AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 vs Intel Xeon W3570

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Intel Xeon W3570 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 Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

  • CPU is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 7% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.46 GHz
  • Around 40% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 67.9°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 nm
  • 3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2027 vs 1466
  • 4.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14693 vs 3267
  • Around 41% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 3895 vs 2760
  • 2.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 19348 vs 9206
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs March 2009
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3.46 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 67.9°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 45 nm
L1 cache 768 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8192 KB (shared)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2027 vs 1466
PassMark - CPU mark 14693 vs 3267
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3895 vs 2760
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 19348 vs 9206

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3570

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2027
1466
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
14693
3267
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
3895
2760
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
19348
9206
Name AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 Intel Xeon W3570
PassMark - Single thread mark 2027 1466
PassMark - CPU mark 14693 3267
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3895 2760
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 19348 9206
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 W3570

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Bloomfield
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date 29 June 2017 March 2009
OPN Tray YD170BBBM88AE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1039 1001
Series AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment Desktop Server
Launch price (MSRP) $480
Price now $479.95
Processor Number W3570
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 3.73

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3 GHz 3.20 GHz
Die size 192 mm 263 mm2
L1 cache 768 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 67.9°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.46 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16 8
Transistor count 4800 million 731 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 1
VID voltage range 0.800V-1.375V

Memory

Max memory channels 2 3
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3 800/1066/1333
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 32 GB/s
Maximum memory size 24 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 42.5mm x 45.0mm

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 x16

Security & Reliability

Secure Boot
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)