AMD EPYC 7232P vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7232P and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD EPYC 7232P

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7232P

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 20% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17731 vs 14717

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	7 Aug 2019 vs 29 June 2017
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
L3 cache	32 MB vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	17731 vs 14717

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Around 15% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2029 vs 1767

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
L1 cache	768 KB vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2029 vs 1767

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7232P
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1767

2029

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

17731

14717

Name	AMD EPYC 7232P	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
PassMark - Single thread mark	1767	2029
PassMark - CPU mark	17731	14717
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3895
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		19348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		45.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		12.042

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 7232P	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen 2	Zen
Launch date	7 Aug 2019	29 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$450
OPN PIB	100-100000081WOF
OPN Tray	100-000000081	YD170BBBM88AE
Place in performance rating	1179	1037
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Family		AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors
Performance
Base frequency	3.1 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	512 KB	768 KB
L2 cache	4 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	32 MB	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm, 14 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	3.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of threads	16	16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size		192 mm
Maximum core temperature		95°C
Transistor count		4800 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	8	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	190.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	4 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-3200	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Socket Count	1P
Sockets supported	SP3	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	120 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	128
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0 x16
PCIe configurations	x16, x8
Security & Reliability
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
TSM Encryption
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)