Detailed Specs Comparison

Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower vs. Lenovo Legion T530

Here is a side by side comparison between Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower and Lenovo Legion T530 specs including price, processors, memory, graphics, storage, ports, and more.

BY Evan Forrest February 26, 2022

Specs Comparison

	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower See at Amazon	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Lenovo Legion T530 See at Amazon
Key Features
What's new	New 10th and 11th Gen Intel Core Processors. Up to Intel Core i7-11700 (8 cores/ 16 threads). Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Super, (6GB GDDR6). Up to 64GB 3200MHz DDR4 memory. Up to 128GB 2933MHz DD4 memory.

Availability	Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower	Lenovo Legion T530
Released	2021	2018
Release Info	Announced on May 28, 2021.	Originally released in 2018 Updated in 2019 and 2020 for up to date specs
Pricing	10th Gen Intel Processor $1,341.43 i5-10505 8GB 256GB M.2 260W PSU DVD+/-RW $1,655.71 i7-10700 16GB 1TB 3.5” HDD 260W PSU DVD+/-RW 11th Gen Intel Processor $1,329.00 i5-11500 8GB 500GB 3.5” HDD 260W PSU
Generations	2021 Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower Current 2020 Dell Optiplex 5080 Tower Compare 2019 Dell Optiplex 5070 Tower Compare 2018 Dell Optiplex 5060 Tower Compare

Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower Price
	Dell OptiPlex 5090 Tower Desktop Computer, Intel Core i9-11900K, 64GB RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD, DVD-RW, WiFi, Bluetooth, Windows 11 Pro, Black By Dell $1,119.99	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 5000 5090 Desktop Computer - Intel Core i5 10th Gen i5-10505 Hexa-core (6 Core) 3.20 GHz - 8 GB RAM DDR4 SDRAM - 256 GB M.2 PCI Express NVMe 3.0 x4 SSD - Small Form Factor By Dell $547.00	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 5090 Tower Desktop Computer, Intel Core i9-11900K, 64GB RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD, DVD-RW, WiFi, Bluetooth, Windows 11 Pro, Black (Renewed) By Dell $999.99	See at Amazon
Lenovo Legion T530 Desktop Price
	Lenovo Legion T5 Gen 8 Gaming Tower Desktop, AMD Ryzen 7 7700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB WD_Black SSD, HDMI, RJ-45, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Home, Grey By Lenovo $1,760.07 Was: $2,095.00	See at Amazon
	LENOVO Legion T5 Ultimate Gaming Tower Desktop, Intel Core i7-13700F, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, HDMI, Display Ports, Wired Keyboard&Mouse, Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11 Home, Black By LENOVO $1,599.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion T5 Gen 8 Gaming Tower Desktop, 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700F Processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD, HDMl, DP, RJ-45, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Home, Grey By Lenovo $1,879.99	See at Amazon

Exterior	Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower	Lenovo Legion T530
Size Comparison
Dimensions	11.53” x 12.75” x 6.06” (293 x 324 x 154 mm)	17.95 x 17.32 x 7.26 (456 x 440 x 184.5 mm)
Weight	Up to 15.96 lb (7.24 kg)	26.46 lbs (12 kg)
Colors	Black	Raven Black
Keyboard and Trackpad	Dell KB216 Wired Keyboard English Dell Pro Wireless Keyboard and Mouse - KM5221W - English Dell KB522 Business Multimedia Keyboard (US) Dell KB813 Smart Card Keyboard (US) No Keyboard Selected	Keyboard Lenovo Calliope Keyboard (USB connector), black Lenovo Keyboard (USB connector), black Mouse Lenovo Calliope Mouse (USB connector), black Lenovo Mouse (USB connector), black
Ports	Front 1 x USB-A USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). 1 x USB-A USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) with Powershare. 1 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps). 1 x SD 4.0 Card Slot Optional. 1 x Universal Audio Jack Rear 2 x USB-A USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) with Smart Power On. 4 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 2 x DisplayPort DisplayPort 1.4 supports 4K@120Hz. 1 x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet. 1 x Audio Jack Re-tasking Line out/Line in audio port. 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	Top 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (Type-A) port 1 x microphone (3.5mm) 1 x headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm) Rear 2 x USB 2.0 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 2 1 x Ethernet (RJ-45) 1 x headphone / microphone combo jack (3.5mm) 1 x power connector

