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

Dell PowerEdge R760xsSpecifications, configurations & comparisons

The R760xs is the leaner 2U two-socket PowerEdge for 4th and 5th Gen Xeon: the same 21 processors and 16-slot memory as the 1U R660xs, with room for 24 × 2.5-inch or 12 × 3.5-inch drives, six PCIe slots and two single-wide NVIDIA A2 GPUs. This page sets out every limit Dell documents, including the trade-offs that come with the 12-bay 3.5-inch chassis.

2U Rack1 or 2 sockets5th Gen Xeon Scalable4th Gen Xeon ScalableiDRAC9
242.5-inch bays16 SAS/SATA + 8 NVMe, all front
123.5-inch baysplus a 2 × 2.5" rear option
32cores per CPU4th Gen · 28 on 5th Gen
1.5TBDDR5 maximum16 slots · 16 × 96 GB
6PCIe slots2 × Gen5 + 4 × Gen4
2GPUsNVIDIA A2, single-wide

Every figure checked against the Dell PowerEdge R760xs Technical Guide (June 2026, Rev. A04)

Form factor
2U Rack · 2 sockets
Processors
5th Gen Xeon · 4th Gen Xeon
Memory
16 × DDR5 RDIMM · up to 1.5 TB
Drive bays
Up to 24 · 7 drive-bay layouts
Expansion
6 × PCIe · 1 × OCP 3.0
GPUs
Up to 2 · 1 listed
Boot
M.2 and BOSS · 2 boot options
Management
iDRAC9
01 — Overview

The R760xs at a glance

Our read of Dell’s documentation: where the R760xs is strong, and the limits worth knowing before you spec one.

Strengths

  • Storage breadth the 1U siblings cannot match: 24 front 2.5-inch bays (16 SAS/SATA plus 8 NVMe, up to 244.48 TB), or 8 or 12 × 3.5-inch bays up to 288 TB.
  • Six PCIe slots with two processors — two Gen5 slots on the riser and four Gen4 — against three on the R660xs.
  • Room for two single-wide NVIDIA A2 GPUs, which the R750xs before it could not take at all.
  • Shorter than the full R760: 721.62 mm with the bezel against 772.13 mm.
  • Air cooling only, so there is no liquid loop to plumb, and the supply list runs from a 600 W unit that keeps full output on 100–120 V to an 1800 W high-line model.

Watch-outs

  • Memory stops at 1.5 TB: sixteen slots at one DIMM per channel, half the thirty-two of the full R760.
  • The 12 × 3.5-inch chassis carries the most caveats: no A2 GPUs, no 100 GbE adapters or 100 Gb OCP, no quad-port 25GbE OCP cards, and 30°C limits for the 250 W processor and 96 GB DIMMs.
  • Rear drives go only behind the 12 × 3.5-inch front, so the 24-bay 2.5-inch chassis cannot add any.
  • Only one cable riser can be fitted at a time, and the two Gen5 slots exist only on risers 1C and 1D.
  • The OCP 3.0 slot is x8 (the R750xs had x16) and SNAPI is not supported; Dell’s OCP feature table stops at 25 GbE, although its slot-priority tables also name a 100 Gb Intel OCP card.
Processors21 SKUs
Cores / CPU8–32
DIMM slots16
Drive layouts7
Max bays24
GPUsup to 2
PSU options9 · to 1,800 W
02 — Processors

21 supported processors, mapped

The processor table matches the R660xs name for name — 21 SKUs, thirteen from the 4th Gen Scalable line (to 32 cores) and eight from 5th Gen (to 28) — but the TDP range here runs from 125 W up to 250 W, because this guide rates the 6414U at 250 W. On every 2.5-inch front, Dell’s ambient table keeps each listed processor at 35°C or higher.

