Desktop workstation competitive landscape1. Desktop Workstation competitive landscape
HP Z Dell Precision Lenevo Thinkstation Apple iMac
High HP Z840 Dell Tower 7910 Lenovo P900
Mid HP Z640 Dell Tower 7810 Lenovo P700
Perfect HP Z440 Dell Tower 5810 Lenovo P500 Mac Pro
Entry HP Z240 Dell Tower 3420 & 3620 Lenovo P300 SFF/ MT
Aio(All In
One)
HP z1
G2 Apple 27” iMac
HP Z240 SFF vs. Dell 3420 SFF vs. Lenovo P300 SFF
*SFF - Small Form Factor
HP z240 SFF Dell 3420 SFF Lenovo P300 SFF
Intel Processors
Dual-core
N/A N/A Core™ i3-4350
N/A N/A Core™ i3-4360
N/A N/A Core™ i3-4370
N/A N/A Core™ i5-4460
N/A N/A Core™ i5-4590
N/A N/A Core™ i5-4690
N/A N/A Core™ i7-4790
Core™ i5-6500 Core™ i5-6500 N/A
Core™ i5-6600 Core™ i5-6600 N/A
Core™ i5-6700 Core™ i5-6700 N/A
Quad-core
N/A Xeon® E3-1220v5
Xeon® E3-1225v5 N/A N/A
N/A N/A Xeon® E3-1226v3
Xeon® E3-1230v5 N/A N/A
N/A N/A Xeon® E3-1231v3
Xeon® E3-1245v5 Xeon® E3-1240v5 N/A
N/A N/A Xeon® E3-1241v3
N/A N/A Xeon® E3-1246v3
Xeon® E3-1270v5 Xeon® E3-1270v5 N/A
N/A N/A Xeon® E3-1271v3
N/A N/A Xeon® E3-1276v3
N/A N/A Xeon® E3-1281v3
Memory
DIMM slots 4 4 4
Max RAM (ECC) 64GB 64GB 32GB
Max RAM (non-ECC) 64GB 64GB 32GB
2. Graphics cards
Intel
Intel 530 HD Intel HD Graphics Intel HD Graphics
Intel P530 HD
NVIDIA
NVS™ 310 N/A NVS™ 310
NVS™ 315 N/A NVS™ 315
NVS™ 510 NVS™ 510 NVS™ 510
Quadro® K420 Quadro® K420 Quadro® K420
Quadro® K620 Quadro® K620 Quadro® K620
Quadro® K1200 Quadro® K1200 Quadro® K1200
AMD
FirePro™ W2100 FirePro™ W2100 N/A
N/A FirePro™ W4100 N/A
Drives & controllers
# of 3.5" drives (up to) 2 1 2
# of 2.5" drives (up to) 3 2 1
Integrated SATA Yes Yes Yes
RAID controller 4 3 4
SATA 6 Gb/s ports 0 0 1
SATA 3 Gb/s ports 1 1 0
M.2 Port 1 1 0
Bays & I/O expansion slots
5.25" bays 0 0 1
3.5" bays 2 1 1
2.5" bays 1 0 1
Slim ODD bay 1 1 1
PCIe Gen 3 slots 4 2 1
PCIe Gen 2 slots 0 0 2
PCI slots 0 0 1
USB ports
Total USB ports 11 12 8
Front USB 3.0 2 2 2
Rear USB 3.0 6 4 4
Front USB 2.0 2 2 0
Rear USB 2.0 0 2 2
Disk cache [Intel® SRT]
Intelligent disk cache 0 32GB 24GB
Power supply
240W 92% efficient Yes Yes No
240 W 85% efficient No No Yes
200 W 85%efficient Yes No No
180 W 85% efficient No Yes No