AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2403 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Intel Xeon E5-2403 v2 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 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 111% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 1.80 GHz
  • Around 25% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 76°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 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
  • Around 60% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2139 vs 991
  • 5.4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15579 vs 2873
  • Around 4% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6070 vs 5855
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs September 2013
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 1.80 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 76°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB vs 10240 KB (shared)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2139 vs 991
PassMark - CPU mark 15579 vs 2873
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6070 vs 5855

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2403 v2

  • Around 19% lower typical power consumption: 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 93% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 1770 vs 915
Specifications (specs)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 80 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1770 vs 915

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2403 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2139
991
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
15579
2873
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
915
1770
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
6070
5855
Name AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X Intel Xeon E5-2403 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 2139 991
PassMark - CPU mark 15579 2873
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 915 1770
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6070 5855
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 Intel Xeon E5-2403 v2

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Ivy Bridge EN
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date 29 June 2017 September 2013
OPN Tray YD17XBBAM88AE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1624 1564
Series AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment Desktop Server
Launch price (MSRP) $223
Price now $189
Processor Number E5-2403V2
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 5.33

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.4 GHz 1.80 GHz
Die size 192 mm 160 mm
L1 cache 96 KB (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 16 MB 10240 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 76°C
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 1.80 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16 4
Transistor count 4800 million 1400 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 1
VID voltage range 0.65-1.30V

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 384 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 95 Watt 80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 x16 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S Only

Security & Reliability

Secure Boot
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)