Detailed Specs Comparison

Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF vs. Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop

Here is a side by side comparison between Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF and Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop specs including price, processors, memory, graphics, storage, ports, and more.

BY Evan Forrest February 25, 2022

Specs Comparison

	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF See at Amazon	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop See at Amazon
Key Features
What's new	New 10th Intel Core Processors. Up to Intel Core i5-10600 (6 cores/ 12 threads). Up to AMD Radeon RX 640, (4GB GDDR6). Up to 64GB 2666MHz DDR4 memory Up to 200W with 80 Plus Platinum PSU.

Availability	Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop
Released	2020	2020
Release Info	Announced on September 3, 2020.
Pricing	$908.43 Pentium-G6500 4GB 500GB 7200rpm 3.5” HDD 200W PSU DVD+/-RW $1,027.14 i3-10105 8GB 256GB M.2 200W PSU DVD+/-RW $1,112.86 i5-10505 8GB 500GB 7200rpm 3.5” HDD 200W PSU DVD+/-RW $1,170.00 i5-10505 8GB 128GB M.2 200W PSU DVD+/-RW $1,198.57 i5-10505 8GB 256GB M.2 200W PSU DVD+/-RW $1,270.00 i5-10505 16GB 256GB M.2 200W PSU DVD+/-RW	Starting from $499.00 i3-10100 iGPU ODD 4GB 1TB HDD Wi-Fi 5 200W PSU
Generations	2021 Dell Optiplex 3090 SFF Compare 2020 Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF Current 2019 Dell Optiplex 3070 SFF Compare 2018 Dell Optiplex 3060 SFF Compare

Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF Price
	Dell OptiPlex 3080 Business Desktop Computer, Intel Core i5-10500 Processor up to 4.5GHz, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10 Pro, Small Form Factor (Renewed) By Dell $360.33	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 3000 3080 SFF Small Form Factor Desktop (2020) \| Core i5-1TB SSD - 16GB RAM \| 6 Cores @ 4.3 GHz - 10th Gen CPU Win 11 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $373.37	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 3080 Desktop SFF - Intel Core i5 10th Gen - i5-10500 - Six Core 4.5Ghz - 256GB SSD - 16GB RAM - Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $278.99	See at Amazon
Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop Price
	Dell Vostro 3681 Desktop \| Core i3-10105 - 256GB SSD Hard Drive - 8GB RAM \| 8 cores @ 4.4 GHz Win 11 Pro Black (Renewed) By Dell $378.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Vostro 3681 Desktop \| Core i3-10100 - 1TB SSD Hard Drive - 16GB RAM \| 4 cores @ 4.3 GHz Win 10 Pro Black (Renewed) By Dell $487.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Vostro 3910 Desktop Computer \| 12th Gen Intel 4-Core Processor \| 16GB DDR4 RAM \| 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD \| Intel UHD Graphics 730 \| WiFi 6 \| DVD-RW \| Display Port \| HDMI \| Windows 11 Pro By Dell $499.99	See at Amazon

Exterior	Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop
Size Comparison
Dimensions	11.42” x 11.53” x 3.65” (290 x 293 x 93 mm)	11.53 x 11.32 x 3.65” (292.8 x 290 x 92.6 mm)
Weight	Starting at 11.57 lb (5.25 kg)	7.76 - 10.28 lb (3.52 - 4.66 kg)
Colors	Black	Black
Keyboard and Trackpad	Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard English Dell KB522 Business Multimedia Keyboard (US) Dell KB813 Smart Card Keyboard (US) Dell Pro Wireless Keyboard and Mouse - KM5221W - English No Keyboard	Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard English Black Dell MS116 Wired Mouse Black
Ports	Front 2 x USB-A USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x Universal Audio Jack Rear 2 x USB-A USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) with Smart Power On. 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 Supports 4K@120Hz. 1 x HDMI 1.4b Supports 4K@24Hz or 1080p@120Hz. 1 x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet. 1 x Audio port Line-out audio port with re-tasking to Line-in (Rear). 1 x Kensington Lock Slot 1 x Power Connection Optional Ports 1 x Video Port Can be DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b, or VGA port. 1 x Serial/PS2 port	Front 2 x USB 2.0 port 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Type-A) port 1 x SD 4.0 media card reader (Optional) 1 x Universal Audio Jack Rear 1 x RJ-45 port 10/100/1000 Mbps 2 x USB 2.0 ports with Smart Power On 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Type-A) ports 1 x Line-out re-tasking Line-in audio port 1 x HDMI 1.4b 1 x VGA port 1 x Power supply unit

