 56 cores) · 2 × 5th Gen (to 64 cores)
2 × Intel Xeon 6 — up to 86 P-cores or 144 E-cores
Memory
32 × DDR4 RDIMM / LRDIMM + 16 × Optane PMem 200
32 × DDR5 RDIMM · up to 5600 MT/s
32 × DDR5 RDIMM · up to 6400 MT/s
Front storage
3.5" and 2.5" 12 Gb SAS, Gen3/4 NVMe
3.5" and 2.5" 24 Gb SAS, Gen3/4 NVMe, up to 16 × E3.S Gen5
EDSFF-first — up to 40 × E3.S Gen5 NVMe, or 2.5" layouts
Accelerators
2 × double-wide 300 W or 6 × single-wide 75 W
2 × double-wide 350 W or 6 × single-wide 75 W
2 × double-wide 450 W or 6 × single-wide 75 W
Networking
2 × 1GbE LOM · OCP x8 Mezz 3.0
Optional 2 × 1GbE LOM · OCP 3.0 (x16 capable)
Up to 2 × OCP NIC 3.0
Management
iDRAC9
iDRAC9
iDRAC10
Chassis
2U · 86.8 × 482 × 772.13 mm
2U · 86.8 × 482 × 772.13 mm (unchanged)
2U

Source: Dell PowerEdge R760 Technical Guide, Table 2 (R760 vs R750) and Dell PowerEdge R770 Technical Guide, Table 2 (R770 vs R760).

The R760 family side by side

The R760 name covers four 2U machines built for different jobs, plus an AMD sibling and a 1U twin. The bars compare the limits Dell documents for each.

R760R760xsR760xd2R760xaR7625R660R770Cores / CPUR760: 6464R760xs: 3232R760xd2: 3232R760xa: 6464R7625: 128128R660: 6464R770: 144144DIMM slotsR760: 3232R760xs: 1616R760xd2: 1616R760xa: 3232R7625: 2424R660: 3232R770: 3232Max memoryR760: 8 TB8R760xs: 1.5 TB1.5R760xd2: 1.5 TB1.5R760xa: 8 TB8R7625: 6 TB6R660: 8 TB8R770: 8 TB8Max drive baysR760: 2828R760xs: 2424R760xd2: 2828R760xa: 88R7625: 3636R660: 1616R770: 4444Max GPUsR760: 66R760xs: 22R760xd2: 22R760xa: 1212R7625: 66R660: 33R770: 66Largest PSUR760: 3,200 W3,200R760xs: 1,800 W1,800R760xd2: 1,800 W1,800R760xa: 3,200 W3,200R7625: 3,200 W3,200R660: 1,800 W1,800R770: 3,200 W3,200
This modelSiblings and successorEach value from that model’s own verified spec file · bars scale per column
R660 data sheetR760 vs HPE DL380 Gen12R760 vs DL380 Gen12 vs Lenovo SR650 V3R760 vs DL380 Gen11 vs SR650 V3Lenovo SR650 V3 data sheet
09 — Use cases

Five builds that suit the R760

Five builds that play to the R760’s strengths. Each one uses only options Dell supports on this model, and opens pre-loaded in the configurator so you can adjust it.

Virtualisation

Dense VM host

Balanced core count with memory at full speed: one DIMM per channel across both sockets, NVMe for the datastore and mirrored boot on BOSS-N1.

  • 2 × Xeon Gold 6548Y+ — 32 cores @ 2.5 GHz, 250 W each
  • 16 × 64 GB DDR5 — 1 TB at one DIMM per channel
  • 8 × 7.68 TB NVMe Gen4, direct-attach
  • BOSS-N1 mirrored boot
  • Intel 2 × 25GbE SFP28 OCP 3.0
  • 2 × 1400 W Platinum
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Databases

Licence-efficient SQL / OLTP

Fewer, faster cores keep per-core database licensing in check, with hardware NVMe RAID on the dedicated NVMe RAID layout.

  • 2 × Xeon Gold 6444Y — 16 cores @ 3.5 GHz, 270 W each
  • 16 × 64 GB DDR5 — 1 TB
  • 8 × 3.84 TB NVMe on the NVMe RAID layout
  • PERC H965i with 8 GB cache
  • Broadcom 2 × 25GbE SFP28 OCP 3.0
  • Windows Server 2025
Open this build in the configurator →
AI inference

Two-GPU inference node

Two double-wide NVIDIA L40S cards in the riser bays, fed by 5th Gen cores, fast DDR5 and a 100GbE OCP uplink that leaves the risers free for the GPUs.

