Especificaciones de los Synology DS115j y DS116 en paralelo, de las fichas técnicas oficiales. Las diferencias están resaltadas.
| DS115j | DS116 | |
| CPU | Marvell Armada 370 800 MHz | Marvell ARMADA 385 88F6820 1.8GHz |
| Núcleos / hilos | 1 core / 1 thread | 2 cores / 2 threads |
| RAM (base) | 256 MB DDR3 | 1GB DDR3 |
| RAM (máx.) | 256 MB | 1GB |
| Bahías | 1 | 1 |
| Ampliable a | 0 | 0 |
| Ranuras M.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Red | 1 x Gigabit Ethernet | 1 x Gigabit RJ-45 |
| 10GbE | no | no |
| Capacidad bruta máx. | 5 TB | 8TB |
| Intercambio en caliente | no | no |
| Formato | Desktop | Desktop |
| Lanzamiento | 2015 | 2016 |
| Consumo | 14.5 W / 3.85 W | — |
| DSM de lanzamiento | — | — |
Pick the DS116 if you want a noticeably faster NAS: it has a 1.8 GHz dual-core CPU and 1 GB RAM max, versus the DS115j’s much weaker 800 MHz single-core CPU and 256 MB RAM. Both are single-bay units with no expansion, no 10GbE, and no M.2, so the DS116’s real advantage is just much better performance for the same basic form factor.