AMD Opteron 4284 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 4284 and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 4284

  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
L2 cache 8 MB vs 4 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
  • Around 35% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 70.50°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 56% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2131 vs 1369
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15612 vs 8560
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 70.50°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2131 vs 1369
PassMark - CPU mark 15612 vs 8560

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 4284
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1369
2131
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8560
15612
Name AMD Opteron 4284 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
PassMark - Single thread mark 1369 2131
PassMark - CPU mark 8560 15612
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 915
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6070
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 23.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 49.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.987

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 4284 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray OS4284WLU8KGU YD17XBBAM88AE
Place in performance rating 1558 1550
Series AMD Opteron 4200 Series Processor AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors
Vertical segment Server Desktop
Architecture codename Zen
Launch date 29 June 2017
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

Base frequency 3 GHz 3.4 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.50°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 8 16
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2200 MHz 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR4
Max memory channels 2

Compatibility

Sockets supported C32 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 x16

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™)