Dell Introduces PowerEdge 1U R470 and 2U R570 Single-socket Servers with Xeon 6 Processors

By David Schmidt, senior director, product management PowerEdge servers, Dell Technology, Inc.

Dell Technology, Inc. introduces the PowerEdge R470 and R570 single-socket servers, engineered to deliver performance and energy efficiency for modern data centers.These models build on the dual-socket R670 and R770 servers, featuring Xeon 6 processors with E-cores, and are designed to handle both traditional and emerging workloads.

PowerEdge R470 front and rear

• • PowerEdge R470: Available, this 1U server offers flexible upgrade options for performance optimization, making it for web and app microservices, data services, virtualization, and scale-out database applications.

• • PowerEdge R570: Launching early next year, this 2U server provides similar benefits with additional scalability.

Right features
The PowerEdge R470, R570, R670, and R770 servers, equipped with Xeon 6 processors with E-cores, provide advanced performance and a upgrade path from previous-gen.

PowerEdge R470

• • Single-Socket Design: Supports up to 144 cores, offering 2.57 times more cores per processor compared to previous-gen, resulting in a compact footprint with increased processing density ⁽¹⁾.

  • Enhanced Performance: The R470 and R570 servers offer up to 2.18 times faster memory speed with DDR5 compared to previous-gen ⁽²⁾.

PowerEdge R670

• • Performance Boost: Boasts 3.2 times more cores than its predecessor, resulting in a 67% performance increase ⁽³⁾.

PowerEdge R770

• • Top Performance: Offers 3.35 times improved performance compared to its predecessor, with the highest performance per watt among all PowerEdge servers with Intel processors shipped today ⁽⁴⁾.

Right foundation
Whether you’re expanding an existing IT infrastructure or looking to deploy cutting-edge AI and HPC technologies, the PowerEdge R470, R570, R670, and R770 servers provide the robust, future-ready foundation you need:

• • Workload Consolidation: Higher rates of workload consolidation help businesses reduce their data center footprint, achieve sustainability goals and lower costs without compromising performance.
  • Smart Power and Cooling Technology: Advanced thermal and mechanical tools ensure optimal cooling and sustained system performance, significantly improving thermals and reducing energy consumption.
  • Future-Ready Designs: Adhering to Open Compute Project (OCP) Industry Standards and to the Data Center Modular Hardware System (DC-MHS) Subproject, these servers simplify infrastructure and future-proof operations. OCP standardization also promotes sustainability by enabling the reuse of existing infrastructure.
  • Flexible I/O Configurations: Front and rear I/O configurations allow customization to meet specific data center requirements, enhancing both comfort and safety for technicians.

Right system management and cyber resilient architecture
Enhance IT productivity through advanced management automation. Dell’s latest systems management software delivers even more scalable, secure and capable APIs like DMTF Redfish, providing innovative solutions for orchestration and automation. With iDRAC10, user can easily deploy, inventory, update, monitor and maintain PowerEdge servers. 

Security remains a top priority. PowerEdge servers feature a comprehensive, cyber-resilient architecture, including multi-factor authentication, to ensure data protection at every level. 

Right server for data center
PowerEdge R470, R570, R670 and R770 servers represent the peak of innovation for organizations standardizing on server platforms and optimizing performance and efficiency in their data centers. Dell Services offers comprehensive offerings to maximize these servers, from customization and deployment options with the ProDeploy Suite, to proactive support, security, services and more.

⁽¹⁾ Testing was conducted by Dell with servers located in Dell Labs during the November 2024 timeframe. The PowerEdge R470 server supports 2.57x more cores per processor (144 cores) compared to PowerEdge R660 (56 cores) and 6x more cores per processor compared to PowerEdge R450 (24 cores).
⁽²⁾ The PowerEdge R470 server supports DDR5 6400 MT/s compared to PowerEdge R660 / R660 XS supporting DDR5 4800 MT/s memory and R450 supporting DDR4 2933 MT/s).
⁽³⁾ Testing was conducted by Intel with the servers located in Dell Labs during the Aug 2024 timeframe, The PowerEdge R670 server was running 2 socket SRF 6756E CPU which has 128 Cores compared to PowerEdge R750 server running 2 socket ICX 8380 CPUs.
⁽⁴⁾ Testing was conducted by Dell with the servers located in Dell Labs during the May 2024 timeframe, The PowerEdge R770 server was running 2 socket SRF 6780E CPU.