  • 2 × Xeon Gold 6542Y — 24 cores @ 2.9 GHz, 250 W each
  • 2 × NVIDIA L40S (double-wide)
  • 16 × 64 GB DDR5 — 1 TB
  • 4 × 7.68 TB NVMe
  • Mellanox ConnectX-6 2 × 100GbE OCP 3.0
  • 2 × 2800 W Titanium

GPU builds are subject to Dell’s thermal and riser restrictions — we confirm the exact riser, fan and PSU combination when we quote.

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Storage & backup

High-capacity backup target

Twelve 3.5-inch bays with 20 TB drives behind an HBA for ZFS, Ceph or a backup appliance, plus rear 2.5-inch bays for the OS or a cache tier.

  • 2 × Xeon Gold 5418Y — 24 cores @ 2 GHz, 185 W each
  • 12 × 20 TB 3.5" SATA — 240 TB raw
  • HBA355i for software-defined storage
  • 16 × 32 GB DDR5 — 512 GB
  • Broadcom 4 × 25GbE SFP28 OCP 3.0
  • 2 × 1100 W Titanium
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HPC

Memory-bound compute with Xeon Max

Xeon Max puts 64 GB of HBM on each processor. Run it in flat or cache mode with DDR5 behind it for workloads that are starved of memory bandwidth.

  • 2 × Xeon Max 9462 — 32 cores @ 2.7 GHz, 350 W each
  • 64 GB on-package HBM per processor
  • 16 × 64 GB DDR5 — 1 TB behind the HBM
  • 8 × 7.68 TB E3.S Gen5 NVMe
  • NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Dx 2 × 100GbE
  • 2 × 1800 W Titanium

Xeon Max SKUs at 350 W use the MAX system board; the 9480 and 9470 are liquid-cooled only.

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10 — Refurbished alternatives

When a refurbished PowerEdge makes more sense

Not every R760 project needs 16G silicon. If budget, lead time or a like-for-like refresh matters more than PCIe Gen5 and DDR5, these re-certified PowerEdge servers cover much of the same ground.

14G · re-certified

PowerEdge R740xd

  • Up to 24 × 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe or 12 × 3.5"
  • 2 × 1st/2nd Gen Xeon Scalable
  • 24 DIMM slots · up to 3 TB DDR4
  • iDRAC9

Storage-heavy roles on a budget — backup targets, software-defined storage and file services.

Configure a refurbished R740xd →
14G · re-certified

PowerEdge R740

  • Up to 16 × 2.5" or 8 × 3.5"
  • 2 × 1st/2nd Gen Xeon Scalable
  • 24 DIMM slots · up to 3 TB DDR4
  • GPU-capable · iDRAC9

General virtualisation and database hosts where DDR4 and PCIe Gen3 are enough.

Configure a refurbished R740 →
15G · re-certified

PowerEdge R750

  • Same 2U chassis dimensions as the R760
  • 2 × 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable
  • 32 × DDR4 RDIMM/LRDIMM + PMem 200
  • PCIe Gen4 · iDRAC9

The closest step down: same footprint and management, PCIe Gen4 instead of Gen5.

See refurbished R750 options →
Refurbished Dell PowerEdge serversRefurbished PowerEdge configuratorNew vs refurbished cost calculator
11 — Full specifications

Dell PowerEdge R760 specifications

Chassis & cooling

Form factor2U rack server
Dimensions (H × W × D)86.8 × 482 × 772.13 mm with bezel · 758.29 mm deep without
WeightUp to 36.1 kg fully populated with drives · 25.1 kg without drives and PSUs
CoolingAir, or optional Direct Liquid Cooling (needs rack manifolds and a CDU)
FansUp to six hot-swap fans — Standard, High-performance Silver or High-performance Gold
BezelOptional LCD bezel or security bezel

Processor

SocketsOne or two
Families4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable, Intel Xeon Max, 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable
Cores per processorUp to 56 (4th Gen) · up to 64 (5th Gen)
Maximum TDP350 W
UPIUp to 4 links per processor · up to 16 GT/s (4th Gen) or 20 GT/s (5th Gen)
PCIe lanes80 × PCIe 5.0 per processor

Memory

Slots32 DDR5 ECC RDIMM · 16 per processor · 8 channels × 2 DIMMs
DIMM sizes16, 32, 64, 96, 128 and 256 GB
Speed4th Gen: 4800 MT/s (1 DPC) / 4400 MT/s (2 DPC) · 5th Gen: up to 6400/5600 MT/s (1 DPC) / 4400 MT/s (2 DPC)
Maximum8 TB (32 × 256 GB, 4th Gen)

Storage

FrontUp to 12 × 3.5" SAS/SATA · up to 24 × 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe · up to 16 × EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe
RearUp to 4 × 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe or 4 × EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe
ControllersPERC H965i, H965e, H755, H755N, H355 · HBA465i, HBA465e, HBA355i, HBA355e · S160 software RAID
BootBOSS-N1: hardware RAID 1, 2 × M.2 NVMe (480 or 960 GB) · internal USB