Processor landscape — cores × TDP

21 SKUs · 2 families
Dell PowerEdge R760xs: every supported processor by cores and TDP08162432100 W150 W200 W250 WCores per processorIntel Xeon Gold 5520+ — 28 cores · 205 W · 2.2 GHz base · 52.5 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5512U — 28 cores · 185 W · 2.1 GHz base · 52.5 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Silver 4516Y+ — 24 cores · 185 W · 2.2 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 6526Y — 16 cores · 195 W · 2.8 GHz base · 37.5 MB cache · DDR5-5200Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y — 12 cores · 150 W · 2 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Silver 4510 — 12 cores · 150 W · 2.4 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 Silver 4509Y — 8 cores · 125 W · 2.6 GHz base · 23 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 6414U — 32 cores · 250 W · 2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y — 32 cores · 225 W · 2.2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y+ — 32 cores · 205 W · 2 GHz base · 60 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5420+ — 28 cores · 205 W · 2 GHz base · 53 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y — 24 cores · 225 W · 2.6 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5418Y — 24 cores · 185 W · 2 GHz base · 45 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Silver 4416+ — 20 cores · 165 W · 2 GHz base · 38 MB cache · DDR5-4000Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y — 16 cores · 185 W · 2.6 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4800Intel Xeon Gold 5416S — 16 cores · 150 W · 2 GHz base · 30 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y — 12 cores · 150 W · 2 GHz base · 23 MB cache · DDR5-4000Intel Xeon Silver 4410T — 10 cores · 150 W · 2.7 GHz base · 27 MB cache · DDR5-4000Intel Xeon Gold 5415+ — 8 cores · 150 W · 2.9 GHz base · 15 MB cache · DDR5-4400Intel Xeon Bronze 3408U — 8 cores · 125 W · 1.8 GHz base · 15 MB cache · DDR5-40006414U32 cores — the top SKU6438Y+6.4 W/core — most efficient
5th Gen Xeon Scalable 84th Gen Xeon Scalable 13Bubble size = L3 cache · hover a bubble for the full SKU

Processor explorer

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ProcessorCores / threadsBaseL3 cacheTDPW / coreMemory
Intel Xeon Gold 6414U322 GHz60 MB250 W7.8DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y322.2 GHz60 MB225 W7.0DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y+322 GHz60 MB205 W6.4DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 5520+282.2 GHz52.5 MB205 W7.3DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 5512U282.1 GHz52.5 MB185 W6.6DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 5420+282 GHz53 MB205 W7.3DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Silver 4516Y+242.2 GHz45 MB185 W7.7DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y242.6 GHz45 MB225 W9.4DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 5418Y242 GHz45 MB185 W7.7DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Silver 4416+202 GHz38 MB165 W8.3DDR5-4000
Intel Xeon Gold 6526Y162.8 GHz37.5 MB195 W12.2DDR5-5200
Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y162.6 GHz30 MB185 W11.6DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Gold 5416S162 GHz30 MB150 W9.4DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y122 GHz30 MB150 W12.5DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Silver 4510122.4 GHz30 MB150 W12.5DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y122 GHz23 MB150 W12.5DDR5-4000
Intel Xeon Silver 4410T102.7 GHz27 MB150 W15.0DDR5-4000
Intel Xeon Gold 653483.9 GHz22.5 MB195 W24.4DDR5-4800
Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y82.6 GHz23 MB125 W15.6DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Gold 5415+82.9 GHz15 MB150 W18.8DDR5-4400
Intel Xeon Bronze 3408U81.8 GHz15 MB125 W15.6DDR5-4000
  • Heat sinks: standard below 185 W; the high-performance heat sink from 185 W upwards, and for every processor in the 12 × 3.5-inch chassis.
  • Dell’s table has N/A in the UPI column for the 5512U; every other SKU shows 16 or 20 GT/s.
  • This guide gives the 6414U a 250 W TDP and the 4514Y 12 cores; the R660xs guide prints 185 W and 16 cores for the same two SKUs.
  • The processor table has no thread column and marks turbo only as present, so neither threads nor boost clocks are shown.
03 — Memory

16 DIMM slots, 8 per processor

The memory layout copies the R660xs: 16 DDR5 RDIMM slots, eight on each processor and one per channel, for up to 1.5 TB with 96 GB modules. Dell’s memory matrix pairs every capacity from 16 GB to 96 GB with either a 4800 or a 5600 MT/s rating.

Capacity with every slot filled

by DIMM size
16 GB256 GB32 GB512 GB64 GB1 TB96 GB1.5 TB1, 6 or 8 per CPU · 30°C with 12 × 3.5"16 slots · 8 per processor · each tick = one DIMM

Rated memory speed

from the processor table
Processor familyUp to
5th Gen Xeon Scalable5200 MT/s
4th Gen Xeon Scalable4800 MT/s
  • Up to 5200 MT/s with 5th Gen processors and 5600 MT/s modules, up to 4800 MT/s otherwise; the processor’s own rating (4000–5200 MT/s in Dell’s table) is the final limit.
  • Per processor, 1, 2, 4, 6 or 8 DIMMs are supported; dual-processor systems take 2, 4, 8, 12 or 16, with both sockets populated to match.
  • No mixing of DIMM capacities; where speeds differ, the whole set runs at the lowest.
  • A single-processor build needs a CPU blank in the empty socket, and the 12 × 3.5-inch chassis with the rear module needs DIMM blanks.
04 — Storage

7 drive-bay layouts, up to 24 bays

Six fronts: none, 8 or 12 × 3.5-inch, 8 × 2.5-inch (SAS/SATA or NVMe), 16 × 2.5-inch SAS/SATA, and a 24-bay front that pairs 16 SAS/SATA bays with 8 NVMe. A two-bay 2.5-inch rear module is offered only behind the 12 × 3.5-inch front.