Chasis	Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop
Form Factor	Small Form Factor (SFF)	Small Form Factor (SFF)
Power Supply	200W 80+ Bronze 85% Efficiency 200W 80+ Platinum 92% Efficiency	200W Bronze
Optical Drives	8x DVD+/-RW 9.5mm ODD Optional.	Tray load DVD Drive Reads and Writes to DVD/CD

Internal Specs	Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop
Chipset	Intel® B460 Chipset	Intel B460 Chipset
Processor	10th Gen Intel® Celeron® G5900 2C/2T, 3.40 GHz, 2MB SmartCache, 58W 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6400 2C/4T, 4.00 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 58W 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6500 2C/4T, 4.10 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 58W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100 4C/8T, 3.60 → 4.30 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10105 4C/8T, 3.70 → 4.40 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10300 4C/8T, 3.70 → 4.40 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10305 4C/8T, 3.80 → 4.50 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10500 6C/12T, 3.10 → 4.50 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10505 6C/12T, 3.20 → 4.60 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10600 6C/12T, 3.30 → 4.80 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W	10th Gen Intel® Celeron® G5900 2C/2T, 3.40 GHz, 2MB SmartCache, 58W 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6400 2C/4T, 4.00 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 58W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100 4C/8T, 3.60 → 4.30 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400F 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700F 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W
Integrated Graphics	10th Gen Intel® Celeron® G5900 Intel® UHD Graphics 610 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6400 Intel® UHD Graphics 610 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6500 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10105 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10300 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10305 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10500 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10505 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10600 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz	10th Gen Intel® Celeron® G5900 Intel® UHD Graphics 610 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6400 Intel® UHD Graphics 610 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10100 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400F Not Available 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700F Not Available
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 730 - 2GB GDDR5 2 x DisplayPort 1.4 AMD® Radeon™ R5 430 - 2GB GDDR5 50W 2 x DisplayPort 1.4 RX 640 - 4GB GDDR5 50W 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 2 x mini DisplayPort ports	NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 730 - 2GB GDDR5
Memory	Memory Slots: 2 DIMM slots Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Memory Speed: 2666MHz Memory Configurations 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB	4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB Single or dual-channel DDR4 2666 MHz or 2933 MHz. 2 x UDIMM slots
Storage	256GB 512GB 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVME SSD 500GB 1TB 2TB 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm 2.5" SATA Hard Drive 1TB 2TB 4TB 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Hard Drive	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD 1TB 2TB 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Hard Drive
Slots	Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe x16 slot Half-height 1 x PCIe x1 slot Half-height SATA 2 x SATA slots For 2.5-inch HDD/SSD, and slim Optical Drive. M.2 1 x M.2 2230 slot For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card 1 x M.2 2230/2280 slot For SSD/Intel Optane	1 x half-height PCIe x16 2 x half-height PCIe x1 1 x M.2 2230 slot for WiFi and Bluetooth combo card 1 x M.2 2230/2280 slot for PCIe solid-state drive 2 x SATA slots for 3.5-inch HDD, 2.5-inch HDD/SSD/ODD

Connectivity	Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop
Wi-Fi	No Wireless LAN Card Intel 3165 Up to 867 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 4.2 Qualcomm QCA61x4a Up to 867 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 5.0 Intel AX200 Up to 2400 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-6 (802.11ax) Bluetooth 5.1	Realtek RTL8723DE Up to 150 Mbps 2.4 GHz WiFi-4 (802.11n) Bluetooth 4.2 Intel 3165 Up to 433 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 4.2 Intel 9260 Up to 1.73 Gbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 5.0
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth 5.1 Optional	Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet	Intel Realtek RTL8111HSD-CG Gigabit Ethernet controller Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.	Realtek 8111HS Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Software	Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop
OS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Upgradable to Windows 11 Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS NeoKylin 7.0 (China only)	Windows 10 Pro
Built-in Apps	Microsoft Office 30 Day Trial	Microsoft Office 30-day trial McAfee LiveSafe 12 Month Subscription Cyberlink Media Suite Essentials without Media

