
21 PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Technical Guide
The R720 and R720xd support up to two processors with up to eight cores per processor. Table 6
lists the Intel Xeon processors supported by the PowerEdge R720 and R720xd. For the latest
information on supported processors, visit Dell.com.
1
Not supported on the R720xd 3.5-inch chassis.
For information on processor installation and configuration, see the
Dell PowerEdge R720 and
R720xd Owner’s Manual
on Support.Dell.com/Manuals.
The R720 supports graphics processing unit (GPU) technology, which can provide accelerated
performance for a variety of applications, including virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and HPC
implementations.
The R720xd does not support internal or external GPUs.
The R720 can support two 300W, full-length, double-wide GPUs or up to four 150W, full-length,
single-wide GPUs. Each GPU can support up to 6GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory. Active-cooled
GPU cards are not supported. For a list of supported GPUs, see Table 18.
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