Headline layouts

front panel view

Front panel

The 24-bay maximum, all at the front: sixteen SAS/SATA bays beside eight NVMe bays, up to 244.48 TB. Dell’s fan table does not allow the rear module with it.

SAS/SATANVMeSAS/SATA + NVMe

Controllers & boot

  • S160 — Software RAID. Entry tier; NVMe Gen4; RAID 0/1/5/10; Windows only per feature matrix
  • PERC H355 — RAID. Value tier, PERC 11; adapter and front versions; no cache; RAID 0/1/10
  • HBA355i — HBA. Value tier, 12Gb SAS internal; adapter and front versions
  • HBA355e — HBA. External 12Gb SAS HBA, 4x4 external ports
  • HBA465i — HBA. Value tier, 24Gb SAS internal, front version
  • PERC H755 — RAID, 8GB cache. Value Performance tier, PERC 11; adapter and front (SAS/SATA only) versions; 8GB NV cache
  • PERC H755N — RAID, 8GB cache. Value Performance tier, PERC 11 front NVMe-only; 8GB NV cache
  • PERC H965i — RAID, 8GB cache. Premium Performance tier, PERC 12 (Avenger); front and adapter versions; 8GB DDR4 NV cache
  • BOSS-N1 (HW RAID, 2 x M.2 NVMe 480 GB / 960 GB, RAID0/RAID1, front-facing hot-plug) — boot
  • Internal USB 3.0 (optional) — boot
All 9 controllers and 2 boot options
  • PERC H965e — RAID. External PERC 12 listed in features comparison table only
  • Capacities in Dell’s comparison table: 192 TB (8 × 3.5-inch), 288 TB (12 × 3.5-inch), 122.88 TB (8 × 2.5-inch), 121.6 TB (16 × 2.5-inch) and 244.48 TB for 16 + 8.
  • Dell’s inside view shows the front PERC mounted behind the drive backplane, and the guide says this fPERC design uses no PCIe slot; the H755N is the NVMe-only choice, and S160 software RAID works under Windows only.
  • BOSS-N1 is fully hot-plug in this chassis, and fitting it calls for an HPR Gold fan in zone 1.
  • Kioxia CM6, Samsung PM1735 and Redtail NVMe drives, among others, are barred from the rear module.
  • Under ASHRAE A3 or A4 the rear drives and BOSS are unsupported, the 12 × 3.5-inch chassis is excluded altogether, and the other drive fronts are limited to A3.

Every documented layout

7 with drive bays
16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe2416 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA168 x 2.5-inch NVMe8 x 2.5-inch NVMe88 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA82 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe rear drive module (opti…2 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe rear drive module (optional)212 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA128 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA8Bays · solid = front · dashed = rear · brighter = NVMe-only
2.5-inch3.5-inchEDSFF (E1.S / E3.S)
05Accelerators & I/O

GPUs, PCIe and networking

NVIDIA A2 is the only GPU Dell lists: up to two single-wide cards, placed in slots 3, 4 or 6. Dell’s feature table describes the A2 as a 60 W low-profile card, while its overview counts two 75 W single-wide GPUs. Up to 2 × NVIDIA A2 · HPR Gold fan in zone 1 · not with 12 × 3.5-inch drives · 30–35°C inlet depending on the front.

NVIDIA A2

single-wide
up to 2

I/O topology

80 lanes per CPU
CPU 180 × PCIe 5.08 ch · 8 DIMMCPU 280 × PCIe 5.08 ch · 8 DIMMUPI 3 links · up to 20 GT/s6 slots with two CPUsGen5: 2 × x16 · Gen4: 4 slots4 slots with one CPUGen5: 2 × x8 · Gen4: x16 + x8OCP NIC 3.0 · x8 Gen4to 25 GbE · no SNAPI2 × 1GbE LOMBCM5720 · separate iDRAC port

Each processor provides 80 PCIe 5.0 lanes. Without a riser the chassis has two slots per processor; the R1C riser (two processors) or R1D (one) adds the two Gen5 slots, for up to six, all low-profile and half-length.