Camera & Audio	Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop
Audio	One 2W Speaker (optional) Audio controller Realtek ALC3246 4 Channel High Definition Audio Intel HDA (high-definition audio) External Ports 1 x Universal Audio Jack Front 1 x Audio port Line-out audio port with re-tasking to Line-in (Rear).	Audio controller Realtek ALC3246 External Ports 1 x Universal audio jack (front) 1 x Line-out re-tasking Line-in audio jack (rear)

Misc	Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF	Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop
Warranty	3 Years Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis	1 Year Hardware Service with Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis

Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF vs. Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop

The Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF and the Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop were released in the same year, 2020. The Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF has a small form factor that commonly can only fit a Mini ITX motherboard, one or two hard disk drives, and supports only a small form factor or half-height graphics card. The Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop has a mini tower form factor that can fit a micro ATX and Mini ITX motherboard, a few hard disk drives, and a single full-height graphics card.

Processor

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is like the brains of your desktop computer. Its performance determines how fast and responsive your PC is. Generally, a processor with newer architecture, more CPU cores, higher TDP (measured in W), and faster clock speed (measured in GHz) tends to be more expensive and run faster than others with older architecture, fewer CPU cores, lower TDP, and lower clock speed.

For Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF, you have options to configure it with a 58W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake dual-core Intel Celeron G5900 up to a 65W 6-core Intel Core i5-10600 with a boost speed up to 4.80 GHz.

While Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop has configurations with a 58W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake dual-core Intel Celeron G5900 up to a 65W 8-core Intel Core i7-10700F with a boost speed up to 4.80 GHz.

Memory

The Random Access Memory or RAM is the super-fast and temporary storage used to handle all active tasks, apps, and games that will go away when your PC turns off. The more memory your PC has, the better multitasking your PC can handle without having to reload data from slower permanent storage that includes the hard disk drive or solid-state drive.

Both PCs have the same amount of two RAM slots meaning that you upgrade later if you are unsatisfied with the amount of memory on your PC. You can upgrade memory on Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF up to 64GB of 2666MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. For Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop, it supports up to 64GB of 2933MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory.

Ports

Computer ports are the interface for connecting your PC to its peripheral devices or other PCs. The most common peripherals are keyboard, mouse, monitor, flash drive, speaker, and printer. Most of them use Universal Serial Bus (USB) as their connection to your computer. So the PC with more USB ports can connect to more peripherals at the same time.

There is a total number of 8 USB ports available on both PCs. On top of the number of USB ports, the type and version of each USB port are also necessary for determining how fast it is.

The Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF has eight USB ports USB ports that all of them are Type-A port. It has four ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and four ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).

For Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop, it has eight USB ports that all of which are USB Type-A. The PC has four ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and four ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).

Pricing

Dell Optiplex 3080 SFF Price
	Dell OptiPlex 3080 Business Desktop Computer, Intel Core i5-10500 Processor up to 4.5GHz, 16GB RAM, 512GB PCIe SSD, Windows 10 Pro, Small Form Factor (Renewed) By Dell $360.33	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 3000 3080 SFF Small Form Factor Desktop (2020) \| Core i5-1TB SSD - 16GB RAM \| 6 Cores @ 4.3 GHz - 10th Gen CPU Win 11 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $373.37	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 3080 Desktop SFF - Intel Core i5 10th Gen - i5-10500 - Six Core 4.5Ghz - 256GB SSD - 16GB RAM - Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $278.99	See at Amazon
Dell Vostro 3681 Small Desktop Price
	Dell Vostro 3681 Desktop \| Core i3-10105 - 256GB SSD Hard Drive - 8GB RAM \| 8 cores @ 4.4 GHz Win 11 Pro Black (Renewed) By Dell $378.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Vostro 3681 Desktop \| Core i3-10100 - 1TB SSD Hard Drive - 16GB RAM \| 4 cores @ 4.3 GHz Win 10 Pro Black (Renewed) By Dell $487.99	See at Amazon
	Dell Vostro 3910 Desktop Computer \| 12th Gen Intel 4-Core Processor \| 16GB DDR4 RAM \| 256GB SSD + 1TB HDD \| Intel UHD Graphics 730 \| WiFi 6 \| DVD-RW \| Display Port \| HDMI \| Windows 11 Pro By Dell $499.99	See at Amazon