Dell Precision 3630, Core i5-8500, 16GB, 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD, GTX 1660 Super, Black
CPU Intel Core i5-8500
RAM 16 GB
Storage 1280 GB
GPU NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super
Form Factor tower
OS Windows 11 Pro
43 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
- Strong gpu (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average port selection (22nd percentile)
- Below average social proof (27th percentile)
- Below average cpu (30th percentile)
- Below average ram (32nd percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8500 |
| Cores | 6 |
| Frequency | 3.0 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 9 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super |
| Type | Discrete |
| VRAM | 6 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR5 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage 1 | 256 GB |
| Storage 1 Type | SSD |
| Storage 2 | 1 TB |
| Storage 2 Type | HDD |
Build
| Form Factor | tower |
Connectivity
| HDMI | HDMI + Display Port |
| DisplayPort | HDMI + Display Port |
| Ethernet | Ethernet Port (RJ-45) |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Dell Precision 3630 | Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra | HP OmniDesk M02-0234 | Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US | MSI Codex Z2 A8NVL-484US | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8500 | Apple M3 Ultra | AMD Ryzen 7 8700G | Intel Core Ultra 7 255H | AMD Ryzen 7 8700F | AMD Ryzen 7 255 |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 96 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1280 | 1024 | 1536 | 2048 | 2048 | 1024 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super | Apple M3 Ultra 60-core | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel Arc Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | AMD Radeon 780M |
| Form Factor | tower | sff | mini-tower | aio | mid-tower | mini |
| Psu W | - | - | 280 | 170 | 650 | 120 |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Precision 3630 | 29.9 | 69.8 | 31.7 | 22 | 48 | 70 | 26.8 |
| Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra Compare | 99.7 | 76 | 95.7 | 93.8 | 53.7 | 99.3 | 86.3 |
| HP OmniDesk M02-0234 Compare | 72 | 63.1 | 51.4 | 94.7 | 80 | 70 | 98.2 |
| Lenovo Yoga AIO F0J20012US Compare | 70.6 | 58.7 | 57.7 | 60.6 | 83 | 70 | 98.2 |
| MSI Codex Z2 A8NVL-484US Compare | 69.8 | 78.1 | 56.7 | 87.1 | 90.2 | 37.4 | 88.9 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 65.3 | 63.1 | 81.8 | 65.2 | 53.7 | 11.6 | 94.4 |
Price
Value & Pricing
We started tracking prices for this product on May 26, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall43.2
- AI/LLM24.2
- Gaming48.1
- Portability22
- Creator43.5
- Business43.2
- Developer35.6
- Home Office41
- Workstation40.3
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Other Configurations27
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