Detailed Specs Comparison

Lenovo Legion T730 vs. Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF

Here is a side by side comparison between Lenovo Legion T730 and Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF 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 Lenovo Legion T730 See at Amazon	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF See at Amazon
Key Features
What's new	Intel® Z370 Chipset. Supports 8th/9th Generation Intel® Coffee Lake Desktop Processors. Up to 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900K 8C/16T, 3.60 → 5.00 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 95W TDP. Up to AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 XT with 8GB GDDR6 VRAM. Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 2080 SUPER with 8GB GDDR6 VRAM. Up to 1 x 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 SSD. Up to 2 x 2TB 3.5” 7200 RPM HDD. Up to 32GB dual-channel 3200MHz DDR4 Memory. More Features Dolby Atmos® Effect and Sound Radar. Up to Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 4.1. Full internal RGB system lighting (over 16.8 million color combinations). Up to 130W Air-Cooler or 130W Liquid-Cooler.	Intel Q370 Chipset 9th Gen Intel Coffe Lake Processors Up to Intel® Core™ i7-9700 (8C/8T, 3.00 → 4.70 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W) Up to 64GB 2666MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory Up to NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 with 2GB of GDDR5 VRAM. Up to AMD Radeon RX 550 with 4GB of GDDR5 VRAM. Up to 200W 80 Plus Platinum PSU. Up to Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5 More Features Optional 3-in-1 SD card reader. Optional optical disc drive. Up to three display outputs (VGA + HDMI + DP).

Availability	Lenovo Legion T730	Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF
Released	2019	2019
Release Info	Announced on February 20, 2019.	Announced on June 01, 2019.
Applicable Models	Lenovo Legion T730 2019 Lenovo Legion T730 Lenovo Legion T730-28ICO
Generations		2021 Dell Optiplex 5090 SFF Compare 2020 Dell Optiplex 5080 SFF Compare 2019 Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF Current 2018 Dell Optiplex 5060 SFF Compare

Lenovo Legion T730 Desktop Price
	Lenovo Legion Ryzen 7 RTX 4070 Super Ultimate Gaming Desktop. AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (Beats Intel i7-13700H), RTX 4070 Super, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, Wired KB & Mouse, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Home By Lenovo $1,999.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion T5 Gen 8 Gaming Tower Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 7700(Beat i9), NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super 12GB GDDR6X, 32 GB DDR5, 2 TB SSD, WiFi 6E, BT5.3, Windows 11 Pro, Office Pro Lifetime, KB & Mouse Set By Lenovo $2,399.99	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, 4TB SSD, HDMl, DP, RJ-45, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Home, Grey By Lenovo $2,398.00	See at Amazon
Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF Price
	Dell OptiPlex 5070 Small Form Factor PC, Intel Hexa Core i5-9500 up to 4.4GHz, 16G DDR4, 512G SSD, Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit-Multi-Language Supports English/Spanish/French(Renewed) By Dell $229.50 Was: $254.00	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 5070 SFF Desktop Computer PC Small Form, Intel Core i5-9500T, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Displayport, Keyboard & Mouse Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $249.98	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 5070-SFF, Core i7-9700 3.0GHz, 32GB RAM, 1TB M.2-NVMe, Windows 11 Pro 64Bit, (Renewed) By Dell $375.00	See at Amazon

Exterior	Lenovo Legion T730	Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF
Size Comparison
Dimensions	14.29 x 16.06 x 7.26 inches (363 x 408 x 184.5 mm)	11.4” x 11.5” x 3.7” (292 x 290 x 92.6 mm)
Weight	26.46 lbs (12 kg)	12.82 lbs. (5.81 kg)
Colors	Raven Black	Black
Keyboard and Trackpad	Keyboard Lenovo Calliope Keyboard (USB connector), black Lenovo Keyboard (USB connector), black Mouse Lenovo Calliope Mouse (USB connector), black Lenovo Mouse (USB connector), black	Dell Wired Mouse and Keyboard
Ports	Top 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x Microphone 3.5mm jack. 1 x Headset Headphone and microphone combo 3.5mm jack. Rear 6 x USB-A 2 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet port. 1 x Headset Headphone and microphone combo 3.5mm jack. 1 x Power Connector	Front 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps). 3 x USB-A 1 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). 1 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) with PowerShare. 1 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x Universal Audio Jack 1 x SD Card Reader Optional Rear 6 x USB-A 2 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). 4 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 2 x DisplayPort 1.2 Supports 4K@75Hz or 1080p@240Hz. 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 , HDMI 2.0b, or VGA port. 1 x Serial/PS2 port