Chasis	Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower	Lenovo Legion T530
Form Factor	Mini Tower	Tower (28L)
Power Supply	260W 80+ Bronze 85% Efficiency 300W 80+ Platinum 92% Efficiency 360W 80+ Platinum 92% Efficiency	280W 350W 400W 450W 500W
Bays		1 x slim ODD bay 2 x 3.5" disk bay
Optical Drives	8x DVD+/-RW 9.5mm ODD Optional.	Tray load DVD Drive Reads and Writes to DVD/CD
Chasis Information		System Lighting Red internal system lighting Cooling System (Optional) Rear system fan (Optional) Front system fan, rear system fan (Optional) Two front system fan, one rear system fan (Optional) 65W Air-Cooler Chasis Features Carry Handle

Internal Specs	Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower	Lenovo Legion T530
Chipset	Intel® Q570 Chipset	Intel B360 Chipset
Processor	10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6405 2C/4T, 4.10 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 58W 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6505 2C/4T, 4.20 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 58W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10105 4C/8T, 3.70 → 4.40 GHz, 6MB 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® Core™ i7-10700 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11400 6C/12T, 2.60 → 4.40 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11500 6C/12T, 2.70 → 4.60 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11600 6C/12T, 2.80 → 4.80 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11700 8C/16T, 2.50 → 4.90 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-8100 4C/4T, 3.60 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 65W 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8400 6C/6T, 2.80 → 4.00 GHz, 9MB SmartCache, 65W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9400 6C/6T, 2.90 → 4.10 GHz, 9MB SmartCache, 65W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9400F 6C/6T, 2.90 → 4.10 GHz, 9MB SmartCache, 65W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700 8C/8T, 3.00 → 4.70 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700F 8C/8T, 3.00 → 4.70 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900 8C/16T, 3.10 → 5.00 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W
Integrated Graphics	10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6405 Intel® UHD Graphics 610 350 → 1050 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Pentium® Gold G6505 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-10105 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 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® Core™ i7-10700 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11400 Intel® UHD Graphics 730 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1300 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11500 Intel® UHD Graphics 750 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1300 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11600 Intel® UHD Graphics 750 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1300 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11700 Intel® UHD Graphics 750 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1300 MHz	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-8100 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9400F Not Available 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700F Not Available 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 SUPER™ - 6GB GDDR6 125W 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 1 x HDMI 2.0b 1 x DVI-D AMD® Radeon™ 540 - 4GB GDDR5 50W 1 x HDMI 1.4 1 x DisplayPort 550 - 4GB GDDR5 50W 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 2 x mini DisplayPort ports RX 640 - 4GB GDDR5 50W 1 x DisplayPort 1.4 2 x mini DisplayPort ports	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 - 2GB GDDR5 GTX 1050 Ti - 4GB GDDR5 GTX 1060 - 3GB GDDR5 GTX 1060 - 6GB GDDR5 GTX 1650 - 4GB GDDR6 GTX 1660 - 6GB GDDR6 GTX 1660 SUPER™ - 6GB GDDR6 GTX 1660 Ti - 6GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2060 - 6GB GDDR6 RTX 2060 SUPER™ - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2070 - 8GB GDDR6 AMD® Radeon™ RX 570 - 4GB GDDR5 RX 5500 - 4GB GDDR6 RX 5700 XT - 8GB GDDR6
Memory	Memory Slots: 4 DIMM slots Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Memory Speed: 2666MHz 2933MHz 3200MHz Memory Configurations 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 2666 MHz for 10th Gen Intel Core i3/i5 CPU 2933 MHz for 10th Gen Intel Core i7/i9 CPU 3200 MHz for 11th Gen Intel Core CPU 128GB 2666 MHz for 10th Gen Intel Core i3/i5 CPU 2933 MHz for 10th Gen Intel Core i7/i9 CPU 2933 MHz for 11th Gen Intel Core CPU	8GB 16GB 32GB Single or dual-channel DDR4 2400 MHz or 2666 MHz. 2 x DDR4 UDIMM slots, dual-channel capable
Storage	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB 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	128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB M.2 PCIe 3.0 NVME SSD 1TB 2TB 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Hard Drive
Slots	Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe x16 slot PCIe Gen 4, Full-height 1 x PCIe x4 slot PCIe Gen 4, Full-height 2 x PCIe x1 slots Full-height SATA 4 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 PCIe 3.0 x16 Full-length (< 312mm) full-height (< 111mm) 1 x M.2 2230 slot for WiFi and Bluetooth combo card 1 x M.2 2230/2280 slot for PCIe solid-state drive

