Dell   
PowerEdge R210 Technical Guide    8 
Table 1.  Comparison of PowerEdge Server Features 
Feature  R210  R200 
(Predecessors) 
R310  
(Next level up) 
Processor  Quad-core Intel
®
 
Xeon
®
 processor 3400 
series 
Dual-core Intel
®
 
Celeron
®
 G1101  
Dual-core Intel
®
 
Pentium
®
 G6950  
Dual-core Intel
®
 Core 
i3 530  
Dual-core Intel
®
 Core 
i3 540 processors  
 
 
Single Quad-Core 
Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 3300 
series 
Single Dual-Core 
Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 E3100 
series 
Single Quad-Core 
Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 3200 
series 
Single Dual-Core 
Intel
®
 Xeon
®
 3000 
series 
Single Intel
®
 Core
TM
 2 
Duo
®
 E4000 series 
Single Intel
®
 Core
TM
 2 
Duo
®
 E7000 series 
Single Intel
®
 Pentium
®
 
Dual-Core E2000 
series 
Single Intel
®
 Celeron
®
 
E1000 and 400 series 
Quad-core Intel
®
 
Xeon
®
 processor 3400 
series 
Dual-core Intel
®
 
Celeron
®
 G1101  
Dual-core Intel
®
 
Pentium
®
 G6950  
Dual-core Intel
®
 Core 
i3 530  
Dual-core Intel
®
 Core 
i3 540 processors  
 
Front Side Bus  DMI  1333MHz  DMI @2.5 Gb/s 
# Processors  1   1  1  
# Cores  Dual or Quad  Dual or Quad  Dual or Quad 
L2/L3 Cache  4MB or 8MB  512K~6M  Intel
®
 Xeon
®
: 8M 
DT proc: 4, 3 or 2M 
Chipset  Intel
®
 3420 chipset  Intel
®
 3210 
chipset+ICH9R 
Intel
®
 3420 chipset 
DIMMs  4 DDR3 
Unbuffered w/ECC 
1333/1066 MHz 
4 DDR2 
Unbuffered w/ECC 
800/ 667MHz 
6 DDR3 
Unbuffered w/ECC or 
Registered w/ECC 
1333/1066MHz 
Min/Max RAM  1GB/16GB  512MB/8GB  1GB/32GB 
HD Bays  2 x 3.5” or  
2 x 2.5” 
2 x 3.5”  4 x 3.5”  
Optional Hot-Swap 
Support 2.5" HDDs via 
Hot-Swap tray 
HD Types  Default SATA. 
Optional SAS and SSD 
via add-in controller  
Default SATA. 
Optional SAS via add-
in controller 
Default SATA. 
Optional SAS and SSD 
via add-in controller 
Ext Drive Bay(s)  1 for slim ODD  1 for slim ODD  1 for slim ODD