Chasis	Lenovo Legion T730	Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF
Form Factor	Tower (28L)	Small Form Factor (7.8L)
Power Supply	450W 500W 625W	200W 80+ Bronze 85% Efficiency 200W 80+ Platinum 92% Efficiency
Bays	1 x slim ODD bay 2 x 3.5" disk bay
Optical Drives	Optional Tray load DVD Drive Reads and Writes to DVD/CD	8x DVD+/-RW 9.5mm Optical Disk Drive Optional. 8x DVD-ROM 9.5mm Optical Disk Drive Optional.
Chasis Information	Cooling System (Fan&Cooler) (Optional) Front system fan, rear system fan for airflow or liquid (Optional) 65W Air-Cooler with Legion cooler light, 130W Air-Cooler or 130W Liquid-Cooler System Lighting Full internal RGB system lighting (over 16.8 million color combinations)

Internal Specs	Lenovo Legion T730	Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF
Chipset	Intel Z370 Chipset	Intel® Q370 Chipset
Processor	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8400 6C/6T, 2.80 → 4.00 GHz, 9MB SmartCache, 65W 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8700 6C/12T, 3.20 → 4.60 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8700K 6C/12T, 3.70 → 4.70 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 95W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700 8C/8T, 3.00 → 4.70 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700K 8C/8T, 3.60 → 4.90 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 95W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900 8C/16T, 3.10 → 5.00 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900K 8C/16T, 3.60 → 5.00 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 95W	Intel® Pentium® Gold G5420 2C/4T, 3.80 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 54W Intel® Pentium® Gold G5600 2C/4T, 3.90 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 54W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-9100 4C/4T, 3.60 → 4.20 GHz, 6MB SmartCache, 65W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-9300 4C/4T, 3.70 → 4.30 GHz, 8MB SmartCache, 62W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9400 6C/6T, 2.90 → 4.10 GHz, 9MB SmartCache, 65W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9500 6C/6T, 3.00 → 4.40 GHz, 9MB SmartCache, 65W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700 8C/8T, 3.00 → 4.70 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W
Integrated Graphics	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8700 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8700K Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700K Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900K Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz	Intel® Pentium® Gold G5420 Intel® UHD Graphics 610 12 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz Intel® Pentium® Gold G5600 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-9100 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i3-9300 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 23 Execution Units, 350 → 1150 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-9500 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 - 3GB GDDR5 GTX 1060 - 6GB GDDR5 RTX™ 2060 CD - 6GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2060 - 6GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2060 SUPER - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2070 CD - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2070 - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2070 SUPER - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2080 - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2080 Ti - 11GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2080 SUPER - 8GB GDDR6 AMD® Radeon™ RX 570 - 4GB GDDR5 RX 5700 XT - 8GB GDDR6	NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 730 - 2GB GDDR5 AMD® Radeon™ R5 430 - 2GB GDDR5 RX 550 - 4GB GDDR5
Memory	4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB Memory Slots: 2 DIMM slots Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Memory Speed: 2666 MHz 2666 MHz XMP 3200 MHz XMP Memory Per Slot: 4GB 8GB 16GB	4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB Memory Slots: 4 DIMM slots Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Memory Speed: 2400MHz - On Intel Celeron, Pentium, and Core i3 processors. 2666MHz - On Intel Core i5 and i7 processors. Memory Per Slot: 4GB 8GB 16GB
Storage	128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB M.2 PCIe 3.0 NVME SSD 1TB 2TB 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Hard Drive	Up to 1TB M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 NVME SSD Up to 500GB 1TB 2TB 7200 rpm 3.5" or 2.5" SATA Hard Drive
Slots	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	Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe x16 slot PCIe Gen 3 x16, Half-height 1 x PCIe x4 slot PCIe Gen 3 x4, Half-height SATA 3 x SATA slots 1 x SATA Gen 2 for slim Optical Drive. 2 x SATA Gen 3 for 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch HDD/SSD. 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

Connectivity	Lenovo Legion T730	Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF
Wi-Fi	No Wireless LAN Card Wi-Fi 5 Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 4.1	No Wireless LAN Card Qualcomm QCA9377 Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 4.1 Qualcomm QCA61x4a Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 4.2 Intel Wireless-AC 9560 Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 5
Bluetooth	Optional Bluetooth 4.1	Bluetooth 4.1 Bluetooth 4.2 Bluetooth 5 Optional
Ethernet	Realtek RTL8118AS Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.	Intel i219-V Gigabit1 Ethernet controller Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps, Supports Wake Up, PXE support.