Expansion & networking

PCIe slotsUp to 8 × PCIe Gen4 or up to 4 × PCIe Gen5 (riser-dependent)
OCPOCP NIC 3.0: 4 × 1GbE, 2 or 4 × 10GbE, 2 or 4 × 25GbE, 2 × 100GbE
LOMOptional 2 × 1GbE (Broadcom BCM5720)
DPUManagement Interface Card for Dell DPU: 2 × 25, 2 × 100 or 2 × 200GbE

Accelerators

GPU envelopeUp to 2 × double-wide 350 W or 6 × single-wide 75 W

Power

SuppliesTwo hot-plug, 1+1 redundant
AC options700 W Titanium · 800 W Platinum · 1100 W Titanium · 1400 W Platinum · 1800 W Titanium · 2400 W Platinum · 2800 W Titanium
HVDC1400 W and 3200 W Titanium, 277 VAC / 336 VDC
Telco DC1100 W, −48 to −60 V DC

Ports & video

Front1 × USB 2.0 · 1 × VGA · 1 × iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB)
Rear1 × USB 2.0 · 1 × USB 3.0 · 1 × VGA · 1 × dedicated iDRAC Ethernet · optional serial
Internal1 × USB 3.0 (optional)
VideoIntegrated Matrox G200, 16 MB
12 — FAQ

R760 questions, answered from the documentation

What is the maximum memory of the Dell PowerEdge R760?

The R760 has 32 DDR5 RDIMM slots. With 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors it reaches 8 TB using 32 × 256 GB RDIMMs. Dell lists 256 GB DIMMs with 5th Gen Xeon as a future release, so a 5th Gen R760 tops out at 4 TB today using 32 × 128 GB.

What memory speed does the R760 run at?

With 4th Gen Xeon, DDR5 runs at 4800 MT/s with one DIMM per channel and 4400 MT/s with two. With 5th Gen, Dell’s R760 guide lists 6400/5600 MT/s-rated DIMMs at one DIMM per channel and 4400 MT/s with two; its R770 comparison gives the R760 as up to 5600 MT/s. Use 16 DIMMs, one per channel, to keep the highest speed.

How many PCIe slots does the R760 have?

Up to eight PCIe Gen4 slots or up to four PCIe Gen5 slots, depending on which of Dell’s seventeen riser configurations is fitted. Each processor provides 80 lanes of PCIe 5.0, plus an OCP NIC 3.0 slot.

Which processors does the R760 support?

Dell lists 51: 33 4th Gen Xeon Scalable, 4 Xeon Max and 14 5th Gen Xeon Scalable, from 8 to 64 cores and 125 W to 350 W. Parts at 250 W and above need the MAX system board, and the Xeon Max 9480 and 9470, Platinum 8470Q and Gold 6458Q are liquid-cooled only.

How big and heavy is the PowerEdge R760?

It is a 2U server measuring 86.8 mm high, 482 mm wide and 772.13 mm deep with the bezel (758.29 mm without). It weighs up to 36.1 kg fully populated with drives, or 25.1 kg without drives and power supplies.

What changed from the R760 to the R770?

The R770 moves to Intel Xeon 6 with up to 86 P-cores or 144 E-cores per processor, DDR5 at up to 6400 MT/s, up to 40 front EDSFF E3.S bays, double-wide GPUs at 450 W rather than 350 W, up to two OCP slots, and iDRAC10.

How do the R760, R760xs, R760xd2 and R760xa differ?

The R760 is the full-featured model. The R760xs trims it to 16 DIMM slots and processors of up to 32 cores for cost-sensitive builds. The R760xd2 is the storage-dense variant, and the R760xa is built around GPU density. The family chart on this page compares their documented limits side by side.

Does the R760 support 277 V or DC power?

Yes. Dell offers 1400 W and 3200 W Titanium supplies for 277 VAC and 336 VDC HVDC, and an 1100 W supply for −48 to −60 V DC telco racks. At 100–120 V low line the 2400 W Platinum supply delivers 1400 W, and the 1400 W Platinum and 1100 W Titanium units deliver 1050 W.

Can the R760 use Intel Xeon Max with HBM?

Yes. Four Xeon Max SKUs are supported, each with 64 GB of on-package high-bandwidth memory. They run in HBM-only, flat or cache mode, and the 9480 and 9470 require direct liquid cooling.

Is the Dell PowerEdge R760 end of life?

No. The R760 is a current PowerEdge model, and Dell does not publish a model-wide end-of-service-life date — support runs against each unit’s service tag. Our end-of-life checker tracks published dates as they appear.

Sources & verification

Where these figures come from

Specifications are extracted from Dell’s published documents and independently re-checked line by line. Configurations are quote-based; availability and exact options are confirmed at quotation. Last reviewed 2026-09-11.

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