AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 vs Intel Xeon E5-4610

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Intel Xeon E5-4610 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 Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Intel Xeon E5-4610

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
4 more threads: 16 vs 12
Around 28% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
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
2.7x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 7% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2029 vs 1474
Around 91% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 3895 vs 2039
2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 19348 vs 8882

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2017 vs May 2012
Number of cores	8 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 12
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 2.90 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache	768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB vs 15360 KB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2029 vs 1474
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	3895 vs 2039
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	19348 vs 8882

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4610

Around 59% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23354 vs 14717

Specifications (specs)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	23354 vs 14717

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4610

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2029

1474

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

14717

23354

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

3895

2039

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

19348

8882

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700	Intel Xeon E5-4610
PassMark - Single thread mark	2029	1474
PassMark - CPU mark	14717	23354
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	3895	2039
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	19348	8882
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 Ryzen 7 PRO 1700	Intel Xeon E5-4610
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Sandy Bridge EP
Family	AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date	29 June 2017	May 2012
OPN Tray	YD170BBBM88AE
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1037	1027
Series	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Processor Number		E5-4610
Status		Discontinued
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3 GHz	2.40 GHz
Die size	192 mm	435 mm
L1 cache	768 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	15360 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	2.90 GHz
Number of cores	8	6
Number of threads	16	12
Transistor count	4800 million	2270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		7.2 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.6V-1.35V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		42.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		384 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	4
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45.0mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0 x16	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
Scalability		4S Only
Security & Reliability
Secure Boot
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
TSM Encryption
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)