Side-by-side specifications of the Synology DS1813+ and DS3612xs, from official datasheets. Differences are highlighted.
| DS1813+ | DS3612xs | |
| CPU | Intel Atom D2700 | Intel Xeon |
| Cores / threads | 2C/4T | 4-core |
| RAM (base) | 1GB | 2 GB |
| RAM (max) | 4GB | 6 GB |
| Drive bays | 8 | 12 |
| Expandable to | 10 | 12 |
| M.2 slots | 0 | 0 |
| Network | 4x GbE | 4x GbE |
| 10GbE | no | optional |
| Max raw capacity | 72TB | 100 TB |
| Hot-swap | yes | yes |
| Form factor | desktop | tower |
| Released | 2013 | 2012 |