Dell POWEREDGE R720 - Manual (Page 6)

Power Efficiency Comparison of the Dell PowerEdge R720 and HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 Rack Servers
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Results
In this like-for-like comparison, the Dell PowerEdge R720 drew less power than the HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 at
idle, at 100% target load, and at all points between, while maintaining a slight performance advantage at 100%
target workload. This lead to the 15% lower performance/watt ratio for the DL380p Gen8.
Figure 1: Normalized SPECpower_ssj2008 results for PowerEdge R720 and ProLiant DL380p Gen8
1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
1.07
1.10
0.99
0.85
0.00
0.20
0.40
0.60
0.80
1.00
1.20
Maximum Power Draw
(lower is better)
Idle Power Draw
(lower is better)
Maximum Performance
(higher is better)
Performance / Watt ratio
(higher is better)
Dell PowerEdge R720 HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8
Performance/Watt
ratio of the DL380p
Gen8 is 15% worse
The DL380p Gen8 consumes
7% more power at 100% load
and 10% more power at idle