Abstarct: All structures must be constructed on a reliable surface and have reasonable settlements. Obviously the ground is not firm enough to endure massive loads and the solution is to use foundations in order to reduce soil settlements. Although tha main perpose of using pile foundations is to endure vertical loads, but almost every pile is subjected to lateral loads and bending moments too. In some cases lateral load is negligible, but in structures such as offshore platforms the lateral load is dominant. So any failing in design will cause serious damages. In this research we present the results of model pile load tests performed to assess the influence of driving energy and the pile tip on the lateral response of piles driven in a fine grained dense soil. Using a drop hammer, a circular model pile was driven into large-scale soil samples prepared in a cylindrical steel tank with constant density using dry compaction method. Lateral load tests were performed on the model pile. The results showed that drivability of open-ended pile is at least 60% more than closed-ended pile, Although the influence of driving energy for a single pile is negligible, the lateral capacity of open-ended pile is more than closed-ended pile.