AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X vs AMD Opteron 6348

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and AMD Opteron 6348 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 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • 4 more threads: 16 vs 12
  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 35% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 70.40°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 21% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • Around 59% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2131 vs 1344
  • Around 16% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15612 vs 13470
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs November 2012
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 70.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) vs 576 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2131 vs 1344
PassMark - CPU mark 15612 vs 13470

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6348

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 12 vs 8
L2 cache 12 MB vs 4 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6348

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2131
1344
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
15612
13470
Name AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X AMD Opteron 6348
PassMark - Single thread mark 2131 1344
PassMark - CPU mark 15612 13470
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 Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X AMD Opteron 6348

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Abu Dhabi
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors AMD Opteron
Launch date 29 June 2017 November 2012
OPN Tray YD17XBBAM88AE OS6348WKTCGHK
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1550 1450
Series AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Vertical segment Desktop Server

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.4 GHz 2.8 GHz
Die size 192 mm 315 mm
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) 576 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 70.40°C
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 8 12
Number of threads 16 12
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 4
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™)