Network adapters Dell lists

27 options
AdapterPortsForm
Broadcom 2 x 10 GbE BT OCP 3.0 (RN1M5)2 × 10GbEOCP 3.0
Broadcom 2 x 25 GbE SFP28 OCP 3.0 (24FG6)2 × 25GbEOCP 3.0
Broadcom 4 x 25 GbE SFP28 OCP 3.0 (3Y64D)4 × 25GbEOCP 3.0
Broadcom 4 x 1 GbE BT OCP 3.0 (VJWVJ)4 × 1GbEOCP 3.0
Broadcom 4 x 10 GbE BT OCP 3.0 (W5HC8)4 × 10GbEOCP 3.0
Intel 4 x 1 GbE BT OCP 3.0 (HY4CV)4 × 1GbEOCP 3.0
Intel 2 x 10 GbE BT OCP 3.0 (F6X1R)2 × 10GbEOCP 3.0
Intel 4 x 10 GbE BT OCP 3.0 (XC0M4)4 × 10GbEOCP 3.0
Intel 2 x 25 GbE SFP28 OCP 3.0 (PWH3C)2 × 25GbEOCP 3.0
Intel 4 x 25 GbE SFP28 OCP 3.0 (Y4VV5)4 × 25GbEOCP 3.0
Mellanox NIC: NDR400 × NDR400PCIe
Mellanox NIC: NDR400 VPI × NDR400PCIe
Mellanox NIC: NDR200 × NDR200PCIe
Mellanox NIC: NDR200 VPI × NDR200PCIe
Mellanox HDR100 VPI × HDR100PCIe
Mellanox HDR VPI × HDRPCIe
Mellanox NIC: 100Gb × 100GbEPCIe
Broadcom NIC: 100Gb × 100GbEPCIe
Intel NIC: 100Gb × 100GbEPCIe
Mellanox NIC: 25Gb × 25GbEPCIe
Broadcom NIC: 25Gb × 25GbEPCIe
Intel NIC: 25Gb × 25GbEPCIe
Broadcom NIC: 10Gb × 10GbEPCIe
Intel NIC: 10Gb × 10GbEPCIe
Broadcom NIC: 1Gb × 1GbEPCIe
Intel NIC: 1Gb × 1GbEPCIe
Broadcom BCM5720 2 x 1 GbE LOM2 × 1GbELOM
  • Only one cable riser fits at a time; Gen5 slots 3 and 4 live on it, while slots 1, 2, 5 and 6 are Gen4.
  • Mellanox NDR400 adapters need the two-processor R1C riser and go only in slots 4 and 3; CX7 NDR200 cards are held to specific Gen5 and Gen4 slots.
  • With the 12 × 3.5-inch front, PCIe cards needing more than 300 LFM at 55°C are unsupported and the H965e is limited to slot 3.
  • Dell’s slot tables list the optional serial port module against slot 2, but a note in the same guide says it is not a true PCIe card and has its own system-board position.
06 — Power & cooling

9 power supplies, 600–1,800 W

Power comes from a 1+1 pair of 60 mm hot-plug supplies, and the choice of nine is identical to the 1U R660xs list: seven AC models spanning 600 W to 1800 W, plus −48 V DC and 277 VAC/336 VDC models.

0500100015002000600 W Platinum — Mixed mode 100-240 V AC / 240 V DC; 60 mm600Platinum700 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 to -60 V DC input; 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 100-240 V AC / 240 V DC; 1050 W at low line; 60 mm10501400Titanium1400 W Titanium — 277 V AC and HVDC 336 V DC; 60 mm1400Titanium1800 W Titanium — Mixed mode HLAC 200-240 V AC / 240 V DC; 60 mm1800TitaniumWatts · dashed line = output at 100–120 V low line
AC277 VAC / HVDC−48 V DC
  • Where only 100–120 V is available, the 1100 W and 1400 W AC models give 1050 W, the 600 W and 800 W models lose nothing, and the high-line-only 700 W and 1800 W models cannot be used.
  • C13 leads serve every mixed-mode model up to 1400 W; the 1800 W model takes C15 (or C13 plus a C14-to-C15 jumper), the −48 V DC model a Lotes connector, and the 277 VAC/336 VDC model Dell’s APP 2006G1 cord.
  • Dell’s acoustic tests put the quietest build (one 125 W processor, eight 2.5-inch bays) at 32 dB idle, the 12 × 3.5-inch build at 56 dB idle and the A2 GPU build at 64 dB when working.
  • Fan speed in the 3.5-inch chassis is capped at 90% because of the drives’ dynamic profile.
  • Extended-ambient (A3/A4) operation needs both supplies and does not tolerate a supply failure.
07 — Management, security & OS

