Side-by-side specifications of the Synology DS112 and DS116, from official datasheets. Differences are highlighted.
| DS112 | DS116 | |
| CPU | Marvell Kirkwood 88F6282 | Marvell ARMADA 385 88F6820 1.8GHz |
| Cores / threads | 1/1 | 2c |
| RAM (base) | 256 MB | 1GB DDR3 |
| RAM (max) | 256 MB | 1GB |
| Drive bays | 1 | 1 |
| Expandable to | 0 | 0 |
| M.2 slots | 0 | 0 |
| Network | 1x Gigabit | 1x 1GbE |
| 10GbE | no | no |
| Max raw capacity | 4 TB | 8TB |
| Hot-swap | no | unknown |
| Form factor | desktop | 1-bay desktop NAS |
| Released | 2012 | 2016 |