Overview:

With the exploding demand for AI GPU servers comes a whole plethora of new server barebones. Many manufacturers now offer integrated ConnectX-8 with their NVIDIA MGX solutions, bringing cutting edge bandwidth up to 400GB/s per card to your NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs. The chart below aims to gather and compare some of the many offerings on the market in one spot.

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Specification *Information is subject to change without notice. Please refer to the manufacturer website for up-to-date details.
Model: GIGABYTE XL44-SX2-AAS1 GIGABYTE XL43-ZX2-AAS1 ASUS ESC8000A-E13X ASRock 4UXGM-TURIN2 CX8 MSI CG481-S6053 (S6053G481RAU8)
Motherboard: MSX4-MG1 MZX3-MG1 K15PG-D24 TURIN2D24XGM/500W More Info Coming Soon
Form Factor: 4U
438 × 176.6 × 802.5 mm (W × H × D)
17.2" × 6.95" × 31.6" (W × H × D)		 4U (W438 × H176.6 × D802.5 mm)
(W17.2" × H6.95" × D31.6")		 4U (800mm × 439.5mm × 175mm)
31.5" × 17.3" × 6.9"		 4U NVIDIA® MGX™
800 × 438 × 176.5 mm
31.5" × 17.2" × 6.9"		 4U
438.5 × 175 × 800 mm (W × H × D)
17.2" × 6.88" × 31.4" (W × H × D)
CPU: Intel® Xeon® 6 Processors
— Intel® Xeon® 6700-Series
— Intel® Xeon® 6500-Series
Dual processor, TDP up to 350W
2 × LGA 4710 Socket E2
* If only 1 CPU is installed, some PCIe or memory functions might be unavailable.		 AMD EPYC™ 9005 series
Dual processors
cTDP up to 500W at ambient 30°C		 2 × Socket SP5 (LGA 6096) for AMD EPYC™ 9005/9004 series processors
* TDP support varies by configuration		 AMD EPYC™ 9005/9004 (with AMD 3D V-Cache™ Technology) and 97x4 series
Dual Socket SP5 (LGA 6096)
TDP: Up to 500W		 Dual AMD EPYC™ 9005 series processors, up to TDP 500W
2 × LGA6096 (Socket SP5)
Memory: 32 × DIMM slots
DDR5 RDIMM / MRDIMM
8-Channel per processor
RDIMM: Up to 6400 MT/s (1DPC), 5200 MT/s (2DPC)
MRDIMM: Up to 8000 MT/s
* MRDIMMs supported only on select Intel® Xeon® 6 P-core processors in 1DPC config.		 12-Channel RDIMM
24 × DDR5 DIMMs		 24 slots (12 channels per CPU, 12 DIMMs per CPU)
DDR5 6400/5600 RDIMM
Max up to 3TB
128GB, 96GB, 64GB, 32GB, 16GB
* Refer to ASUS server AVL for the latest update		 24 DIMM slots (12+12, 1DPC)
DDR5 288-pin RDIMM, RDIMM-3DS
Max: RDIMM 128GB (2Rx4), RDIMM-3DS 256GB (2Rx4)
Max frequency: 6400 MHz
Voltage: 1.1V		 24 × DDR5 DIMM slots, 12-channel (1DPC), RDIMM / RDIMM-3DS
Max frequency: 6400 MT/s
Max capacity per DIMM: 256GB
GPU: 8 × NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs via ConnectX®-8
1 × NVIDIA® BlueField®-3 DPU, from CPU_0		 NVIDIA RTX PRO™ Server with ConnectX®-8 SuperNIC™ Switch
8 × Dual-slot PCIe GPUs*
* Configured with 8 × NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs & 1 × NVIDIA® BlueField®-3 DPU		 Up to 8 dual-slot GPU cards
* Supports 12VHPWR power connectors by default		 Up to 8 NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs or up to 8 NVIDIA H200 NVL (EPYC 9005) 8 × RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs at 30°C ambient
* Via PCIe switch
Expansion Slots: 8 × NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs via ConnectX®-8
1 × NVIDIA® BlueField®-3 DPU, from CPU_0		 8 × PCIe 5.0 x16 FHFL for GPUs
1 × PCIe 5.0 x16 FHFL for DPU
* Configured with 8 × NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs & 1 × NVIDIA® BlueField®-3 DPU		 Up to 10 slots total
8 × PCIe x16 for dual-slot GPU cards (Gen6 x16 link, FHFL)
1 × PCIe x16 for NIC/BlueField-3 cards (Gen5 x16 link, FHHL)
1 × PCIe x16 (Gen5 x8 link, FHHL)		 8 × FHFL dual-slot PCIe 5.0 x16 (rear)
1 × FHHL PCIe 5.0 x16 (rear)		 8 × PCIe 6.0 x16 FHFL double-wide slots (through PCIe switch)
1 × PCIe 5.0 x16 FHFL single-wide slot (from CPU0)
M.2: 2 × M.2 (2280/22110), PCIe Gen4 x2, from CPU_0 1 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x2)
