Compare MSI Creator P100A 10th vs Dell Precision 3240 vs ThinkStation P520

10.36 L / 21.89 pt

33 L

FCLGA2066

1x internal 2.5" + 1x half height PCIe x8 Gen3

2x Optical drives / 1x optical drive + 2x 3.5" SATA / 2x M.2 SSD removable drive enclosures / other I/O ports + 2x M.2 onboard + 7x via M.2 to PCIe adapter + 6x 3.5" (4 via Flex bay)

2x PCIe 3.0 x16 + 1x PCIe 3.0 x8 + 2x PCIe 3.0 x4 + 1x PCI

[Front] 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen1 + 3x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 2x USB 2.0 + 1x DisplayPort 1.2 + 1x HDMI 1.4 + 1x RJ45 (2.5Gbps) + 5x Audio jacks + 1x Optical S/PDIF out | [Rear] 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen1 + 1x USB 2.0 + 1x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x Mic + 1x Headphone

[Front] 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 + 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C + 1x audio jack + 1x audio line in/out | [Rear] 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A + 1x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A with SmartPower + 2x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A + 2x DisplayPort 1.4 1 + Optional Ports

[Front] 4x USB 3.1 Gen1 + 2x USB 2.0 + 2x PS/2 + 1x RJ45 (1Gbps) + 1x Microphone + 1x Line-in + 1x Line-out + 2x optional USB-C 3.1 Gen2 + 1x optional Thunderbolt 3 + 1x serial | [Rear] 4x USB-C 3.1 Gen1 + 1x Headphone + 1x Microphone + 1x SD card reader

WiFi 5 + Bluetooth 5.1

Optional Wireless, Bluetooth w/ vPro support

WiFi 5 + Bluetooth 4.2 / none

Black

ATX desktop computer

Internal Speaker; Optional Dell 2.0 stereo speaker systems available and Dell Professional Soundbar AE515M for select flat-panel displays

408.88 mm / 16.1 inch

17.87 cm

460 mm / 18.1"

372.20 mm / 14.65 inch

18.81 cm

440 mm / 17.3"

131.85 mm / 5.19 inch

7 cm

165 mm / 6.5"

From 7.71 kg / 17 lbs

1.71 kg

24 kg / 52.91 lbs

7.1 Channel HD Audio with Nahimic audio enhancer

Integrated Realtek ALC3246 High Definition Audio Codec (2 Channel)

High Definition (HD) Audio, Realtek ALC662 codec

Intel B460

Intel W480

Intel C422 chipset

Up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER

1x PCIe x16 Gen 3 up to 75W, NVIDIA Quadro P400, P620, P1000, or RTX 3000

NVIDIA NVS 810 4GB DDR3 / Quadro P400 2GB GDDR5 to P5000 16GB GDDR5X / Quadro RTX 4000 8GB GDDR6 to RTX 8000 48GB GDDR6 / Quadro GP100 16GB HBM2 / Quadro GV100 32GB HBM2

Windows 10 Home

Windows 10, Red Hat 8.2, or Ubuntu 18.04

Windows 10 Pro, Ubuntu, or none

10⁰ C to 35⁰ C

Optional 9mm optical drive (DVD-ROM, DVD±RW, or Blu-ray)

Up to Intel Core i7-10700 Processor

10th-gen Intel Core i3, i5, i7, or i9 or Xeon (up to W-1290 10-core processor with 20M cache)

Intel Xeon W-2100 or W-2200 series processors (up to Xeon W-2295)

Discrete TPM 2.0, TCG certified

Up to 64GB, 2x U-DIMMs

2 SoDIMM slots; Up to 64GB

8x DIMMs, up to 256GB DDR4-2666 w/ Xeon W-2100 series or up to 512GB DDR4-2933 w/ Xeon W-2200 series, 4 channels

DDR4 2666MHz

2933MHz Non-ECC & ECC DDR4 Memory

DDR4 2666MHz or 2933MHz ECC

Modular 450W 80 Plus Bronze Certified PSU

7.4mm 180W or 240W AC adapter (external)

690W / 900W / 1000W 80 PLUS Platinum

2x M.2 SSD (1x PCIe/SATA Auto-switch) + 2x 2.5” SSD / HDD

2x M.2 PCIe (1x 22x80 mm, 1x 22x30 mm) + 1x 2.5" SATA

Up to 9x M.2 PCIe SSD + 1x PCIe AIC SSD + 6x SATA HDD

[Add-in Cards] Thunderbolt 3, Serial port, Parallel port, USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 card

[Quadro RTX 3000] 2020-10

2020-08

2020-08-25

2020