Software	Lenovo Legion T730	Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF
OS	Windows 10 Home \| Pro FreeDOS	Windows 10 Home Pro Pro National Academic Home National Academic China Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Neokylin v6.0
Built-in Apps	Lenovo Vantage McAfee LiveSafe™ Microsoft Office Trial2 Microsoft LinkedIn PowerDVD/Power2Go Lenovo PC Manager Lenovo Antivirus Microsoft Office 2016 Home and Student Microsoft LinkedIn	Microsoft Office 30 Day Trial

Camera & Audio	Lenovo Legion T730	Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF
Audio	Realtek ALC233 codec High Definition (HD) Audio Dolby Atmos® Effect and Sound Radar No speakers	One 2W Speaker Audio controller Realtek ALC3234 External Ports 1 x Universal Audio Jack Front 1 x Audio port Line-out audio port with re-tasking to Line-in (Rear).

Misc	Lenovo Legion T730	Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF
Security	BIOS Security Power-on password Administrator password
Warranty	1-year mail-in service 1-year depot service 1-year limited onsite service 2-year depot service	Limited Hardware Warranty

Lenovo Legion T730 vs. Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF

The Lenovo Legion T730 and the Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF were released in the same year, 2019. The Lenovo Legion T730 has a full-tower form factor that can accommodate a large motherboard, multiple graphics cards, extra storage, and better cooling solution. The Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF 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 Lenovo Legion T730, you have options to configure it with a 65W 8th Generation Intel Coffee Lake 6-core Intel Core i5-8400 up to a 95W 8-core Intel Core i9-9900K with a boost speed up to 5.00 GHz.

While Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF has configurations with a 54W Intel Coffee Lake dual-core Intel Pentium Gold G5420 up to a 65W 8-core Intel Core i7-9700 with a boost speed up to 4.70 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 Lenovo Legion T730 has two RAM slots that support up to 32GB of 2666MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. On the other hand, the Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF has four RAM slots that you can upgrade up to 64GB 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 8 USB ports available on the Lenovo Legion T730, two less than the Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF that has 10 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 Lenovo Legion T730 has eight USB ports USB ports that all of them are Type-A port. It has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and six ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).

For Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF, it has nine USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. The PC 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).

Pricing

Lenovo Legion T730 Desktop Price
	Lenovo Legion Ryzen 7 RTX 4070 Super Ultimate Gaming Desktop. AMD Ryzen 7 7700 (Beats Intel i7-13700H), RTX 4070 Super, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, Wired KB & Mouse, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Home By Lenovo $1,999.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion T5 Gen 8 Gaming Tower Desktop PC, AMD Ryzen 7700(Beat i9), NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super 12GB GDDR6X, 32 GB DDR5, 2 TB SSD, WiFi 6E, BT5.3, Windows 11 Pro, Office Pro Lifetime, KB & Mouse Set By Lenovo $2,399.99	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, 4TB SSD, HDMl, DP, RJ-45, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Home, Grey By Lenovo $2,398.00	See at Amazon
Dell Optiplex 5070 SFF Price
	Dell OptiPlex 5070 Small Form Factor PC, Intel Hexa Core i5-9500 up to 4.4GHz, 16G DDR4, 512G SSD, Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit-Multi-Language Supports English/Spanish/French(Renewed) By Dell $229.50 Was: $254.00	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 5070 SFF Desktop Computer PC Small Form, Intel Core i5-9500T, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 256GB SSD, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Displayport, Keyboard & Mouse Windows 10 Pro (Renewed) By Dell $249.98	See at Amazon
	Dell OptiPlex 5070-SFF, Core i7-9700 3.0GHz, 32GB RAM, 1TB M.2-NVMe, Windows 11 Pro 64Bit, (Renewed) By Dell $375.00	See at Amazon