1 × M.2 (PCIe 3.0 x1)		 2 × M.2 sockets (Gen5 x4 link, up to 22110) for up to 2 NVMe devices 1 × M-key (PCIe 3.0 x4), 2280 [CPU0]
1 × M-key (PCIe 3.0 x4), 2280 [CPU1]		 2 × 2280/22110 PCIe 3.0 x2 NVMe M.2 ports
Storage: Front hot-swap: 8 × 2.5" Gen5 NVMe (2 × from CPU_0, 6 × from CPU_1) Front hot-swap: 8 × 2.5" Gen5 NVMe 8 × 2.5" front hot-swap storage bays
Up to 8 NVMe devices
Backplane: 4 × MCIO connectors (x8 link) for NVMe
Backplane: 2 × SLIMSAS connectors (x4 link) for HBA cards only
PCIe switch: 4 × MCIO connectors (x8 link) for NVMe
Default cables: 4 × Backplane MCIO cables		 16 × hot-swap E1.S (PCIe 5.0 x4) front drive bays
Supports 9.5mm/15mm width		 Front: 8 × hot-swap 2.5" U.2 PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe drive bays (4 from CPU0, 4 from CPU1)
Networking: Front: 2 × 10Gb/s LAN (1 × Intel® X710-AT2, supports NCSI), 1 × 10/100/1000 Mb/s Management LAN
Rear: 8 × QSFP ports (400Gb/s InfiniBand/Ethernet)		 8 × 400Gb/s QSFP**
2 × 10Gb/s LAN
1 × MLAN		 1 × Dual Port Intel® X710-AT2 10GbE LAN controller
1 × Management port		 Intel® i350: 2 × RJ45 (1GbE)
8 × QSFP112 (400Gb/s) via NVIDIA® ConnectX®-8
1 × Realtek RTL8211F dedicated management GLAN		 8 × 400G QSFP ports with NVIDIA ConnectX-8 chipsets
Onboard Graphics: ASPEED® AST2600
1 × Mini-DP		 More Info Coming Soon Aspeed AST2600 64MB (Mini DisplayPort) ASPEED AST2600
VRAM: DDR4 512MB		 ASPEED AST2600
Front I/O Ports: 2 × USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A
1 × Mini-DP
2 × RJ45
1 × MLAN		 2 × USB 3.2 Gen1
1 × Mini-DP
2 × RJ45
1 × MLAN		 1 × Mini DisplayPort
2 × USB 5Gbps ports		 2 × Type-A USB 3.0 Gen1 8 × hot-swap 2.5" U.2 drive bays
Front Panel Buttons / LEDs: 1 × Power button with LED
1 × ID button with LED
1 × NMI button
1 × Reset button
1 × Storage activity LED
1 × System status LED		 More Info Coming Soon 1 × Power switch/LED, 1 × Location switch/LED, 1 × Message LED, 1 × Clear CMOS switch, 1 × Reset switch, 2 × M.2 LEDs, 2 × LAN LEDs, 1 × Q-Code/Port 80 LED Buttons: Power w/ LED, Reset, NMI, UID w/ LED
LEDs: System fault, HDD activity, LAN1/LAN2 activity		 More Info Coming Soon
Rear I/O Ports: 8 × QSFP ports 8 × QSFP 1 × USB 5Gbps port
2 × RJ-45 LAN ports
1 × RJ-45 Management LAN port
8 × QSFP ports		 1 × Mini-DisplayPort
1 × Type-A USB 3.0 Gen1
1 × RJ45 dedicated IPMI
8 × QSFP112 (400Gb/s) via NVIDIA® ConnectX®-8
1 × UID button/LED, 1 × Reset button, 1 × Power button		 1 × 1000Base-T dedicated management port
8 × 400G QSFP ports
1 × USB 3.0/2.0 Type-A
1 × Mini DisplayPort
1 × Power LED button
1 × UID LED button
Rear Panel LEDs: More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon 1 × Power switch/LED, 1 × Location switch/LED, 1 × Message LED, 8 × QSFP LEDs More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon
Security: 1 × TPM header with SPI interface (Optional TPM 2.0 kit: CTM012)
1 × PRoT connector (only enabled on RoT SKU)		 Optional TPM 2.0 module: CTM012 More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon Chassis intrusion detection
Onboard TPM 2.0
Hardware Root of Trust — Microchip CEC1736 (optional)
Power Supply: 3+1 redundant 3200W 80 PLUS Titanium
AC 100–127Vac → Max 1300W; AC 200–220Vac → Max 3000W; AC 220–240Vac → Max 3200W; DC 240Vdc → Max 3200W
* C19 power cord required.		 4+0 redundant PSUs
3200W 80+ Titanium		 3+1 redundant 3200W 80 PLUS Titanium
220–240 Vac, 16A (×4) 50/60Hz		 3+1 CRPS
1200W @ 100–127Vac / 3200W @ 200–240Vac
80 PLUS Titanium
Low-line: 100–127Vrms, 50/60Hz; High-line: 200–240Vrms, 50/60Hz		 3+1 redundant 3200W CRPS 80 PLUS Titanium
AC 100–127Vac, 16A → Max 1200W; AC 200–219Vac, 16A → Max 3000W; AC 220–240Vac, 16A → Max 3200W; DC 240V, 16A → Max 3200W
* C19 power cord required.
