Compare Dell Precision 3240 vs ThinkStation P520c Tower

25 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 + 3x via M.2 to PCIe adapter + 4x 3.5" (2 via Flex bay)

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

[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] 2x USB-C 3.1 Gen1 + 1x Headphone + 1x Microphone + 1x SD card reader

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

17.87 cm

426 mm / 16.77"

18.81 cm

376 mm / 14.8"

7 cm

175 mm / 6.89"

1.71 kg

14.5 kg / 31.96 lbs

Integrated Realtek ALC3246 High Definition Audio Codec (2 Channel)

High Definition (HD) Audio, Realtek ALC662 codec

Intel W480

Intel C422 chipset

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

NVIDIA NVS 810 4GB DDR3 or Quadro P400 2GB GDDR5, P600 2GB GDDR5, P620 2GB GDDR5, P1000 4GB GDDR5, P2000 5GB GDDR5, P2200 5GB GDDR5, P4000 8GB GDDR5, P5000 16GB GDDR5X, RTX 4000 8GB GDDR6, or RTX 5000 16GB GDDR6

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)

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-2195)

Discrete TPM 2.0, TCG certified

2 SoDIMM slots; Up to 64GB

4x UDIMMs, up to 128GB DDR4-2666 w/ Xeon W-2100 series or up to 256GB DDR4-2933 w/ Xeon W-2200 series

2933MHz Non-ECC & ECC DDR4 Memory

DDR4 2666MHz or 2933MHz ECC

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

500W 80 PLUS Platinum or 625W 80 PLUS Platinum

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

Up to 5x M.2 PCIe SSD + 4x SATA

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

[Quadro RTX 3000] 2020-10

2020-08-25

2020