Run it, secure it, choose the OS

Management

  • iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller 3.x
  • iDRAC Direct (front micro-USB)
  • iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
  • iDRAC Service Module
  • Quick Sync 2 wireless module
  • Digital License Key and Easy Restore
  • OpenManage Enterprise with Power Manager, Service and Update Manager plugins
  • CloudIQ for PowerEdge
  • OpenManage integrations for VMware vCenter, Microsoft System Center and Windows Admin Center

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; TPM 2.0 China NationZ

Operating systems

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

R750xs → R760xs → R570

The R760xs set against the R750xs that preceded it and the single-socket Xeon 6 R570 that Dell compares it with, using only the comparison tables in the R760xs and R570 technical guides.

Previous generationPowerEdge R750xs
16GPowerEdge R760xs
Intel Xeon 6PowerEdge R570
Processors
2 × 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable, up to 32 cores
2 × 4th Gen (to 32 cores) or 5th Gen (to 28 cores)
1 × Xeon 6 — up to 144 E-cores or 86 P-cores
Memory
16 × DDR4 · 1 TB · 3200 MT/s
16 × DDR5 · 1.5 TB · 5200 MT/s
16 × DDR5 · up to 6400 MT/s
Front bays
12 × 3.5" (192 TB) · 16 + 8 × 2.5" (184.32 TB)
12 × 3.5" (288 TB) · 16 + 8 × 2.5" (244.48 TB)
12 × 3.5" SATA · up to 24 × 2.5" SATA · up to 32 × E3.S
Rear bays
2 × 2.5" (15.36 TB)
2 × 2.5" (30.72 TB)
Up to 4 × E3.S Gen5
PCIe
6 slots: 5 × Gen4, 1 × Gen3
6 slots: 2 × Gen5, 4 × Gen4
Up to 4 × Gen5
OCP networking
1 × OCP 3.0 (x16)
1 × OCP 3.0 (x8)
Up to 2 × OCP 3.0 at the front, or 1 at the rear
Accelerators
Not supported
Up to 2 × 75 W single-wide (NVIDIA A2)
Up to 3 × 400 W double-wide or 4 × 75 W single-wide
Power
600–1800 W AC · 1100 W −48 V DC
600–1800 W AC · 1100 W −48 V DC · 1400 W 277 VAC / HVDC
800–1800 W · 1400 W −48 V DC · 1500 W 277 VAC / HVDC
Boot
IDSDM or BOSS-S2
BOSS-N1
BOSS-N1 DC-MHS or M.2 interposer
Depth (with bezel)
721.62 mm
802.38 mm
Weight
Up to 28.6 kg (28.82 kg in the R760xs guide’s weight table)
Up to 31 kg

Source: Dell PowerEdge R760xs Technical Guide, Table 2 (R760xs vs R750xs); Dell PowerEdge R570 Technical Guide (December 2025), Table 2 (R570 vs R760xs).

The R760xs family side by side

Siblings and alternatives: the R760 is the full-feature 2U on the same Xeon generations with 32 DIMM slots, the R660xs carries the same processor list and 16-slot memory in 1U, the R760xd2 gives up slots and processor headroom for 3.5-inch density, the R570 is the single-socket Xeon 6 system Dell compares it with, and the R7615 rounds out the set. The bars chart each model’s documented limits.

R760xsR760R660xsR760xd2R570R7615Cores / CPUR760xs: 3232R760: 6464R660xs: 3232R760xd2: 3232R570: 144144R7615: 128128DIMM slotsR760xs: 1616R760: 3232R660xs: 1616R760xd2: 1616R570: 1616R7615: 1212Max memoryR760xs: 1.5 TB1.5R760: 8 TB8R660xs: 1.5 TB1.5R760xd2: 1.5 TB1.5R570: 4 TB4R7615: 3 TB3Max drive baysR760xs: 2424R760: 2828R660xs: 1212R760xd2: 2828R570: 3232R7615: 3636Max GPUsR760xs: 22R760: 66R660xs: 00R760xd2: 22R570: 44R7615: 66Largest PSUR760xs: 1,800 W1,800R760: 3,200 W3,200R660xs: 1,800 W1,800R760xd2: 1,800 W1,800R570: 1,800 W1,800R7615: 2,400 W2,400
This modelSiblings and successorEach value from that model’s own verified spec file · bars scale per column
09 — Use cases

Four builds that suit the R760xs

Four 2U builds: three for workloads Dell names for the R760xs — VDI, virtual machines and software-defined storage — and a single-socket file server. Every part in them is permitted on this model in our configurator.

