AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X vs AMD Opteron 6272

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and AMD Opteron 6272 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 1700X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 27% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • Around 38% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 69°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2139 vs 966
  • Around 69% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15579 vs 9239
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs November 2011
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2139 vs 966
PassMark - CPU mark 15579 vs 9239

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6272

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 8
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 48% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1356 vs 915
  • Around 14% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6923 vs 6070
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 8
L2 cache 16 MB vs 4 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1356 vs 915
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6923 vs 6070

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6272

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2139
966
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
15579
9239
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
915
1356
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
6070
6923
Name AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X AMD Opteron 6272
PassMark - Single thread mark 2139 966
PassMark - CPU mark 15579 9239
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 915 1356
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6070 6923
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 Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X AMD Opteron 6272

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Interlagos
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors AMD Opteron
Launch date 29 June 2017 November 2011
OPN Tray YD17XBBAM88AE OS6272WKTGGGU
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1624 1603
Series AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors AMD Opteron 6200 Series Processor
Vertical segment Desktop Server
Launch price (MSRP) $325
Price now $658.89
Value for money (0-100) 3.02

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.4 GHz 2.1 GHz
Die size 192 mm 316 mm
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) 768 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 69°C
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 3 GHz
Number of cores 8 16
Number of threads 16 16
Transistor count 4800 million 2400 million
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Memory

Max memory channels 2
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz 2000 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported AM4 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 115 Watt

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
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)