AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X vs Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Intel Xeon E5-2660 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).

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
Around 27% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 27% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 75°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 20% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 60% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 50% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2131 vs 1423
Around 51% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 915 vs 605
Around 11% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6070 vs 5451

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2017 vs September 2013
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 75°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	2131 vs 1423
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	915 vs 605
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	6070 vs 5451

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 56% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 18491 vs 15612

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 8
Number of threads	20 vs 16
L3 cache	25600 KB (shared) vs 16 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	18491 vs 15612

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2131

1423

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

15612

18491

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

915

605

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

6070

5451

Name	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X	Intel Xeon E5-2660 v2
PassMark - Single thread mark	2131	1423
PassMark - CPU mark	15612	18491
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	915	605
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	6070	5451
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 E5-2660 v2
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Ivy Bridge EP
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	1550	1571
Series	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 Family
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$850
Price now		$275.51
Processor Number		E5-2660V2
Status		Launched
Value for money (0-100)		14.39
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.4 GHz	2.20 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	25600 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	22 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	75°C
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz	3.00 GHz
Number of cores	8	10
Number of threads	16	20
Transistor count	4800 million	1400 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.65–1.30V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	4
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size		768 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		52.5mm x 45mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0 x16	3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes		40
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
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)