Connectivity	Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower	Lenovo Legion T530
Wi-Fi	No Wireless LAN Card Qualcomm QCA9377 (DW1810) Up to 433 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 5.0 Qualcomm QCA61x4a Up to 867 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 5.0 Intel AX201 Up to 2400 Mbps Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-6 (802.11ax) Bluetooth 5.1	Optional M.2 Wireless Card 802.11ac 1x1 Wi-Fi 802.11ac 2x2 Wi-Fi
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0 Bluetooth 5.1 Optional	Optional Bluetooth 4.1
Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet controller Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.	Realtek RTL8118AS Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Software	Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower	Lenovo Legion T530
OS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro Upgradable to Windows 11 Ubuntu Linux 20.04 LTS NeoKylin 7.0 (China only)	Windows 10 Home
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 5090 Tower	Lenovo Legion T530
Audio	One 2W Speaker (optional) Audio controller Realtek ALC3246 4 Channel High Definition Audio 24-bit DAC (Digital-to-Analog) and ADC (Analog-to-Digital) External Ports 1 x Universal Audio Jack Front 1 x Audio port Line-out audio port with re-tasking to Line-in (Rear).	Realtek ALC233 codec High Definition (HD) Audio

Misc	Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower	Lenovo Legion T530
Security		BIOS Security Power-on password Administrator password
Warranty	3-Year Basic Onsite Service	1-year mail-in service 1-year depot service 1-year limited onsite service 2-year depot service

Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower vs. Lenovo Legion T530

The Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower is a newer system that was released in 2021, while the Lenovo Legion T530 was released three years earlier in 2018. The Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower 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. The Lenovo Legion T530 has a full-tower form factor that can accommodate a large motherboard, multiple graphics cards, extra storage, and better cooling solution.

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 5090 Tower, you have options to configure it with a 58W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake dual-core Intel Pentium Gold G6405 up to a 65W 8-core Intel Core i7-11700 with a boost speed up to 4.90 GHz.

While Lenovo Legion T530 has configurations with a 65W 8th Generation Intel Coffee Lake quad-core Intel Core i3-8100 up to a 65W 8-core Intel Core i9-9900 with a boost speed up to 5.00 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.

Fortunately, both PC allows you to upgrade later if you are unsatisfied with the amount of memory on your PC. The Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower has four RAM slots that support up to 64GB of 3200MHz or 128GB of 2933 MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. On the other hand, the Lenovo Legion T530 has two RAM slots that you can upgrade up to 32GB of 2666MHz 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 10 USB ports available on the Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower, two more than the Lenovo Legion T530 that has only 8 USB ports. 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 5090 Tower has nine USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. It has four ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), five ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), and one port that supports USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps).

For Lenovo Legion T530, it has seven USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. The PC has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps), four ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), and two ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps).

Pricing

Dell Optiplex 5090 Tower Price
	Dell OptiPlex 5090 Tower Desktop Computer, Intel Core i9-11900K, 64GB RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD, DVD-RW, WiFi, Bluetooth, Windows 11 Pro, Black By Dell $1,119.99	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 5000 5090 Desktop Computer - Intel Core i5 10th Gen i5-10505 Hexa-core (6 Core) 3.20 GHz - 8 GB RAM DDR4 SDRAM - 256 GB M.2 PCI Express NVMe 3.0 x4 SSD - Small Form Factor By Dell $547.00	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 5090 Tower Desktop Computer, Intel Core i9-11900K, 64GB RAM, 2TB NVMe SSD, DVD-RW, WiFi, Bluetooth, Windows 11 Pro, Black (Renewed) By Dell $999.99	See at Amazon
Lenovo Legion T530 Desktop Price
	Lenovo Legion T5 Gen 8 Gaming Tower Desktop, AMD Ryzen 7 7700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB WD_Black SSD, HDMI, RJ-45, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Home, Grey By Lenovo $1,760.07 Was: $2,095.00	See at Amazon
	LENOVO Legion T5 Ultimate Gaming Tower Desktop, Intel Core i7-13700F, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, HDMI, Display Ports, Wired Keyboard&Mouse, Wi-Fi 6E, Windows 11 Home, Black By LENOVO $1,599.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion T5 Gen 8 Gaming Tower Desktop, 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700F Processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD, HDMl, DP, RJ-45, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Home, Grey By Lenovo $1,879.99	See at Amazon