AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 vs Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics. 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 E7-8880 v3

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 19% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Around 23% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 77°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2027 vs 1787

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2017 vs June 2015
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 77°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2027 vs 1787

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

10 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 8
20 more threads: 36 vs 16
Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 13% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
2.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 34583 vs 14693

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	18 vs 8
Number of threads	36 vs 16
L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 768 KB
L2 cache	256 KB (per core) vs 4 MB
L3 cache	46080 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	34583 vs 14693

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2027

1787

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

14693

34583

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700	Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3
PassMark - Single thread mark	2027	1787
PassMark - CPU mark	14693	34583
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 Ryzen 7 PRO 1700	Intel Xeon E7-8880 v3
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Haswell
Family	AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date	29 June 2017	June 2015
OPN Tray	YD170BBBM88AE
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	1039	917
Series	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v3 Family
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Processor Number		E7-8880V3
Status		Launched
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3 GHz	2.30 GHz
Die size	192 mm	160 mm
L1 cache	768 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	4 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	16 MB	46080 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	77°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	3.10 GHz
Number of cores	8	18
Number of threads	16	36
Transistor count	4800 million	1400 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		9.6 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		3
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-1333/1600/1866, DDR3-1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		85 GB/s
Maximum memory size		1.5 TB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	8
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	150 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52mm x 45mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0 x16	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		32
PCIe configurations		x4, x8, x16
Scalability		S8S
Security & Reliability
Secure Boot
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key 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® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay Technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		46-bit
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)
Graphics
Processor graphics		None