VDI

Two-A2 virtual desktop host

Two single-wide NVIDIA A2 cards serve GPU-backed desktops, with 64 cores from a pair of 6448Y processors behind them. The eight-bay 2.5-inch front keeps the A2 rated to 35°C, where the 16- and 24-bay fronts pull it down to 30°C.

  • 2 × Xeon Gold 6448Y32 cores @ 2.2 GHz, 225 W each
  • 2 × NVIDIA A2 (single-wide), slots 3, 4 or 6
  • 16 × 64 GB DDR5-4800 RDIMM — 1 TB
  • 8 × 3.84 TB NVMe Gen4 U.2 — 30.72 TB raw
  • BOSS-N1 boot pair, hot-plug (2 × M.2 NVMe, RAID 1)
  • Intel 2 × 25GbE SFP28 OCP 3.0
  • 1400 W Titanium hot-plug supplies (1+1)
  • VMware vSphere ESXi 8.0 · ProSupport 3 years

The A2 needs an HPR Gold fan in zone 1 and HPR Silver fans in zones 2–6 here, and it is not supported with the 12 × 3.5-inch front. Slots 3 and 4 need a riser.

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Software-defined storage

12-bay 3.5-inch storage node

Twelve 20 TB drives give 240 TB raw, and the two rear bays — offered only with this front — hold NVMe for cache or metadata. The 185 W 5418Y keeps a 35°C inlet limit in this chassis, and the HBA355i presents the drives directly to the storage software.

  • 2 × Xeon Gold 5418Y24 cores @ 2 GHz, 185 W each
  • 16 × 32 GB DDR5-4800 RDIMM — 512 GB
  • 12 × 20 TB 3.5-inch SATA 7.2K — 240 TB raw
  • 2 × 3.84 TB NVMe Gen4 U.2 in the rear module
  • HBA355i (non-RAID, 12 Gb SAS)
  • BOSS-N1 boot pair (2 × M.2 NVMe, RAID 1)
  • Broadcom 2 × 25GbE SFP28 OCP 3.0
  • 1400 W Platinum hot-plug supplies (1+1)
  • Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS · ProSupport Plus 3 years

This chassis rules out A2 GPUs, 100 GbE adapters and quad-port 25GbE OCP cards, and needs DIMM blanks with the rear module. Kioxia CM6, Samsung PM1735 and several other NVMe models are not allowed in the rear bays.

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Virtualisation

Sixteen-bay SAS virtualisation host

Two 28-core 5520+ processors give 56 cores for mixed VMs, and ten SAS SSDs behind a PERC H755 with 8 GB of cache leave six bays free for growth. Windows Server with Hyper-V is on Dell’s supported operating-system list.

  • 2 × Xeon Gold 5520+28 cores @ 2.2 GHz, 205 W each
  • 16 × 64 GB DDR5-5600 RDIMM — 1 TB (up to 4800 MT/s with this processor)
  • 10 × 3.84 TB SAS SSD — 38.4 TB raw, six bays spare
  • PERC H755 front, 8 GB NV cache
  • BOSS-N1 boot pair (2 × M.2 NVMe, RAID 1)
  • Broadcom 4 × 25GbE SFP28 OCP 3.0
  • 1100 W Titanium hot-plug supplies (1+1)
  • Windows Server 2025 Datacenter · ProSupport 5 years

Quad-port 25GbE OCP cards need optical transceivers rated to at least 85°C. At 205 W the 5520+ is limited to a 35°C inlet.

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Branch & file

Single-socket 3.5-inch file server

One 28-core 5512U runs an eight-bay 3.5-inch file server. With no riser a single processor has two low-profile slots, enough for an extra adapter or two, and the eight-bay chassis uses standard fans in zones 2 to 6.