Fans: 10 × 80×80×80mm system fans More Info Coming Soon 5 × 8080 tool-less hot-swappable system fan modules
5 × 8080 tool-less hot-swappable GPU fan modules		 10 × hot-swap 80×80 mm fans 2 × EVAC air cooling modules (max. 500W CPU)
10 × 8080 hot-swap system fans
System Management: ASPEED® AST2600 BMC
GIGABYTE Management Console		 ASPEED® AST2600 BMC
GIGABYTE Management Console		 Hardware (out-of-band): Onboard ASMB12-iKVM
Software: ASUS Control Center		 BMC: ASPEED AST2600
Dedicated IPMI LAN: 1 × Realtek RTL8211F		 ASPEED AST2600 with AMI MegaRAC firmware
IPMI 2.0 and DMTF Redfish API
Dual BIOS and dual BMC
eMMC for local BMC storage
BIOS: More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon AMI UEFI BIOS; 256 Mb (32MB) SPI Flash ROM
ASRock Rack Instant Flash, ACPI 6.4, SMBIOS 3.5.0 and above, Plug and Play (PnP)		 More Info Coming Soon
Hardware Monitor: More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon Temperature: CPU, MB, Card side sensing
Fan: Tachometer, CPU Quiet Fan, Multi-Speed Control
Voltage: P0/P1 VDDCR_CPU0/1, VDDCR_SOC, VDD_18_DUAL, VDD_11_S3, VDDIO, +BAT, +12V, +3VSB, +5VSB		 More Info Coming Soon
Other Features: More Info Coming Soon Dual ROM architecture More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon
OS Support: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 or later
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS		 More Info Coming Soon Windows® Server, RedHat® Enterprise Linux, SuSE® Linux Enterprise Server, CentOS, Ubuntu, VMware
* Refer to https://servers.asus.com/support/os for the latest supported OS list		 More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon
Regulatory Compliance: More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon BSMI, CB, CE, FCC (Class A), RCM, VCCI More Info Coming Soon CE, FCC (Class A)
Weight: More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon Net: 42 kg (92.6 lbs)
Gross: 44.23 kg (97.5 lbs)		 More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon
Environment: Operating temperature: 10°C ~ 30°C (50°F ~ 86°F)
Operating humidity: 8% ~ 80% (non-condensing)
Non-operating temperature: -40°C ~ 60°C (-40°F ~ 140°F)
Non-operating humidity: 20% ~ 95% (non-condensing)		 More Info Coming Soon Operating temperature: 10°C ~ 35°C (50°F ~ 95°F)
Non-operating temperature: -40°C ~ 60°C (-40°F ~ 140°F)
Non-operating humidity: 20% ~ 95% (Non-condensing)
* Specifications are subject to change without notice.		 Operating temperature: 10°C ~ 30°C (50°F ~ 86°F)
Non-operating temperature: -40°C ~ 70°C (-40°F ~ 158°F)
Non-operating humidity: 20% ~ 90% (non-condensing)		 Operating temperature: 10°C ~ 35°C (50°F ~ 95°F)
Operating humidity: 8% ~ 85% (non-condensing)
Non-operating temperature: -30°C ~ 60°C (-22°F ~ 140°F)
Non-operating humidity: 8% ~ 90% (non-condensing)
Packaging Dimensions: 1200 × 800 × 444 mm
47.2" × 31.5" × 17.5"		 More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon
Package Contents: 1 × XL44-SX2-AAS1, 2 × CPU heatsinks, 4 × Carriers, 1 × L-shape Rail kit More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon 1 × Barebone, 1 × Quick guide, 1 × Slide rail kit, 2 × CPU coolers, 4 × CRPS PSUs, 4 × Chassis handles, 8 × PCIe CEM5 (12VHPWR) 16-pin power cables, 1 × Power cable for BlueField-3 DPU
Part Numbers: Barebone: 6NXL44SX2DR000AAS1*
Motherboard: 9MSX4MG1UR-000*
L-shape Rail kit: 25HB2-A96101-K0R
Backplane (CBPX060): 9CBPX060NR-00*
I/O board with M.2 (CFPX041): 9CFPX041NR-00*		 More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon
Optional Accessories: More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon More Info Coming Soon NVL Bridge Removal Tool
C19 power cords (various configurations available)