AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2440 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Intel Xeon E5-2440 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
  • Around 58% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
  • Around 19% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 80°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 63% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2139 vs 1313
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15579 vs 13818
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs September 2013
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 2.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 80°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)
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2139 vs 1313
PassMark - CPU mark 15579 vs 13818

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2440 v2

  • Around 25% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2440 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2139
1313
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
15579
13818
Name AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X Intel Xeon E5-2440 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark 2139 1313
PassMark - CPU mark 15579 13818
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 Intel Xeon E5-2440 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 1565
Series AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment Desktop Server
Launch price (MSRP) $400
Price now $509.95
Processor Number E5-2440V2
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 5.44

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.4 GHz 1.90 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 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 22 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 80°C
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz 2.40 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 16
Transistor count 4800 million 1400 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 7.2 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 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 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 95 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)