  • 1 × Xeon Gold 5512U28 cores @ 2.1 GHz, 185 W
  • 8 × 32 GB DDR5-4800 RDIMM — 256 GB
  • 8 × 12 TB 3.5-inch SATA 7.2K — 96 TB raw
  • PERC H755, 8 GB NV cache (RAID 6 across all eight)
  • BOSS-N1 boot pair (2 × M.2 NVMe, RAID 1)
  • Intel 2 × 10GbE BASE-T OCP 3.0
  • 800 W Platinum hot-plug supplies (full rating on 100–120 V)
  • Windows Server 2025 · ProSupport 3 years

A one-processor build needs a CPU blank, and BOSS-N1 brings an HPR Gold fan in zone 1. Dell’s processor table lists no UPI speed for the 5512U.

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10 — Refurbished alternatives

When a refurbished PowerEdge makes more sense

Where Gen5 slots and DDR5 are not required, a re-certified 2U PowerEdge from the 14G or 13G range covers similar storage-led roles.

14G · re-certified

PowerEdge R740

  • 2U · 2 × Xeon Scalable
  • 24 DIMM slots · up to 3 TB DDR4
  • 16 × 2.5" or 8 × 3.5" bays
  • GPU-capable · iDRAC9

A general-purpose 2U swap for VM and VDI hosts, with more DIMM slots than the R760xs.

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14G · re-certified

PowerEdge R740xd

  • 2U · 2 × Xeon Scalable
  • 24 DIMM slots · up to 3 TB DDR4
  • 24 × 2.5" or 12 × 3.5" bays
  • iDRAC9

The closest match to the 24-bay and 12-bay 3.5-inch fronts of the R760xs, for software-defined storage and backup targets.

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13G · re-certified

PowerEdge R730

  • 2U · 2 × Xeon E5 v3/v4
  • 24 DIMM slots · up to 1.5 TB DDR4
  • 16 × 2.5" or 8 × 3.5" bays
  • iDRAC8

Labs, file servers and cost-led virtualisation where an iDRAC8-era platform is acceptable.

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11 — Full specifications

Dell PowerEdge R760xs specifications

Chassis & cooling

Form factor2U rack server
Height × width86.8 × 482 mm
Depth685.78 mm ear to PSU handle (650.24 mm to PSU surface) · 721.62 mm with bezel (spec sheet)
WeightUp to 28.82 kg (12 × 3.5") · 25.92 kg (16 + 8 × 2.5") · 25.84 kg (8 × 3.5") · 24.58 kg (16 × 2.5") · 21.56 kg (8 × 2.5") · 19.40 kg (no backplane) · spec sheet: max 28.6 kg
CoolingAir only
FansUp to six hot-swap: standard, HPR Silver or HPR Gold · fan zone 1 optional
BezelOptional LCD bezel or security bezel
RailsA11 stab-in/drop-in sliding rails (4-post) · A8 static rails (required for 2-post) · optional CMA and strain relief bar

Processor

SocketsOne or two
Families4th and 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable
Cores per processorUp to 32 (4th Gen) · up to 28 (5th Gen)
TDP125–250 W
UPIUp to 3 links per processor · 16 or 20 GT/s
PCIe lanes80 × PCIe 5.0 per processor
ChipsetIntel C741

Memory

Slots16 DDR5 ECC RDIMM · 8 per processor, one DIMM per channel
DIMM sizes16, 32, 64, 96 GB (4800 or 5600 MT/s ratings)
SpeedUp to 5200 MT/s (5th Gen) · up to 4800 MT/s (4th Gen)
Maximum1.5 TB (16 × 96 GB RDIMM)
Voltage1.1 V

Storage

FrontNone · 8 or 12 × 3.5" SAS/SATA · 8 × 2.5" SAS/SATA or NVMe · 16 × 2.5" SAS/SATA · 16 × 2.5" SAS/SATA + 8 × 2.5" NVMe
Rear2 × 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe (12 × 3.5" chassis only)
ControllersPERC H355, H755, H755N, H965i · HBA355i, HBA465i · S160 software RAID · external HBA355e, H965e
BootBOSS-N1 (hot-plug, 2 × M.2 NVMe 480/960 GB) · internal USB
ExternalUSB tape, NAS software stack, 12 Gb MD-series JBODs

Expansion & networking

PCIe slotsUp to 6: 2 × Gen5 on riser 1C/1D, 4 × Gen4 · low profile, half length
OCP1 × OCP 3.0 SFF, x8 Gen4 · 1, 10 or 25 GbE, 2 or 4 ports
LOM2 × 1GbE (Broadcom BCM5720)
GPUUp to 2 × NVIDIA A2, single-wide

