The Dell PowerEdge R650 server is a 1U, 15th gen (15G), Intel-based rack server, which can weigh up to 47Lbs when fully configured. The server's motherboard supports 2x Intel LGA4189 sockets that accommodate Intel's Xeon Scalable V3 Series processors with a maximium TDP of 270W, maximum speed per processor of 3.60Ghz, and a maximum of 80 Cores. The Dell PowerEdge R650 server supports 16x DIMMs per CPU for a total of 32x RAM slots and a maximum of 8.2TB of PC4 / DDR4 ECC Registered memory with a max speed of 3200 Mhz.

The Dell PowerEdge R650 chassis takes 2x hot-plug / hot-swap redundant power supplies / PSUs with total wattage of up to 1,400 Watts. Total storage maxes out at 1228.8TB without the optional flex-bay drives. Including optional flex-bay drives, max storage exceeds 1474.6TB. Depending on the chassis configuration, the Dell PowerEdge R650 server can support a maximum of 12x SFF / 2.5 inch SATA / SAS drives, a maximum of 12x SFF / 2.5 inch NVMe drives or a maximum of 4x LFF / 3.5 inch drives.

The Dell PowerEdge R650 server comes with an embedded dual-port 1GB RJ-45 network connection with an optional LOM / NDC slot that accommodates an OCP 3.0 LOM card. Depending on the riser configuration, the Dell PowerEdge R650 server could take up to 3x PCIe 4.0 (Gen 4) NIC slots. Depending on the riser configuration, the Dell PowerEdge R650 server could accommodate up to 3x single-wide GPUs.

Key additional features include: support of Boss-S2 / Boss-S1 card with up to 2x M.2 SATA SSDs, Quick Sync 2 setup features, and DRAC 9 Dell remote access capabilities.