Power

SuppliesUp to two, 60 mm, hot-plug, 1+1 redundant
AC options600 W Platinum · 700 W Titanium (200–240 V) · 800 W Platinum · 1100 W Titanium · 1400 W Titanium or Platinum · 1800 W Titanium (200–240 V)
277 VAC / HVDC1400 W Titanium
−48 V 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 · dedicated iDRAC Ethernet · 2 × 1GbE · optional serial
Internal1 × USB 3.0 (optional)
VideoIntegrated Matrox G200, 16 MB

Environment

ASHRAE A210–35°C up to 900 m, de-rated 1°C per 300 m above
ASHRAE A35–40°C · processors to 185 W · no 12 × 3.5" chassis, rear drives or BOSS
ASHRAE A45–45°C · Dell limits every drive-bay front to A3
12 — FAQ

R760xs questions, answered from the documentation

What is the maximum memory of the Dell PowerEdge R760xs?

The R760xs has 16 DDR5 RDIMM slots — eight per processor, one per channel — and reaches 1.5 TB with 16 × 96 GB. That is half the slot count of the full R760, which takes 32 DIMMs.

How many drive bays does the R760xs have?

Up to 24 × 2.5-inch at the front (16 SAS/SATA plus 8 NVMe), or 12 × 3.5-inch at the front with two 2.5-inch bays at the rear. The other fronts are 8 × 3.5-inch, 8 × 2.5-inch SAS/SATA or NVMe, 16 × 2.5-inch SAS/SATA, or no drives at all.

Does the R760xs support GPUs?

Yes — up to two single-wide NVIDIA A2 cards in slots 3, 4 or 6. They need an HPR Gold fan in zone 1, are not supported with the 12 × 3.5-inch front, and are rated to 35°C with the eight-bay 2.5-inch fronts or no backplane and 30°C with the others.

How many PCIe slots does the R760xs have?

Two processors enable up to six: a pair of Gen5 x16 slots on the riser plus four Gen4 slots. One processor enables up to four — two x8 Gen5, one x16 Gen4 and one x8 Gen4. Networking has its own x8 Gen4 OCP 3.0 slot, rated to 25 GbE.

Which power supplies fit the R760xs?

Nine models fit the two hot-plug bays (1+1): seven AC units from 600 W to 1800 W, one 1100 W −48 V DC unit and one 1400 W 277 VAC/336 VDC unit. Low-line sites get 1050 W from the 1100 W and 1400 W AC models and cannot use the 700 W or 1800 W models at all.

How big and heavy is the R760xs?

Height is 86.8 mm (2U) and width 482 mm. From rack ears to PSU handles it measures 685.78 mm, or 721.62 mm with the bezel on. Fully populated weights run from 19.40 kg for the diskless chassis to 28.82 kg for twelve 3.5-inch drives; the spec sheet quotes a 28.6 kg maximum instead.

How does the R760xs differ from the R760?

The R760 has 32 DIMM slots and lists 256 GB modules, processors up to 64 cores and 350 W, E3.S drives and up to four rear 2.5-inch bays, up to eight Gen4 or four Gen5 slots, two 350 W double-wide or six single-wide GPUs, supplies to 3200 W and optional liquid cooling. The R760xs is 50.51 mm shorter with the bezel and air-cooled only.

How does it compare with the R660xs and R760xd2?

The R660xs is the 1U version of the same recipe — the same 21 processors and 16 DIMM slots — but with three PCIe slots, no GPUs and at most 12 × 2.5-inch drives, or four 3.5-inch plus two rear 2.5-inch. The R760xd2 is a deeper storage server with 24 × 3.5-inch bays plus four rear, processors capped at 185 W and Gen4-only PCIe.

What does Dell compare the R760xs with next?

Dell’s R570 guide places the R570 beside the R760xs. It is a 2U built around one Xeon 6 processor — as many as 144 E-cores or 86 P-cores — with 6400 MT/s DDR5, as many as 32 E3.S bays and support for three 400 W double-wide accelerators, where the R760xs offers two sockets and two 75 W A2 cards.

Is the Dell PowerEdge R760xs end of life?

No model-wide end-of-sale or end-of-service date appears in the R760xs technical guide. Dell’s Post Standard Support offer, described in the guide’s service appendix, adds up to five more years of hardware cover once the initial seven years of ProSupport end. Our end-of-life checker tracks announced dates.

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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